LWAYLifeway Foods, Inc.
Is the price fair?
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.
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.
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
| Method | Per 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.