LWAYLifeway Foods, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though in a downtrend (−9% vs 200-day).
In a downtrend, below its 50- and 200-day averages. Price is −9% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 22, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Moderately shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How LWAY is trading
Lifeway Foods, Inc. is −17% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 33 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +16%
- vs 200-day average
- −8.7%
vs 200-day average · below trend, but not far
- RSI (14)
- 62
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 31%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-23
- $22.43
- 1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
- +2.2%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +16%
- −17%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
- +304%
- vs 50-day average$23.66
- −5.2%
- 52-week high
- $32.29
- 52-week low
- $17.80
- Annualised volatility
- 43%
- Insider selling, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-22
- $67M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | −7.4% |
| 2025 | −2.3% |
| 2024 | +85% |
| 2023 | +142% |
| 2022 | +21% |
| 2021 | −15% |
| 2020 | +172% |
| 2019 | +5.9% |
| 2018 | −77% |
| 2017 | −30% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | +4.8% |
| Feb | 10 | 3 of 10 | −2.1% |
| Mar | 10 | 6 of 10 | +4.3% |
| Apr | 10 | 3 of 10 | +2.9% |
| May | 10 | 3 of 10 | −4.1% |
| Jun | 10 | 4 of 10 | +6.8% |
| Jul | 11 | 5 of 11 | +2.1% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | +18% |
| Sep | 11 | 5 of 11 | −0.56% |
| Oct | 11 | 7 of 11 | +0.77% |
| Nov | 10 | 6 of 10 | +4.7% |
| Dec | 10 | 1 of 10 | −11% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
Where the price stands
Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.
What it has returned
With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.