Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Selling, General & Administrative (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' Selling, General & Administrative was $6.04 million in Q4 2025, down 20.2% from $7.56 million a year earlier and down 2.4% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Selling, General & Administrative (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Selling, General & Administrative at Lifeway Foods came in at $21.6 million, up 11.1% from FY2024.
- Selling, General & Administrative has now increased for four consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 13.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Selling, General & Administrative was $19.44 million in FY2024 (+48.1%), $13.13 million in FY2023 (+4.3%), $12.59 million in FY2022 (+8.5%) and $11.61 million in FY2021 (-0.4%).
- Quarterly Selling, General & Administrative has moved between $2.62 million (Q2 2021) and $7.56 million (Q4 2024) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Selling, General & Administrative was higher in seven of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 35.0%.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Selling, General & Administrative over five years was Q4 2024 (growth of 143.8%); the worst was Q4 2025 (a decline of 20.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, LWAY's Selling, General & Administrative in the three quarters before Q4 2025 was $6.19 million (Q3 2025), $4.75 million (Q2 2025) and $4.63 million (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | SG&A (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 130.23 Bn | 105.59 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 74.27 Bn | 67.59 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 2.00 Bn |
| 3 | Hershey | 32.39 Bn | 28.63 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 620.55 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.34 Bn | 12.87 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 8.46 Bn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.12 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 832.20 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.52 Bn | 12.30 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 410.50 Mn |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.03 Bn | 11.67 Bn | 794.90 Mn | 436.40 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 11.14 Bn | 7.83 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 323.50 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.29 Bn | 4.58 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 704.40 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.38 Mn | 320.38 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.04 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.75 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.63 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 7.56 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 3.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.09 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.81 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.05 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.42 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.84 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.29 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.91 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.19 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 2.62 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.89 Mn |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Selling, General & Administrative API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "selling-general-and-administrative", "ticker": "LWAY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=selling-general-and-administrative&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();