Lifeway Foods, Inc.

NasdaqGM:LWAY Stock Report

Market Cap: US$309.8m

Lifeway Foods Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGM:LWAY Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
11 Feb 25SellUS$213,100Smolyansky Family Foundation, Endowment ArmCompany10,000US$21.31
17 Jan 25SellUS$671,675Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual29,726US$22.67
13 Jan 25SellUS$667,200Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual30,000US$22.48
06 Jan 25SellUS$1,418,850Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual60,000US$24.12
03 Sep 24SellUS$745,067Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual39,584US$19.55
16 Aug 24SellUS$104,875Eric HansonIndividual5,546US$18.91
16 Aug 24SellUS$240,451Amy FeldmanIndividual12,948US$18.79
24 Jul 24SellUS$179,826Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual14,620US$12.30
20 May 24SellUS$542,554Julie SmolyanskyIndividual30,105US$18.44
13 May 24SellUS$405,250Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual15,000US$27.93
06 May 24SellUS$133,900Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual5,000US$26.78
26 Apr 24SellUS$239,000Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual10,000US$23.90
26 Apr 24SellUS$460,300Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual20,000US$23.90
25 Apr 24SellUS$741,057Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual35,588US$21.64
17 Apr 24SellUS$245,357Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual12,193US$20.50
09 Apr 24SellUS$307,750Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual15,000US$21.59
28 Mar 24SellUS$171,900Pol SikarIndividual10,000US$17.19
27 Mar 24SellUS$383,000Eric HansonIndividual20,000US$19.15
27 Mar 24SellUS$221,822Julie SmolyanskyIndividual12,559US$19.35
27 Mar 24SellUS$552,210Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual30,000US$19.04
22 Mar 24SellUS$344,702Ludmila SmolyanskyIndividual24,852US$15.80

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: LWAY insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of LWAY?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies500,0003.37%
General Public1,486,28410%
Public Companies3,454,75623.3%
Institutions3,505,87723.7%
Individual Insiders5,869,55339.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 83.43% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
23.3%
Danone S.A.
3,454,756US$72.2m0%no data
17.6%
Edward Smolyansky
2,604,975US$54.5m0%no data
14.5%
Julie Smolyansky
2,143,271US$44.8m0.31%no data
6.52%
Ludmila Smolyansky
965,823US$20.2m-11%no data
3.37%
Smolyansky Family Holdings, Llc
500,000US$10.5m0%no data
2.95%
Renaissance Technologies LLC
436,371US$9.1m1.44%0.01%
2.13%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
314,992US$6.6m6.02%no data
2.04%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
302,566US$6.3m0%no data
1.78%
BlackRock, Inc.
263,091US$5.5m4.87%no data
0.98%
Beryl Capital Management LLC
145,449US$3.0m0%1.13%
0.96%
TIG Advisors, LLC
141,599US$3.0m0%0.32%
0.92%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
136,618US$2.9m14.5%0.01%
0.8%
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP
117,951US$2.5m0%0.29%
0.78%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
115,640US$2.4m-0.29%no data
0.71%
Marshall Wace LLP
105,589US$2.2m-37.1%no data
0.57%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments
83,980US$1.8m874%no data
0.51%
The Ludmila And Edward Smolyansky Family Foundation, Endowment Arm
75,000US$1.6m0%no data
0.47%
American Century Investment Management Inc
69,302US$1.4m27.7%no data
0.4%
De Lisle Partners Llp
59,782US$1.3m0%0.21%
0.39%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
58,113US$1.2m8.25%no data
0.39%
Northern Trust Global Investments
58,039US$1.2m13.5%no data
0.38%
BNY Asset Management
55,841US$1.2m1.58%no data
0.36%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
53,312US$1.1m-25.4%no data
0.36%
Slotnik Capital, LLC
53,000US$1.1m0%0.67%
0.31%
Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments
46,114US$964.2k243%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/03/07 06:04
End of Day Share Price 2025/03/07 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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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.

AnalystInstitution
Eric GottliebD.A. Davidson & Co.
Mitchell PinheiroImperial Capital
Benjamin KlieveLake Street Capital Markets, LLC