Lifeway Foods Inc chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 8.85
Dividend & YieldN/A$ (N/A)
Beta 1.53
Market capitalization 102.58M
Operating cash flow 3.35M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Lifeway Foods, Inc. produces and markets probiotic-based products in the United States and internationally. Its primary product is drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product in various organic and non-organic sizes, flavors, and types, including low fat, non-fat, whole milk, protein, and BioKefir. The company also offers European-style soft cheeses; cream and other products; ProBugs, a line of kefir products designed for children; cupped kefir and Icelandic Skyr, a line of strained kefir and yogurt products; and frozen kefir in soft serve and pint-size containers. It sells its products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers primarily through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Morton Grove, Illinois.

Sector: Consumer Defensive - Industry: Packaged Foods

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio2.03
Working Capital0.21
Return On Equity0.07
Debt To Equity0.06
Fixed Asset Ratio0.07
Fixed Interest Cover41.72

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities -2.28M 710k 311k 1.02M
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -2.72M 838k -1.89M -7.14M
Net Borrowings -229k -3.27M 4.5M 4.5M
Total Cash From Financing Activities -1.68M -3.81M -405k 2.88M
Change To Operating Activities -936k 240k -855k 413k
Issuance Of Stock
Net Income -3.09M 453k 3.23M 3.31M
Change In Cash -1.98M 838k 4.09M 1.31M
Effect Of Exchange Rate
Total Cash From Operating Activities 2.42M 3.81M 6.38M 5.56M
Depreciation 3.48M 3.34M 3.24M 2.87M
Change To Account Receivables 2.38M -423k -1.3M -1.93M
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -69k -32k -32k -32k
Change To Netincome 2.04M -2.1M 1.15M 1.47M
Capital Expenditures -2.82M -1.18M -1.9M -1.92M

Income Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax -3.31M 1.24M 4.83M 5.62M
Net Income -3.09M 453k 3.23M 3.31M
Selling General Administrative 27.09M 23.89M 21.86M 22.71M
Gross Profit 28.7M 25.3M 30.02M 31.46M
Ebit -1.87M -1.93M 4.92M 5.88M
Operating Income -1.87M -1.93M 4.92M 5.88M
Interest Expense -271k -249k -118k -116k
Income Tax Expense -225k 782k 1.6M 2.31M
Total Revenue 103.35M 93.66M 102.03M 119.06M
Cost Of Revenue 74.65M 68.37M 72.01M 87.6M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -1.45M 3.17M -95k -264k
Net Income From Continuing Ops -3.09M 453k 3.23M 3.31M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares -3.09M 453k 3.23M 3.31M

Balance Sheet Statement 2018-12-31 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 14.4M 13.74M 14.39M 21.74M
Total Stockholder Equity 42.41M 43.25M 46.85M 49.13M
Other Current Liabilities 106k 154k 653k 725k
Total Assets 56.81M 56.99M 61.25M 70.87M
Common Stock 6.51M 6.51M 6.51M 6.51M
Other Current Assets
Retained Earnings 46.56M 46.96M 50.2M 53.51M
Treasury Stock -12.97M -12.6M -12.45M -13.44M
Cash 3M 3.84M 7.93M 9.23M
Total Current Liabilities 7.45M 9.52M 8.44M 12.06M
Other Stockholder Equity
Property, Plant, and Equipment 24.57M 23.01M 21.39M 20.35M
Total Current Assets 18.92M 19.2M 24.05M 29.05M
Net Tangible Assets 29.24M 30.27M 32.85M 29.45M
Net Receivables 9.02M 7.37M 8.03M 10.27M
Accounts Payable 4.57M 5.28M 5.59M 6.61M


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to Lifeway Foods Inc:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PSale at price 7.57 - 7.72 per share.D2022-11-21Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security15k
SMOLYANSKY JULIEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-04-20Chief Executive Officer148.69k
HANSON ERIC AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-04-20Chief Financial Officer30.8k
FELDMAN AMY MStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2022-04-20Officer17.24k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.16 - 5.22 per share.I2021-12-10Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security10k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.25 - 5.26 per share.I2021-12-09Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security10k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.15 - 5.26 per share.I2021-11-30Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security15k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.42 - 5.50 per share.I2021-11-19Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security10k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.72 - 5.74 per share.I2021-09-20Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security4k
SMOLYANSKY JULIEPurchase at price 5.20 per share.D2021-09-10Chief Executive Officer2k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.35 - 5.42 per share.I2021-08-27Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security12.84k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.36 - 5.42 per share.I2021-08-26Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security5k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.41 - 5.43 per share.I2021-08-25Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security10k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.34 - 5.44 per share.I2021-08-24Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security13.5k
SIKAR POLStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-08-12Director5.27k
LEVY JODYStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-08-12Director5.27k
MCWHORTER DORRIStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-08-12Director5.27k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.22 - 5.46 per share.I2021-06-30Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security15k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 5.37 - 5.61 per share.I2021-06-10Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security23k
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PSale at price 5.57 per share.D2021-06-09Chief Operating Officer10k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILAStock Gift at price 0.00 per share.I2021-05-28Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security500k
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PSale at price 5.61 per share.D2021-05-26Chief Operating Officer2.5k
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PSale at price 5.29 - 5.67 per share.D2021-05-24Chief Operating Officer10k
SMOLYANSKY JULIEStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-04-29Chief Executive Officer177.76k
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-04-29Chief Operating Officer31.56k
HANSON ERIC AStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-04-29Chief Financial Officer15.78k
FELDMAN AMY MStock Award(Grant) at price 0.00 per share.D2021-04-29Officer6.31k
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PSale at price 5.52 - 5.63 per share.D2020-12-31Chief Operating Officer10k
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD PSale at price 6.05 - 6.40 per share.D2020-12-18Chief Operating Officer5k
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILASale at price 6.02 - 6.19 per share.I2020-12-17Director and Beneficial Owner of more than 10% of a Class of Security25k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to Lifeway Foods Inc. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on Lifeway Foods Inc

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to Lifeway Foods Inc. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to Lifeway Foods Inc:

Lifeway Foods Inc automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 60.5% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

60.5 %

Latent gain

1359.52 $

Invested capital

2247.2 $

Annualized return

14.61 %
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Momentum strategy results on Lifeway Foods Inc

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to Lifeway Foods Inc. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on Lifeway Foods Inc:

Lifeway Foods Inc momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 84.75% of return on Lifeway Foods Inc. That represents 3600.65$ of latent gain with 4248.59$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 96.24% of return on Lifeway Foods Inc. That represents 4801.86$ of latent gain with 4989.46$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

84.75 %

Latent gain

3600.65 $

Invested capital

4248.59 $

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

96.24 %

Latent gain

4801.86 $

Invested capital

4989.46 $

Annualized return

26.3 %

Momentum equity curve on Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to Lifeway Foods Inc:

Lifeway Foods Inc momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by Lifeway Foods Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on Lifeway Foods Inc since the beginning:

Lifeway Foods Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on Lifeway Foods Inc

Buy the dip entry openings on Lifeway Foods Inc

Lifeway Foods Inc

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on Lifeway Foods Inc is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0$ of employed capital. The following chart shows Lifeway Foods Inc stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of Lifeway Foods Inc, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 $

Invested capital

0.0 $

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to Lifeway Foods Inc:

Lifeway Foods Inc

Note: the dividends potentially given by Lifeway Foods Inc are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on Lifeway Foods Inc:

Lifeway Foods Inc

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on Lifeway Foods Inc

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to Lifeway Foods Inc.

Equity curve comparison on Lifeway Foods Inc

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

Lifeway Foods Inc investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on Lifeway Foods Inc

Lifeway Foods Inc investment comparison

Performance comparison on Lifeway Foods Inc

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 60.5% 1359.52$ 2247.2$ 14.61%
Momentum 1 quarter 84.75% 3600.65$ 4248.59$ 21.73%
Momentum 2 quarters 96.24% 4801.86$ 4989.46$ 26.3%
Non-directional 0% 0.0$ 0.0$ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

14.61 %

Momentum 1Q

26.3 %

Momentum 2Q

26.3 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with Lifeway Foods Inc:

Positive correlations

Most correlated stocks this year

  • Lifeway Foods Inc

  • Most correlated stocks last 3 months

  • SilverSun Technologies Inc
  • Lifeway Foods Inc
  • Sage Therapeutics Inc

  • Negative correlation

    Most negatively correlated stocks this year


    Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

  • DAMARTEX
  • ERYTECH PHARMA

  • Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between Lifeway Foods Inc and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of Lifeway Foods Inc does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


    Company information

    Company name Lifeway Foods Inc
    Country United States
    City Morton Grove
    Address 6431 West Oakton Street
    Phone 847 967 1010
    Website lifewaykefir.com
    FullTime employees 280
    Industry Packaged Foods
    Sector Consumer Defensive
    Exchange XNAS
    Ticker LWAY
    Market www.nasdaq.com

    Lifeway Foods Inc ESG Scores

    Environment scores

    Environment ESG Factors Scores
    Environment Score 0
    Peer Environment Performance unknown
    Environment Percentile unknown
    Palm Oil unknown
    Nuclear unknown
    Fur Leather unknown
    GMO unknown
    Coal unknown
    Pesticides unknown
    Animal Testing unknown

    Social scores

    Social ESG Factors Scores
    Social Score 0
    Peer Social Performance unknown
    Social Percentile unknown
    Highest Controversy unknown
    Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
    Adult unknown
    Gambling unknown
    Alcoholic unknown
    Tobacco unknown
    Catholic unknown
    Controversial Weapons unknown
    Small Arms unknown
    Military Contract unknown
    Peer Count unknown

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    Governance scores

    Governance ESG Factors Scores
    Governance Score 0
    Peer Governance Performance unknown
    Governance Percentile unknown

    ESG at glance
    Total ESG Scores: unknown
    Environment Score: 0
    Social Score: 0
    Governance Score: 0

    ESG Performance: unknown

    Peer Group: unknown

    Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

    Rating Year: unknown

    Rating Month: unknown

    Max Age: unknown

    Percentile: unknown