LWAY

Lifeway Foods, Inc.
NasdaqGMUSDEQUITY Consumer Defensive DELAYED
Last price
21.40
▲ 0.94 (4.59%)
MARKET · —

Price

1D — H — L — Range — Vol —
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Open
22.00
Prev close
20.46
Day high
21.59
Day low
21.20
Volume
53.17K
Market cap
$323.28M
P/E (TTM)
31.01
52W range
17.31 – 32.71

Day trading desk

Current session · delayed
Gap from prior close
+7.53%
Prior close 20.46
VWAP
21.35
+0.25% from price
Relative volume
0.36×
Quiet session
Session range
5.61%
21.20 – 22.39
Position in range
17%
Near session low
ATR (14D)
0.76
3.54% of price
Prior day high
21.09
PDH
Prior day low
20.27
PDL
Bid / ask spread
—
Quote not published
Session volume
52.93K
Avg 148.49K

VWAP and the session figures are computed from the delayed intraday series on this page, so they lag the live tape and will not match a broker's real-time VWAP exactly. Turn on Prior day H/L/C, Opening range and Volume profile in the chart's Studies menu to see these levels drawn on price.

Trailing performance

Price return · vs SPY
Returnvs SPY
1W
+0.99% -0.6%
1M
-14.23% -15.4%
3M
-30.77% -33.8%
6M
-6.96% -21.5%
YTD
-11.68% -25.3%
1Y
-17.02% -32.4%
3Y
+94.02% +12.7%
5Y
— —

Price return only. Dividends are not reinvested, so total return on a dividend payer will be higher than shown.

Unusual options activity

Account required
Nothing crossed the thresholds in the expiries we scanned.
That is the normal state — most contracts trade well inside their existing open interest.
Free account required

Contracts trading at or above their open interest, ranked by notional and where the print landed.

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Options chains and analytics, valuation ratios, insider filings, analyst targets and ownership. No card, no trial, nothing to cancel.

Insider net activity

6m · Form 4 rollup
Net shares
-3.50M
Net selling
Buy transactions
13
695.84K shares
Sell transactions
11
4.19M shares
Net transactions
+24
Buys less sells
Sell : buy shares
6.0 : 1
Heavily one-sided
Insider-held shares
5.93M
Total on file
Bought 695.84KSold 4.19M

Insider transactions

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DateInsiderAction SharesValueHeld
Oct 6, 26
DIVISADERO STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
BUY 103.68K $2.17M Indirect
Aug 31, 26
SCHER JASON SCOTT
Director
CONVERSION 1.55K $40.35K Direct
Aug 31, 26
MCWHORTER DORRI
Director
— 1.55K — Direct
Aug 31, 26
DALTO JUAN CARLOS
Director
CONVERSION 1.55K $40.35K Direct
Aug 19, 26
SMOLYANSKY JULIE
Chief Executive Officer
BUY 2.00K $50.52K Direct
Aug 17, 26
DIVISADERO STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
BUY 246.57K $6.13M Indirect
Aug 14, 26
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 110.00K $2.91M Indirect
Jul 22, 26
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 100.00K $3.01M Indirect
Jul 15, 26
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 66.92K $2.14M Indirect
Jul 7, 26
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 47.08K $1.39M Indirect
Jul 1, 26
SCHER JASON SCOTT
Director
CONVERSION 1.36K $39.93K Direct
Jul 1, 26
MCWHORTER DORRI
Director
— 1.36K — Direct
Jul 1, 26
DALTO JUAN CARLOS
Director
CONVERSION 1.36K $39.93K Direct
Jun 30, 26
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security
SELL 176.09K $5.18M
What this is, and what it is not

These are SEC Form 4 filings — officers, directors and 10% owners reporting their own trades in the company's stock. Filing is due within two business days of the transaction, so this lags reality by days, and the provider adds its own lag on top.

A sale is not automatically bearish. Executives sell on scheduled 10b5-1 plans, to cover tax on vesting equity, and to diversify. Purchases with cash are generally the more informative signal, and they are far rarer.

This does not include congressional or senate trading. That comes from STOCK Act disclosures filed with the Senate eFD system and the House Clerk, which this data source does not carry.

Free account required

Officer and director trades in their own stock, straight from Form 4 filings.

Insider holders

10 reporting
NameRelationShares heldLatest
DIVISADERO STREET CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Purchase
FELDMAN AMY M
Officer 19.91K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
HANSON ERIC A
Chief Financial Officer 58.89K Stock Award(Grant)
LEVY JODY
Director 26.85K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
MCWHORTER DORRI
Director 28.84K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SIKAR POL
Director 22.21K Conversion of Exercise of derivative security
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Sale
SMOLYANSKY JULIE
Chief Executive Officer 2.74M Purchase
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Sale
ZOLEZZI WILLIAM
Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security — Purchase

Fundamentals

TTM · reported
Market cap$323.28M
Enterprise value$324.46M
Revenue (TTM)$242.41M
Gross profit$65.88M
EBITDA$20.00M
Net income$10.87M
EPS (TTM)$0.69
Free cash flow$-32.15M
Total cash$7.09M
Total debt$22.47M
Book value / share$5.60
Shares outstanding15.11M
Float6.50M
Short % of float8.43%
Dividend yield0.00%
Beta (5Y)0.47

Valuation & profitability ratios

Account required
Trailing P/E31.01
Forward P/E15.85
PEG ratio3.50
Price / sales—
Price / book3.82
EV / revenue1.34
EV / EBITDA16.22
Gross margin27.18%
Operating margin0.90%
Profit margin4.49%
Return on equity13.32%
Return on assets8.52%
Debt / equity26.56
Current ratio2.09
Free account required

Fourteen ratios including P/E, PEG, EV/EBITDA, margins and return on equity.

Financial statements

As reported · 5 years · 5 quarters
Blank means not reported, not zero
Line item2025202420232022YoY
Total revenue $212.50M$186.82M$160.12M$141.57M +13.7%
Operating revenue $212.50M$186.82M$160.12M$141.57M +13.7%
Cost of revenue $154.29M$138.25M$117.68M$114.78M +11.6%
Gross profit $58.21M$48.57M$42.44M$26.79M +19.8%
Selling, general & admin $41.49M$34.18M$24.91M$23.90M +21.4%
Total operating expense $42.03M$34.72M$25.45M$24.44M +21.1%
Operating income $16.17M$13.85M$17.00M$2.35M +16.7%
Net interest income -$77.00K-$105.00K-$384.00K-$267.00K +26.7%
Pre-tax income $19.69M$13.97M$16.65M$1.84M +40.9%
Tax provision $5.83M$4.94M$5.28M$917.00K +17.9%
Net income $13.86M$9.03M$11.37M$924.00K +53.6%
Net income to common $13.86M$9.03M$11.37M$924.00K +53.6%
Basic EPS 0.910.610.770.06 +49.2%
Diluted EPS 0.890.600.750.06 +48.3%
EBIT $19.76M$14.07M$17.03M$2.11M +40.4%
EBITDA $23.74M$17.46M$20.20M$5.08M +36.0%
Basic shares 15.20M14.77M14.67M15.40M +2.9%
Diluted shares 15.54M15.13M15.10M15.72M +2.7%

Options analytics

Account required
Put / call volume
0.00
Call-heavy session
Put / call open interest
0.02
Positioning, not flow
Max pain
22.50
+5.1% from spot
ATM implied vol
111.7%
Nearest strike to spot
Skew (10% OTM)
-2.0%
Calls bid over puts
Call volume
11
Contracts, this expiry
Put volume
0
Contracts, this expiry
Heaviest call OI
25.00
110 contracts
Heaviest put OI
20.00
1 contracts

Max pain is the strike at which the largest dollar value of open contracts expires worthless. It describes current positioning; it is not a forecast and it moves as open interest changes.

Free account required

Put/call ratios, max pain, implied volatility skew and where open interest is concentrated.

Earnings

History & consensus estimates
Reported vs expected · EPS
QuarterEst.ActualSurprise
Jun 2026 0.270.01 -96.2%
Mar 2026 0.300.30 0.0%
Dec 2025 0.290.16 -44.8%
Sep 2025 0.280.23 -17.9%
Forward consensus
PeriodEPSAnalystsRevenueGrowth
Current quarter 0.05 1 $66.83M +17.0%
Next quarter 0.14 1 $65.86M +19.0%
Current year 0.50 1 $262.60M +23.6%
Next year 1.35 1 $298.44M +13.7%

Analyst targets & ownership

Account required
Mean target$33.00
High target$35.00
Low target$32.00
Implied upside54.21%
Analyst count3
ConsensusNONE
Strong buy / Buy0 / 3
Hold0
Sell / Strong sell0 / 0
Held by insiders39.25%
Held by institutions56.63%
Institutions holding139
Free account required

Price targets, consensus spread, insider and institutional ownership.

Moving averages & technicals

Computed from 2Y daily closes
SMA 10
21.25
+0.70% from price
SMA 20
22.63
-5.45% from price
SMA 50
25.44
-15.89% from price
SMA 100
26.45
-19.09% from price
SMA 200
24.62
-13.09% from price
EMA 12
21.70
-1.37% from price
EMA 26
23.03
-7.08% from price
EMA 50
24.52
-12.72% from price
RSI (14)
32.3
Neutral
MACD (12,26,9)
-1.33
Hist -0.01
ATR (14)
0.76
3.54% of price
Realised vol 30D
25.7%
Annualised
Bollinger upper
25.63
20, 2σ
Bollinger lower
19.64
20, 2σ
50 / 200 cross
Golden
25.44 vs 24.62
Trend bias
Below 200
-13.09%

Options chain

Account required
Expiry
Spot 21.40
Calls
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Puts
StrikeLastBidAskVolOIIV
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Free account required

Every listed expiry, both sides of the book, with volume, open interest and implied volatility.

Risk profile

Daily returns · 1Y window
Beta vs SPY
0.33
Less volatile than market
Correlation to SPY
0.10
Largely independent
Realised vol 30D
25.7%
Annualised
Market vol 1Y
13.0%
SPY, annualised
Max drawdown 1Y
-36.7%
Peak to trough
Max drawdown 5Y
-60.5%
Peak to trough
ATR 14
0.76
3.54% of price
Beta (reported)
0.47
5Y monthly, from filing

Short interest

Semi-monthly exchange report · lags by ~2 weeks
Shares short
513.00K
Prior 370.56K
Change vs prior
+38.4%
Shorts adding
% of float
8.43%
Normal
% of shares out
3.40%
Against total outstanding
Days to cover
4.0
Liquid
Float
6.50M
Freely tradeable shares

Exchanges publish short interest twice a month with a settlement lag, so this is roughly two weeks behind. Days to cover divides shares short by average daily volume — it estimates how long covering would take, not whether it will happen.

Rating changes

24 on file
DateFirm ActionFromTo
Aug 14, 26 Freedom Broker UPGRADE Hold Buy
May 15, 26 Freedom Broker DOWNGRADE Buy Hold
Apr 28, 26 Freedom Broker INITIATED — Buy
Nov 13, 25 Benchmark INITIATED — Buy
Aug 13, 25 Lake Street MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Sep 24, 24 Noble Capital Markets DOWNGRADE Outperform Market Perform
Sep 3, 24 Noble Capital Markets MAINTAINED Outperform Outperform
May 15, 24 Lake Street MAINTAINED Buy Buy
Apr 5, 24 Lake Street INITIATED — Buy
Mar 27, 24 Noble Capital Markets DOWNGRADE Outperform Market Perform
Feb 26, 24 Noble Capital Markets UPGRADE Market Perform Outperform
Nov 27, 23 Noble Capital Markets DOWNGRADE Outperform Market Perform

Dividends & splits

Declared · from the issuer
Forward rate—
Forward yield0.00%
5-year avg yield—
Payout ratio0.00%
Ex-dividend dateMay 29, 2013
Next pay dateJun 28, 2013
Last split2:1
Split dateAug 16, 2006

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