Growth Metrics

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has disclosed Return on Sales for 16 consecutive years, with 0.06% as the latest value for Q3 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q3 2025, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.06%, compared with a TTM value of 0.05% through Sep 2025, down 2.0%, and an annual FY2024 reading of 0.05%, down 2.0% over the prior year.
  • Return on Sales was 0.06% for Q3 2025 at Lifeway Foods, down from 0.08% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.09% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.03% in Q1 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.04%, with a median of 0.05% recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales rose 8bps in 2023, then fell -10bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.01% in 2021, then surged by 187bps to 0.02% in 2022, then surged by 521bps to 0.09% in 2023, then plummeted by -104bps to 0.0% in 2024, then surged by 1912bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for LWAY at 0.06% in Q3 2025, 0.08% in Q2 2025, and 0.08% in Q1 2025.