Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Share-based Compensation (2015 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has reported Share-based Compensation for 11 consecutive years, with $481000.0 the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

• For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation fell 12.23% year-over-year to $481000.0; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $1.8 million (up 18.94% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $3.2 million, up 32.87% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation fell to $481000.0 in Q4 2025 per LWAY's latest filing, from $3.2 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $3.5 million in Q1 2021 and bottomed at $194000.0 in Q4 2021.
• Historically, Share-based Compensation has averaged $2.6 million across 5 years, with a median of $3.2 million in 2025.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Share-based Compensation jumped 82.47% in 2022, then retreated 24.57% in 2024.
• Over 5 years, Share-based Compensation stood at $194000.0 in 2021, then surged by 82.47% to $354000.0 in 2022, then gained by 18.36% to $419000.0 in 2023, then soared by 30.79% to $548000.0 in 2024, then decreased by 12.23% to $481000.0 in 2025.
• According to Business Quant data, Share-based Compensation over the past three periods registered $481000.0, $3.2 million, and $3.2 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.