Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Rate (2010 - 2025)
Lifeway Foods' Tax Rate came in at 31.64% for Q4 2025, down 88.98 percentage points from 120.62% a year earlier but up 0.94 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Tax Rate (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Lifeway Foods' Tax Rate was 29.60%, down 5.79 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate carries a five-year change of -3.46 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Tax Rate was 35.39% in FY2024 (+3.67 pp), 31.73% in FY2023 (-18.08 pp), 49.81% in FY2022 (+8.77 pp) and 41.04% in FY2021 (+7.99 pp).
- The five-year range for quarterly Tax Rate is 11.68% (Q3 2022) to 125.76% (Q4 2021).
- Year-over-year, Tax Rate has declined for four consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.57 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Tax Rate over five years came in Q4 2024 (a gain of 90.29 percentage points), and the weakest in Q4 2025 (a drop of 88.98 percentage points).
- Business Quant data shows LWAY's Tax Rate at 30.70% (Q3 2025), 28.12% (Q2 2025) and 28.72% (Q1 2025) in the three quarters before Q4 2025.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unilever | 132.43 Bn | 107.80 Bn | - | - |
| 2 | Mondelez International | 73.80 Bn | 67.12 Bn | 3.99 Bn | 19.17% |
| 3 | Hershey | 31.86 Bn | 28.11 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 22.20% |
| 4 | Kraft Heinz | 26.96 Bn | 13.49 Bn | 2.03 Bn | - |
| 5 | General Mills | 17.20 Bn | 14.85 Bn | 1.49 Bn | 24.46% |
| 6 | J M Smucker | 12.70 Bn | 12.49 Bn | 979.60 Mn | 24.21% |
| 7 | Mccormick | 12.49 Bn | 12.36 Bn | 778.20 Mn | 28.84% |
| 8 | Hormel Foods | 10.97 Bn | 7.66 Bn | 471.52 Mn | 42.30% |
| 9 | Chewy | 7.31 Bn | 4.59 Bn | 1.01 Bn | 28.06% |
| 10 | Lifeway Foods | 320.07 Mn | 320.07 Mn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 31.64% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 30.70% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 28.12% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 28.72% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 120.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 31.21% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 29.41% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 30.84% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 30.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 30.78% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 32.64% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 37.97% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 56.21% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.68% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 35.14% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 125.76% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 52.33% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 31.12% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 31.23% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 57.12% |
API Access
Lifeway Foods Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "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=tax-rate&ticker=LWAY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();