Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Provisions (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' (LWAY) quarterly Tax Provisions came in at -$3.5 million in Q4 2025, down 7.49% YoY from -$3.8 million in Q4 2024, and down 324.95% on a QoQ basis from $1.6 million in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Provisions (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has 16 years of Tax Provisions data on file, last reported at -$3.5 million in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Tax Provisions fell 7.49% year-over-year to -$3.5 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $1.1 million (up 54.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.1 million, up 54.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Provisions retreated to -$3.5 million in Q4 2025, from $1.6 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Tax Provisions ranged from a high of $1.7 million in Q2 2025 to a low of -$3.5 million in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of $311000.0 and a median of $662000.0 in 2021 frame the typical range for Tax Provisions.
- The widest YoY moves for Tax Provisions: up 2252.31% in 2023, down 364.2% in 2023.
- Tracing LWAY's Tax Provisions over 5 years: stood at $454000.0 in 2021, then soared by 102.42% to $919000.0 in 2022, then slumped by 364.2% to -$2.4 million in 2023, then sank by 34.72% to -$3.3 million in 2024, then retreated by 7.49% to -$3.5 million in 2025.
- The last three Tax Provisions figures came in at -$3.5 million (Q4 2025), $1.6 million (Q3 2025), and $1.7 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.23 Bn | 27.54 Bn | 2.03 Bn | -916.00 Mn |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.36 Bn | 20.90 Bn | 1.60 Bn | -240.40 Mn |
| 3 | Mccormick | 14.89 Bn | 14.56 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 63.50 Mn |
| 4 | Jbs | 14.54 Bn | 11.07 Bn | 4.91 Bn | -125.91 Mn |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.26 Bn | 12.40 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 48.69 Mn |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.17 Bn | 13.11 Bn | 862.10 Mn | -60.50 Mn |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.10 Bn | 11.38 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.78 Bn | 10.62 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 110.64 Mn |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.77 Bn | 7.42 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 64.00 Mn |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 395.28 Mn | 389.70 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 1.45 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -3.52 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.66 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.43 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -3.27 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.35 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.58 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 1.08 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -2.43 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 1.52 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 1.53 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 508,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 919,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 130,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 65,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -197,000.00 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 454,000.00 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 527,000.00 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 731,000.00 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 593,000.00 |