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Lifeway Foods (LWAY)

Company Profile

Company profile

Ticker

LWAY

Exchange

Website

lifewaykefir.com

CEO

Ms. Julie Smolyansky

Incorporated

Location

Fiscal year end

Sector

Manufacturing > Other Snack Food Manufacturing

Industry (SIC)

Dean Foods • NutraLife BioSciences • Trident Brands • Sipup • Nutranomics • Energy 1 • Burcon NutraScience • NxGen Brands ...

Former names

LIFEWAY FOODS INC

SEC CIK

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

Underwriting Agreements

Plans of Reorganization

Material Contracts & Credit Agreements

Subsidiaries Lists

Subsidiaries

Lifeway Wisconsin, Inc. • Fresh Made, Inc. • Lifeway Foods Europe Limited ...

IRS number

363442829

LWAY stock data

1M 3M 6M 1Y

Latest filings (excl ownership)

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Regulation FD Disclosure

Lifeway Foods Expects to Realize $5 Million Net Gain from Sale of Simple Foods to Flowers Foods

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

Regulation FD Disclosure

Regulation FD Disclosure

Regulation FD Disclosure

Quarterly report

14 Nov 24

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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Latest ownership filings

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LUDMILA SMOLYANSKY

Notice of proposed sale of securities

SMOLYANSKY EDWARD

LUDMILA SMOLYANSKY

LUDMILA SMOLYANSKY

JULIE SMOLYANSKY

LUDMILA SMOLYANSKY

JASON SCOTT SCHER

Financial summary

Financial statements Chart LWAY financial data

Quarter (USD)	Sep 24	Jun 24	Mar 24	Dec 23
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Annual (USD)	Dec 23	Dec 22	Dec 21	Dec 20
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Financial data from company earnings reports.

Institutional ownership, Q3 2024

LWAY institutional ownership history Ownership history

62.6% owned by funds/institutions

13F holders	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total holders	92	64	+43.8%
Opened positions	37	23	+60.9%
Closed positions	9	12	-25.0%
Increased positions	22	24	-8.3%
Reduced positions	22	10	+120.0%

13F shares	Current	Prev Q	Change
Total value	84.16 bn	35.48 bn	+137.2%
Total shares	9.28 mm	4.93 mm	+88.1%
Total puts	0.00	0.00
Total calls	0.00	0.00
Total put/call ratio	–	–	–

Largest owners	Shares	Value	Change
Danone	3.45 mm	$74.28 mm	NEW
Edward Smolyansky	1.23 mm	$20.55 mm	0.0%
Smolyansky Ludmila	1.23 mm	$15.12 mm	+48.0%
Renaissance Technologies	430.18 k	$11.15 bn	-5.4%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	302.57 k	$7.84 bn	-3.1%
Vanguard	297.11 k	$7.70 bn	+2.9%
BlackRock	250.88 k	$6.50 bn	NEW
Marshall Wace	167.93 k	$4.35 bn	+67.6%
Vazirani Asset Management	125.00 k	$3.24 bn	NEW
Gamco Investors	119.30 k	$3.09 bn	+5.1%

Largest transactions	Shares	Bought/sold	Change
Danone	3.45 mm	+3.45 mm	NEW
Smolyansky Ludmila	1.23 mm	+400.00 k	+48.0%
BlackRock	250.88 k	+250.88 k	NEW
BLK BlackRock	0.00	-248.02 k	EXIT
Hillsdale Investment Management	41.69 k	-166.62 k	-80.0%
Vazirani Asset Management	125.00 k	+125.00 k	NEW
D. E. Shaw & Co.	96.44 k	+96.44 k	NEW
AMP Ameriprise Financial	71.49 k	+71.49 k	NEW
Marshall Wace	167.93 k	+67.71 k	+67.6%
MS Morgan Stanley	13.92 k	-59.27 k	-81.0%

Data from 13F filings, for the last complete 13F reporting period. For most recent data, click the ownership history button. Values as filed, not updated for current price. Long positions only.

Recent insider trades

LWAY insider ownership history Insider history

Date	Owner	Security	Transaction	Code	Indirect	10b5-1	$Price	#Shares	$Value	#Remaining
11 Feb 25	Smolyansky Ludmila	Common Stock, no par value	Sell	Dispose S	Yes	No	21.31	10,000	213.10 k	17,343
17 Jan 25	Smolyansky Ludmila	Common Stock, no par value	Sell	Dispose S	Yes	No	22.55	12,034	271.37 k	965,823
16 Jan 25	Smolyansky Ludmila	Common Stock, no par value	Sell	Dispose S	Yes	No	22.57	7,692	173.61 k	977,857
15 Jan 25	Smolyansky Ludmila	Common Stock, no par value	Sell	Dispose S	Yes	No	22.67	10,000	226.70 k	985,549
13 Jan 25	Smolyansky Ludmila	Common Stock, no par value	Sell	Dispose S	Yes	No	22.48	10,000	224.80 k	995,549
13 Jan 25	Smolyansky Ludmila	Common Stock, no par value	Sell	Dispose S	Yes	No	22.12	20,000	442.40 k	1,005,549
10 Jan 25	Smolyansky Julie	Common Stock, no par value	Option exercise	Acquire M	Yes	No	0	486	0.00	5,122
10 Jan 25	Smolyansky Julie	Common Stock, no par value	Option exercise	Acquire M	No	No	0	6,070	0.00	2,115,933
10 Jan 25	Smolyansky Julie	RSU Common Stock	Option exercise	Dispose M	Yes	No	0	486	0.00	970
10 Jan 25	Smolyansky Julie	RSU Common Stock	Option exercise	Dispose M	No	No	0	6,070	0.00	12,138

Data from 3, 4 and 5 filings. Values as filed, not updated for current price.

News

From Benzinga Pro

Lifeway Foods Expects To Realize Approximately $5M Of Net Profit Due To Recently Announced Sale Of Simple Foods To Flowers Foods

Lifeway was an early investor in Simple Foods in 2015 and since that time, the Company has already realized a $1.5 million gain in 2019, bringing the total expected net proceeds to Lifeway of approximately $6.5 million.

Reported Earlier, Edward And Ludmila Smolyansky Demand Lifeway Foods CEO Ends Legal Battle

Edward Smolyansky said, "Lifeway seems determined to plunge the Company deeper and deeper into litigation this time via proxy by Julie. We look forward to providing all shareholders a fully transparent accounting of the

Lifeway Foods Responds To Letter From Danone North America PBC Reaffirming Rejection Of Unsolicited Takeover Offer; Also Announces Unaudited Preliminary Q4 Net Sales Between $45.1M-$46.6M; FY24 Preliminary Unaudited Net Sales Are Projected To Range Between $185M-$186.5M Compared To $160.1M In 2023

Company also announces unaudited preliminary fourth quarter net sales between $45.1 million to $46.6 millionFull year 2024 preliminary unaudited net sales are projected to range between $185.0 million and $186.5 million

Lifeway Foods Rejects Danone's $27 Per Share Acquisition Proposal, Citing Undervaluation Of The Company

What's Going On With Lifeway Stock After Rejecting Revised Acquisition Offer From Danone?

Press releases

From Benzinga Pro

Lifeway Farmer Cheese Expanding Footprint and Entering 1,400 Albertsons Stores Across the U.S.

Kefir leader increases space into adjacent category MORTON GROVE, Ill., Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWAY), a leading U.S. supplier of kefir and fermented probiotic products, announced the

LIFEWAY FOODS EXPECTS TO REALIZE $5 MILLION NET GAIN FROM SALE OF SIMPLE FOODS TO FLOWERS FOODS

Gain comes as a result of early investment in Simple Mills made by Lifeway in 2015 MORTON GROVE, Ill., Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifeway Foods, Inc. (NASDAQ:LWAY) ("Lifeway" or the "Company"), a

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Lifeway Foods, Inc./

In the news release, LIFEWAY FOODS EXPECTS TO REALIZE $5 MILLION NET GAIN FROM SALE OF SIMPLE MILLS TO FLOWERS FOODS, issued 11-Feb-2025 by Lifeway Foods, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that two

Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky Request Lifeway Foods Inc. NASDAQ (LWAY) CEO Julie Smolyansky Immediately Withdraws Her Lawsuit Against Edward Smolyansky. Reiterate and Reaffirm Singular Goal Amid Ongoing Activism Battle

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Edward and Ludmila Smolyansky/

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