Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) posted Share-based Compensation of $481,000 for Q4 2025, down 12.2% from $548,000 a year earlier and down 10.8% from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' Share-based Compensation came in at $1.95 million, down 20.4% from FY2024.
- Annual Share-based Compensation shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 37.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Lifeway Foods' Share-based Compensation was $2.45 million in FY2024 (+63.4%), $1.5 million in FY2023 (+35.0%), $1.11 million in FY2022 (-3.1%) and $1.14 million in FY2021 (+191.1%).
- Quarterly Share-based Compensation has run from a low of $148,000 in Q2 2021 to a high of $673,000 in Q1 2024 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Share-based Compensation has declined in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 23.9% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Share-based Compensation in the past five years was Q3 2021, with growth of 631.0%; the weakest was Q1 2025, with a decline of 51.6%.
- According to Business Quant data, Share-based Compensation for the three prior quarters was $539,000 (Q3 2025), $601,000 (Q2 2025) and $326,000 (Q1 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Stock Comp. (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 136.33 Bn | 111.70 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 76.81 Bn | 70.13 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 58.00 Mn |
| 3 | Hershey | 33.25 Bn | 29.49 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 17.72 Mn |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 27.93 Bn | 14.46 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 31.00 Mn |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.97 Bn | 15.62 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 21.80 Mn |
| 6 | Mccormick | 13.05 Bn | 12.93 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 8.60 Mn |
| 7 | J M Smucker | 12.89 Bn | 12.67 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 12.20 Mn |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.99 Bn | 7.67 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 4.85 Mn |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.48 Bn | 4.77 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 83.50 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 322.64 Mn | 322.64 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 481,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 539,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 601,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 326,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 548,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 602,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 623,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 673,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 419,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 423,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 312,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 343,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 354,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 208,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 232,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 315,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 536,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 307,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 148,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 153,000.00 |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Share-based Compensation API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=share-based-compensation&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "share-based-compensation", "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=share-based-compensation&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();