Lifeway Foods LWAY Insider Ownership

Updated Oct 16, 2026

Across the past 12 months, open-market trades by Lifeway Foods insiders totaled $12.55 million in purchases (517.3K shares) and $93.24 million in sales (4.4Mn shares).

• Lifeway Foods' open-market purchases in the past 12 months came from 2 insiders, and its sales from 3 insiders.
• Among Lifeway Foods' insiders, Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (10% owner) was the largest open-market buyer over the past 12 months, purchasing $12.5 million of stock (515.3K shares), most recently on October 6, 2026.
• On the sell side, Danone S.A. (10% owner) led open-market sales of Lifeway Foods stock over the past 12 months with $67.37 million (3.45Mn shares), most recently on May 14, 2026.
• The latest open-market trade in LWAY stock by an insider was a sale of 30K shares for $679,200 by Edward Smolyansky (10% owner) on October 13, 2026.
• Away from the open market, LWAY insiders received 24.53K shares in stock awards, acquired 153.97K shares through option exercises and conversions and gave up 68.49K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices over the last 12 months.
• Business Quant data shows Lifeway Foods insiders holding 11.93Mn shares in total in their latest Form 4 filings, or 78.70% of the 15.16Mn shares outstanding; that total is up 21.39% from 9.83Mn shares at the end of Q2 2026.
• Lifeway Foods insiders hold 4.59Mn shares directly (38.50% of their total) and 7.34Mn shares (61.50%) indirectly, through entities such as trusts and partnerships.
• Per Business Quant, 13 insiders of LWAY hold shares, counting officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
• LWAY's largest insider holders by reported holdings are Julie Smolyansky (CEO, President and Secretary, 2.74Mn shares), Ludmila Smolyansky (2.6Mn shares) and Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (10% owner, 2.45Mn shares).
• The largest insider, Julie Smolyansky, holds 22.98% of LWAY's insider total.
• A total of 62 Form 4 filings with transactions in Lifeway Foods stock were made over the past 12 months, by 14 insiders.
• This summary of Lifeway Foods insider activity covers Form 4 filings through October 15, 2026.