Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Rate (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' (LWAY) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 94.59% in Q4 2025, up 32693.0% YoY from N/an in Q4 2024, and down 408.17% on a QoQ basis from 30.7% in Q3 2025.
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Rate (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Lifeway Foods (LWAY) has 16 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 94.59% in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Tax Rate rose 32693.0% year-over-year to 94.59% in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was 5.77% (up 49.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 5.77%, up 49.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate eased to 94.59% in Q4 2025, from 30.7% in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 125.76% in Q4 2021 to a low of 421.52% in Q4 2024.
- A 5-year average of 4.16% and a median of 30.81% in 2023 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Tax Rate tumbled 37890 bps — and 2025, when it surged 32693 bps.
- Tracing LWAY's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 125.76% in 2021, then sank by 55 bps to 56.21% in 2022, then sank by 176 bps to 42.62% in 2023, then slumped by 889 bps to 421.52% in 2024, then surged by 78 bps to 94.59% in 2025.
- The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 94.59% (Q4 2025), 30.7% (Q3 2025), and 28.12% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kraft Heinz | 30.23 Bn | 27.54 Bn | 2.03 Bn | 14.37% |
| 2 | General Mills | 21.36 Bn | 20.90 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 10.77% |
| 3 | Mccormick | 14.89 Bn | 14.56 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 28.84% |
| 4 | Jbs | 14.54 Bn | 11.07 Bn | 4.91 Bn | 56.69% |
| 5 | Hormel Foods | 13.26 Bn | 12.40 Bn | 518.51 Mn | 23.63% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 13.17 Bn | 13.11 Bn | 862.10 Mn | -18.47% |
| 7 | Magnum Ice Cream | 12.10 Bn | 11.38 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | Darling Ingredients | 10.78 Bn | 10.62 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 22.13% |
| 9 | Smithfield Foods | 8.77 Bn | 7.42 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 21.40% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 395.28 Mn | 389.70 Mn | 15.36 Mn | 38.90% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -94.59% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -94.59% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -94.59% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.70% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.70% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.70% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.12% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.72% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -421.52% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -421.52% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -421.52% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.21% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 29.41% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 29.41% |