How has Julie Smolyansky's remuneration changed compared to Lifeway Foods's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Mar 31 2025	n/a	n/a	US$10m
Dec 31 2024	US$5m	US$1m	US$9m
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$13m
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	US$14m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$13m
Dec 31 2023	US$3m	US$1m	US$11m
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$8m
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$6m
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$3m
Dec 31 2022	US$3m	US$1m	US$924k
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$115k
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	-US$388k
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$1m
Dec 31 2021	US$3m	US$1m	US$3m
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$4m
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$5m
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$4m
Dec 31 2020	US$2m	US$1m	US$3m
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$4m
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2m
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$987k
Dec 31 2019	US$1m	US$1m	US$453k
Sep 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$3m
Jun 30 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$4m
Mar 31 2019	n/a	n/a	-US$4m
Dec 31 2018	US$1m	US$1m	-US$3m

Compensation vs Market: Julie's total compensation ($USD5.37M) is above average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD2.68M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Julie's compensation has increased by more than 20% whilst company earnings have fallen more than 20% in the past year.

CEO

Julie Smolyansky (49 yo)

22.9yrs

Tenure

US$5,372,124

Compensation

Ms. Julie Smolyansky has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Lifeway Foods, Inc. since June 10, 2002 and has been its Chairperson of the Board since August 2022, Secretary since January 1, 20...

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Julie Smolyansky	Chairperson of the Board	22.9yrs	US$5.37m	17.82% $ 59.7m
Pol Sikar	Independent Director	39.3yrs	US$107.50k	0.18% $ 592.0k
Juan Dalto	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$95.00k	0.031% $ 104.7k
Dorri McWhorter	Independent Director	4.8yrs	US$118.00k	0.14% $ 472.3k
Jason Scher	Lead Independent Director	12.8yrs	US$141.00k	0.17% $ 562.0k
Jody Levy	Independent Director	5.3yrs	US$118.00k	0.17% $ 561.8k
Perfecto Sanchez	Independent Director	2.8yrs	US$107.50k	0.031% $ 104.7k

5.3yrs

Average Tenure

49yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: LWAY's board of directors are considered experienced (5.3 years average tenure).

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/20 12:37
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/20 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Lifeway Foods, Inc. is covered by 5 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Eric Gottlieb	D.A. Davidson & Co.
Mitchell Pinheiro	Imperial Capital
Benjamin Klieve	Lake Street Capital Markets, LLC

Lifeway Foods Management

Management criteria checks 1/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Lifeway Foods, Inc. Announces Resignation of Amy Feldman as Senior EVP of Sales

Chairperson of the Board notifies of intention to sell stock

Insider recently sold US$134k worth of stock

Lifeway Foods, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 14, 2024

Insider recently sold US$741k worth of stock

Insider recently sold US$245k worth of stock

Recent updates

Lifeway Foods: Not Tasty Enough For Upside... Yet

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Report Q1, 2025 Results on May 13, 2025

Lifeway Foods, Inc. Announces Resignation of Amy Feldman as Senior EVP of Sales

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Showcase New Probiotic Salad Dressing Innovations and Conventional Whole Milk Kefir Expansion At Natural Products Expo West 2025

Lifeway Foods: Assessing Forward-Looking Trends Amid Buyout Talks (Technical Analysis)

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) completed the acquisition of Simple Mills, Inc. from Katlin Smith, Simple Mills Management, Vestar Capital Partners, LLC, Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWAY), and other Initial Angel Investors.

Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE:FLO) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Simple Mills, Inc. from Katlin Smith, Simple Mills Management, Vestar Capital Partners, LLC, and Initial Angel Investors for approximately $800 million.

Lifeway Foods: Still 'In Play' Despite Two Rebuffed Takeover Offers

Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky Call for Lifeway Foods to Establish a Special Committee to Evaluate Danone's Offer

Lifeway Foods Announces Latest Innovation: Probiotic Smoothie + Collagen

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 14, 2024

Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky Support Danone Bid to Acquire Lifeway Foods

Lifeway Foods, Inc. Introduces 10 New, Hot and On-Trend Organic Kefir Flavor Fusions to Its Single Serve Lineup

Danone North America PBC entered into Letter of Intent to acquire remaining 76.64245% stake in Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NasdaqGM:LWAY) for approximately $290 million.

Lifeway Foods: Danone's Latest Buy, But I Say 'Hold' Here

Kefir King's Calculated Moves To Dominate Health Beverage Market With Innovation And Efficiency

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWAY) Stocks Shoot Up 39% But Its P/E Still Looks Reasonable

Lifeway Foods: Record Quarter Bolsters My Buy Rating, Strong Kefir Demand To Continue

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 13, 2024

Lifeway Foods: Domestic Probiotic Growth Will Likely Lift Shares Higher

Ludmila and Edward Smolyansky Provides Information to Shareholders of Lifeway Foods

Edward Smolyansky Sends Letter to Lifeway Foods

Lifeway Foods: Growth Opportunities And Support From Danone Make It A Buy

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWAY) Not Doing Enough For Some Investors As Its Shares Slump 34%

Lifeway Foods: The Selloff Is Overdone, This Microcap Stock Is Now A Strong Buy

What Is Lifeway Foods, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LWAY) Share Price Doing?

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 30%

Consensus EPS estimates fall by 25%, revenue upgraded

Chairperson of the Board notifies of intention to sell stock

Lifeway Foods Q1 Results: Digesting Another Record Quarter

First quarter 2024 earnings: Revenues exceed analysts expectations while EPS lags behind

Insider recently sold US$134k worth of stock

Here's Why We Think Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) Might Deserve Your Attention Today

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 14, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 22%

Lifeway Foods, Inc., Annual General Meeting, Jun 14, 2024

Insider recently sold US$741k worth of stock

Market Participants Recognise Lifeway Foods, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LWAY) Revenues Pushing Shares 29% Higher

Insider recently sold US$245k worth of stock

Insider recently sold US$308k worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 42%

Insider recently sold US$345k worth of stock

Full year 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Mar 20, 2024

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Showcase New Products and Host Activations At Natural Products Expo West 2024

It's A Story Of Risk Vs Reward With Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWAY)

Insider recently sold US$187k worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Lifeway Foods Continues To Perform, But Its Price Is Excessive

Insider recently sold US$507k worth of stock

Insider recently sold US$222k worth of stock

Lifeway Foods: Long Runway For Growth But Prospects Baked In

Chairperson of the Board recently sold US$210k worth of stock

Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) Seems To Use Debt Rather Sparingly

Consensus EPS estimates increase by 17%

Third quarter 2023 earnings: EPS and revenues exceed analyst expectations

New major risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 13, 2023

Now 22% undervalued

Now 21% undervalued

Lifeway Foods' (NASDAQ:LWAY) Returns On Capital Are Heading Higher

Now 30% undervalued

What Is Lifeway Foods, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:LWAY) Share Price Doing?

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Now 22% undervalued

Chairperson of the Board recently sold US$109k worth of stock

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 28%

Chairperson of the Board notifies of intention to sell stock