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 30.6 vs a 30.1 median over 31 quarters (+2% 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 30.6× earnings against 14.6× for the median Packaged Foods name, more expensive than its own group.
Trailing P/E · Packaged Foods median 14.6 · 2.09× the median: the market pays up for this one
- Price / sales
- 1.29
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Price / book
- 3.27
Price / book · as of 2026-Q1
- EV / sales
- 1.30
EV / sales
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- Price / bookas of 2026-Q1
- 3.27
- EV / EBITas of 2026-Q1
- 14.2
- EV / salesas of 2026-Q1
- 1.30
- Consumer Defensive median P/E142 names
- 20.2
- Packaged Foods median P/E37 names
- 14.6
- Market capitalisation
- $323M
| 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 | $21.14 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.