LWAYLifeway Foods, Inc.

$22.43-17% 1Y

Is the price fair?

Mixed

In its normal P/E range. That is the only one of 3 checks this filer's data supports, so take it as a single data point rather than a settled answer.

1 neutral, 2 without data
Vs its own P/E rangemid-range for this companyderived

In its normal range: P/E 32.5 vs a 30.1 median over 31 quarters (+8% vs median).

Where this answer is blind. The growth-implied estimate assumes a fixed discount rate; capital-heavy sectors look structurally rich on it.

What LWAY's price assumes

Lifeway Foods, Inc. trades at 32.5× earnings against 15.2× for the median Packaged Foods name, more expensive than its own group.

32.5

Trailing P/E · Packaged Foods median 15.2 · 2.15× the median: the market pays up for this one

Price / sales
1.89

Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2

Price / book
5.40

Price / book · as of 2026-Q2

Details›
Price / bookas of 2026-Q2
5.40
Consumer Defensive median P/E140 names
21.7
Packaged Foods median P/E37 names
15.2
Market capitalisation15.1 million shares, counted Aug 7, 2026
$339M
What the market has paid for these earnings: 31 quarters of its own multiple × $0.69 of trailing earnings per share
MethodPer share
Its own P/E history, lower quartile$13.58
Its own P/E history, median$20.80
Its own P/E history, upper quartile$32.11
52-week range$17.80 – $32.29
Today$22.43

Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.

Against its own past

Its multiples now against their own history, and how much of the price move came from earnings rather than the multiple.