Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Rate (2010 - 2025)

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) reported Tax Rate of 31.64% for Q4 2025, down 8898.0% on a YoY basis from 0.36% in Q4 2024, and up 3.07% quarter-over-quarter from 30.7% in Q3 2025.

Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Rate (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Lifeway Foods has reported Tax Rate for 16 years, with the latest figure at 31.64% in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Tax Rate fell 8898.0% year-over-year to 31.64%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at 29.6% (down 579.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 29.6%, down 579.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate for Q4 2025 stood at 31.64%, up from 30.7% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Tax Rate was 125.76% in Q4 2021, with the low at 11.68% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 41.22% across 5 years, with a median of 31.16% in 2021.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Tax Rate surged 9029 bps — and 2025, when it plunged 8898 bps.
  • Lifeway Foods' Tax Rate stood at 125.76% in 2021, then sank by 55 bps to 56.21% in 2022, then plunged by 46 bps to 30.33% in 2023, then jumped by 298 bps to 120.62% in 2024, then plunged by 74 bps to 31.64% in 2025.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 31.64% (Q4 2025), 30.7% (Q3 2025), and 28.12% (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Paranovus Entertainment Technology 75,216.52 Bn 75,216.52 Bn - -
2 Kraft Heinz 26.76 Bn 22.68 Bn 2.22 Bn 20.89%
3 General Mills 17.79 Bn 17.02 Bn 1.37 Bn 24.28%
4 Jbs 13.93 Bn 9.37 Bn 2.32 Bn -21.74%
5 Hormel Foods 13.00 Bn 12.16 Bn 518.51 Mn 23.63%
6 Mccormick 12.70 Bn 13.10 Bn 708.90 Mn 26.32%
7 Magnum Ice Cream 12.17 Bn 11.70 Bn - -
8 J M Smucker 11.05 Bn 10.99 Bn 827.80 Mn -11.09%
9 Smithfield Foods 10.57 Bn 9.49 Bn 511.00 Mn 22.29%
10 Lifeway Foods 358.72 Mn 353.15 Mn 15.36 Mn 31.64%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 31.64%
Dec 31, 2025 31.64%
Sep 30, 2025 30.70%
Sep 30, 2025 30.70%
Jun 30, 2025 28.12%
Jun 30, 2025 28.12%
Mar 31, 2025 28.72%
Mar 31, 2025 28.72%
Dec 31, 2024 120.62%
Dec 31, 2024 120.62%
Sep 30, 2024 31.21%
Sep 30, 2024 31.21%
Jun 30, 2024 29.41%
Jun 30, 2024 29.41%
Mar 31, 2024 30.84%
Mar 31, 2024 30.84%
Dec 31, 2023 30.33%
Dec 31, 2023 30.33%
Sep 30, 2023 30.78%
Sep 30, 2023 30.78%