LWAY Lifeway Foods Inc

XNAS 22.96 Delayed
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LWAY $22.96 —
Key stats
$22.96
52-Week Range
$17.31 – $32.71
YTD
+0.72%
IV Rank (30D)
98.77
Straddle Price
$3.67
P/C Vol Ratio
0.25
Market Cap
$0.3B
Open
$22.49
Day Range
$22.24 – $23.09
Volume
68,129
Prev Close
$22.46
Fair Value
MODEL: NEUTRAL

A blended fair-value estimate combining up to six valuation methods. Each method is weighted by how well it fits the company — DCF down-weights for unprofitable names; DDM only fires for steady dividend payers; comparables down-weight when peer multiples disagree.

  • DCF (quality-aware) — projects free cash flow with a horizon that scales to business quality. True compounders (quality 6/6) get 10 years explicit + 10 years fade before terminal; cyclical/struggling names (quality 0-1) get a 5-year terminal cliff. Quality is scored from ROE, gross margin, growth, FCF margin, debt load, and FCF consistency — the same factors that drive market premium for compounders.
  • Market-Implied Growth (in Model Inputs) — reverse-DCF that answers "what growth rate is the market pricing in?". Lets you sanity-check the deviation: if implied growth is plausible for the business, the model's bearish flag may be wrong; if implausible, the market may be over-extrapolating.
  • DDM (Gordon Growth Dividend Model) — values the stream of future dividends. Only used when trailing yield ≥ 2% and dividend payments are stable — below that the dividend is a token payout and Gordon (which values only the dividend stream) systematically underprices growth names, so those route to DCF + comparables + market anchor instead.
  • P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/B, P/S — applies the peer-group median multiple to this company's per-share metric. Peers come from the same set as the "Related symbols" card. Earnings/sales metrics are forward-tilted by the company's recent revenue growth (capped at 25%) so they're comparable to peers' growth-embedded multiples — mimics how analysts use NTM rather than TTM. Per-multiple weights are biased by company quality (e.g. P/B down-weighted for asset-light tech).
  • Market Anchor (SMA50) — the 50-day moving average, weighted by recent trading-range stability (tighter Bollinger bands → higher weight). Captures information fundamentals miss (forward consensus, sentiment, supply/demand) — but only when recent trading is steady enough that the market has converged on a view. During wild breakouts or breakdowns the anchor's weight collapses.
  • Options Expected (B-L 30d) — the risk-neutral expected stock price at 30-day options expiration, derived from the full implied-volatility surface via Breeden-Litzenberger (second derivative of call price wrt strike → implied PDF, then E[S_T]). Forward-looking, captures all options-implied information (smile, skew, term structure) in one number. Weighted by chain liquidity. SP500-only at present (pre-computed daily). Backtest evidence: adds modest alpha across most bucket × holding combos.
  • Blended value — weighted average. Confidence reflects how many methods fired and how tight peer dispersion is.
  • Deviation pill — green when blended FV ≥ 10% above current price (undervalued); red when ≥ 10% below; grey otherwise.
10-yr Treasury (rf)4.96%
Beta vs SPY0.80
Cost of Equity (CAPM)8.97% (VRP-adj)
WACC8.86%
Volatility Risk Premium+87.2pp (IV − HV30)
Effective Tax Rate29.7%
Rev. Growth (YoY, DCF input)+3.0%
DCF Horizon5 years explicit + fade
Forward Tilt (NTM/TTM)×1.03 (applied to P/E, EV/EBITDA, P/S)
Free Cash Flow (TTM)$-0.0B
Return on Equity (TTM)12.8%
Book / Price23.6%
Gross Margin (TTM)25.0%
FCF Margin (TTM)-12.8%
Debt / Equity0.26
Quality Score1/6 — cyclical/struggling (5y DCF)
SMA 50$23.59 (Market Anchor value)
SMA 20 / Bollinger Mid$21.87
Bollinger Width / SMA2059.8% (drives anchor stability)
Net Debt$0.0B
Market Cap$0B
Peers used for multiples: COST, CVLG, KO, LGND, MAMA, PDFS, PG, WMT
60-Day Conviction
23%
20-Day Fair Value
≈ by Nov 25, 2026
$22.98
α -0.1% rank 72%
conviction
7%
40-Day Fair Value
≈ by Dec 24, 2026
$23.17
α +0.7% rank 79%
conviction
25%
60-Day Fair Value
≈ by Jan 22, 2027
$23.15
α +0.6% rank 72%
conviction
23%
MethodImplied PriceWeightDetail
DCF n/a 0%
DDM (Gordon) n/a 0%
Peer P/E $32.91 12% median 45.6× · 8 peers
Peer EV/EBITDA $36.76 12% median 28.5× · 8 peers
Peer P/B $35.36 12% median 6.5× · 8 peers
Peer P/S $57.25 12% median 3.6× · 8 peers
Market Anchor (SMA50) $23.59 51% stability 62% (BB-width)
Options Expected (B-L 30d) $21.17 0% 7 strikes · skew -0.75
As of 2026-10-27 · updated
About
Industry (SIC)
DAIRY PRODUCTS (2020) · industry map
Exchange
XNAS
Market Cap
$0.3B
Employees
293
List Date
1989-02-16
CIK
0000814586
Next Earnings
2026-11-11 (Pre-Market)
Headquarters
Morton Grove, IL
Homepage
https://www.lifewaykefir.com

Lifeway Foods Inc is engaged in manufacturing probiotic, cultured, functional dairy health food products. Its primary product is drinkable kefir, which is a cultured dairy product. Its product categories are Drinkable Kefir, which is the key revenue-driving product, European-style soft cheeses, Cream, ProBugs, Frozen Kefir, and Other dairy. The company manufactures and markets products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers. It sells the products through a direct sales force, brokers, and distributors.

Summary
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No summary data available for this symbol yet.

Each spoke is this symbol's rank within its sector (0–100; the dotted ring marks the sector median at 50). Higher is more constructive for a long. One spoke — News sentiment — is an absolute reading, not a sector rank. Grayed spokes have no data. A fuller shape is a summary, not a recommendation.

Chart
Seasonality
'21'22'23'24'25'26Avg
Jan15.55%5.77%-4.98%-7.02%-6.95%-3.38%-0.17%
Feb-8.06%24.55%11.28%-4.20%-7.80%-0.49%2.55%
Mar-7.22%13.17%0.33%39.77%17.27%-12.29%8.51%
Apr-8.79%-20.78%0.00%8.20%-4.07%18.13%-1.22%
May16.50%-3.16%-0.17%-26.08%-4.70%-12.07%-4.95%
Jun-3.90%-9.96%8.56%-4.91%3.35%27.36%3.42%
Jul12.99%9.47%4.32%0.24%1.24%0.56%4.80%
Aug-7.72%17.70%67.71%62.96%13.36%-11.94%23.68%
Sep0.00%-6.84%-5.91%29.02%-6.75%-18.22%-1.45%
Oct-1.27%-9.72%-3.26%1.80%-9.16%9.00%*-2.10%
Nov-7.01%13.61%29.35%-6.21%2.71%--6.49%
Dec-10.33%-18.26%-9.94%3.12%-1.74%---7.43%
Total-13.60%3.64%113.29%96.48%-6.73%-11.94%30.19%
Technical Indicators

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators
  • SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
  • EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
  • MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
  • ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
  • +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
  • RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
  • Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
  • Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility
  • Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
  • OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
  • Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
  • ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
  • HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $21.87
SMA 50: $23.59
SMA 200: $24.56
Current: $23.00
EMA 12: $22.38
EMA 26: $22.62
MACD: -0.2387 | Signal: 0.2798
BEARISH
ADX (14): 21.70
WEAK TREND
+DI: 19.95
−DI: 18.69

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 53.53
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 88.86
Stoch %D: 82.47
Williams %R: -4.46

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $23.30
BB Lower: $20.44
NEUTRAL
OBV: -1,963,366
Vol SMA 20: 129,304
Vol ROC: -31.10%
ATR: $0.78
True Range: $0.85
HV 20: 32.9%
HV 30: 33.2%
HV 60: 48.2%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-28T00:00:00 – 2026-10-26T00:00:00
AI Analysis

LLM Stock Analysis Report

Executive Summary

BULLISH (Confidence Level: 6/10)

Key drivers:

  • Recent options activity suggests market expectation of a $4.67 move by expiration, indicating potential upside.
  • Low volatility (beta = 0.53) reduces risk and allows for more accurate price predictions.

Primary risks:

  • Recent news headlines highlight governance issues and shareholder conflicts, which may impact the company's future performance.
  • Weak trend indicators suggest a neutral market environment.

Investment thesis: LWAY presents an attractive buying opportunity due to its relatively low volatility and potential upside indicated by options activity. However, investors should be cautious of the recent negative news sentiment and potential risks associated with governance issues.

Recent news sentiment impact: The recent headlines have had a net NEGATIVE effect on LWAY's stock price.

Technical Analysis

Trend Direction: Neutral (short-term), Medium-term (weak downtrend)

Support/Resistance Levels:

  • SMA 20: $30.70
  • SMA 50: $28.31
  • SMA 200: $24.49
  • EMA 12: $30.09

Momentum Signals: RSI: Neutral (50.93) MACD: Bullish (0.19 / Signal: -0.31 / Histogram: 0.49)

Volume Analysis: Volume trends and institutional interest signals:

  • On-Balance Volume (OBV): 1091570.90
  • Volume Rate of Change: 23.66%

News & Sentiment Analysis

Recent Headlines Summary: Governance issues, shareholder conflicts, and negative news sentiment have dominated the headlines.

Sentiment Assessment: NEGATIVE

Catalyst Identification: The upcoming election may bring more clarity to governance concerns, but it's uncertain whether this will positively impact LWAY's stock price.

Market Narrative: News sentiment has been largely bearish, contradicting the positive technical signals from options activity and low volatility.

Risk & Volatility Assessment

Beta Interpretation: Low risk (beta = 0.53)

Volatility Regime: Current vs historical volatility levels:

  • Average True Range (ATR): $1.16
  • Historical Volatility: HV20 26.8%, HV30 33.5%, HV60 44.1%

Options Market Signals: IV Rank: 12.5% (Low), IV Premium vs HV30: 152.3% (Positive)

Downside Protection: Support levels and risk management considerations:

  • SMA 200: $24.49

Market Context & Positioning

Sector Performance: Relative strength vs sector/market: Mixed signals from the broader market.

Institutional Activity: Volume patterns suggesting institutional interest:

  • On-Balance Volume (OBV): 1091570.90
  • Open Interest: 1 calls vs 2 puts

Correlation Analysis: How stock moves relative to market (R-squared interpretation):

  • Correlation: 0.15

Relative Valuation: Position within trading range:

  • Recent price action suggests the stock is consolidating within a range, with potential for further upside.

Key Levels & Action Items

Critical Price Levels: Support/resistance to monitor:

  • SMA 20: $30.70
  • SMA 50: $28.31
  • SMA 200: $24.49

Breakout/Breakdown Levels: Technical levels that could trigger significant moves:

  • Upper Bollinger Band: $32.50
  • Lower Bollinger Band: $28.91

Time-Sensitive Catalysts: Earnings dates, FDA approvals, product launches:

  • No earnings data available

Risk Management: Stop-loss levels and position sizing considerations:

  • Set stop-loss at SMA 200 ($24.49) to limit potential losses.
  • Consider reducing position size due to mixed technical signals.

Note: This analysis is based on the provided data and should not be considered a buy or sell recommendation. Investors should make their own decisions based on their risk tolerance, investment goals, and market conditions.

Generated
Earnings History
0 of 1 under expected move
Avg Expected Move
10.10%
Avg Actual Move
15.47%
Each row pairs the pre-earnings straddle-implied expected move with the realized close-to-close move. Sorted oldest first.
Earnings Date Timing Expected Move Actual Move Ratio Outcome
2026-08-13 Pre-Market 10.10% 15.47% 1.53x Exceeded

Earnings calendar: this week’s reports with expected vs actual moves →

LWAY Options Activity & IV Rank

LWAY IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →

Volatility Metrics

Current IV: 76.5%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $3.67
7-DTE Move: $3.67
Days to Exp: 25 (2026-11-20)

Options Flow

Call Volume: 8
Put Volume: 2
P/C Volume: 0.25
BULLISH
Call OI: 34
Put OI: 11
P/C OI: 0.324
Total OI: 45

ATM Options Pricing

ATM Call: $1.93
ATM Put: $1.75
Call %: 8.4%
Put %: 7.6%

Chain Summary

Chain Volume: 4,609
Chain OI: 3,018
Last Updated: 10/26/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Full Algorithm Docs ↗

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
  • RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
  • MACD crossover + histogram trend
  • Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
  • Stochastic %K <20 / >80
  • Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
  • Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
  • Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
  • BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
  • IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
  • IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
  • Min open interest across all legs
  • OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.

Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.

Dealer Positioning
TYPICAL γ

Estimated net dealer gamma is at the 31st percentile of this name's own daily history, within its typical range. This describes current positioning; it is not a forecast or a trading signal.

Gamma percentile
31%
vs own history
GEX tilt
+0.82
OI-weighted, today
Vanna tilt
+0.92
δ-sensitivity to IV
Charm tilt
-0.93
δ-decay vs time
Vanna tilt +0.92: the estimated dealer exposure leans positive, so the modeled hedge would shift noticeably if implied volatility changed.
Charm tilt -0.93: the estimated dealer exposure leans negative, so the modeled hedge would shift noticeably as time passes and options approach expiry.

Net dealer gamma is an estimate of the aggregate gamma held by options market makers across this name's option chain, weighted by open interest. Dealer positions aren't public, so it uses a standard simplifying assumption: dealers are treated as long the calls and short the puts that are open. Actual dealer books can differ.

Gamma percentile ranks today's estimate against this name's own daily history, from 0% (the lowest reading on record) to 100% (the highest). Raw gamma scales with how much open interest a chain carries, so it isn't comparable across names; the percentile is. The badge marks the bottom 20% as low and the top 20% as high.

Tilts run from −1 to +1 and show how lopsided the estimated dealer exposure is. GEX tilt compares call gamma with put gamma. Vanna tilt describes how the hedge would shift if implied volatility changed, and charm tilt how it would shift with the passage of time.

This card describes estimated positioning and where it sits historically. It is not a forecast of price direction or volatility and not a trading signal. Market-wide view: Dealer positioning screener.

· 4 ATM contracts, 1k total OI
Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.

  • Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
  • Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
  • Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
  • Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each side

Which side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.

  • Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
  • Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
  • Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
  • Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together

Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:

  • High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
  • Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
  • Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
as of Oct 26 · No data
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
as of Oct 26 · ATM 76.4% / Wing —

Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.

Volatility Surface

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Volatility Smile

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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)98.8HighOct 26
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$3.67Oct 26
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.3327
Alpha: -8.38%
Correlation: 0.0973
R-Squared: 0.9%
Stock Volatility: 43.6%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time
Notable investors who own LWAY
3 of 37 tracked investors
InvestorValueShare of their portfolioRankQ/Q sharesSource
Citadel Hedge fund
Ken Griffin
$27.8M
0.02%
#973 of 6285+1194.0%13F
Renaissance Technologies Hedge fund
Jim Simons
$11.3M
0.02%
#993 of 3138+2.3%13F
Millennium Management Hedge fund
Izzy Englander
$1.5M
0.00%
#2736 of 3716+249.4%13F

Hedge funds, activists, holding companies and family offices we track, from their latest 13F (quarter-end value) and Form 4 filings in the last 3 years. Family offices · all institutions

LWAY Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30
Diluted shares outstanding: 15,570,250 (as of 2026-06-30)

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

  • Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
  • Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
  • % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
  • Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

100 filers8,587,370 shares$254.00M value55.15% of float
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 2,101,540 $62.71M 24.69% 13.50% 2026-06-30
2 Citadel Advisors LLC Custodian 930,109 $27.75M 10.93% 5.97% 2026-06-30
3 Wellington Management Group LLP Custodian 585,100 $17.46M 6.87% 3.76% 2026-06-30
4 RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 377,171 $11.25M 4.43% 2.42% 2026-06-30
5 Vanguard Capital Management LLC 366,771 $10.94M 4.31% 2.36% 2026-06-30
6 BlackRock, Inc. Custodian 322,184 $9.61M 3.79% 2.07% 2026-06-30
7 Pillsbury Lake Capital LLC 291,709 $8.70M 3.43% 1.87% 2026-06-30
8 Vanguard Group Inc Custodian 343,036 $8.31M 3.27% 2.20% 2025-12-31
9 Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Custodian 258,374 $7.71M 3.04% 1.66% 2026-06-30
10 Two Sigma Investments, LP Custodian 228,136 $6.81M 2.68% 1.47% 2026-06-30
11 AWM Investment Company, Inc. 223,000 $6.65M 2.62% 1.43% 2026-06-30
12 GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 214,150 $6.39M 2.52% 1.38% 2026-06-30
13 TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 209,953 $6.26M 2.47% 1.35% 2026-06-30
14 FIRST SABREPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 170,000 $5.07M 2.00% 1.09% 2026-06-30
15 Geode Capital Management, LLC Custodian 158,235 $4.72M 1.86% 1.02% 2026-06-30
16 HBK INVESTMENTS L P 150,000 $4.48M 1.76% 0.96% 2026-06-30
17 Squarepoint Ops LLC 124,294 $3.71M 1.46% 0.80% 2026-06-30
18 Marshall Wace, LLP Custodian 118,944 $3.55M 1.40% 0.76% 2026-06-30
19 Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 104,564 $3.12M 1.23% 0.67% 2026-06-30
20 State Street Corp 99,833 $2.98M 1.17% 0.64% 2026-06-30
21 Jane Street Group, LLC Custodian 98,504 $2.94M 1.16% 0.63% 2026-06-30
22 UBS Group AG Custodian 78,800 $2.35M 0.93% 0.51% 2026-06-30
23 Goldman Sachs Group Inc Custodian 65,918 $1.97M 0.77% 0.42% 2026-06-30
24 Riverwater Partners LLC 65,180 $1.94M 0.77% 0.42% 2026-06-30
25 BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 63,518 $1.90M 0.75% 0.41% 2026-06-30
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period

LWAY Insider Trading (Form 4)

Latest: 2026-10-15
Form 4 filings — insider beneficial-ownership changes by officers, directors, and 10%+ holders. Filed within 2 business days of transaction.
Filed Reporter Role Action Shares Avg Price Net $ Link
2026-10-15 Edward Smolyansky 10%+ Owner Sell (S) −30,000 $22.64 -$679.2K EDGAR
2026-10-06 Divisadero Street Capital, LLC 10%+ Owner Buy (P) +518,420 $20.92 $10.85M EDGAR
2026-10-01 Juan Carlos Dalto Director Award (A) — — EDGAR
2026-10-01 Kirk Chartier Director Grant (A) +782 RSU — EDGAR
2026-10-01 Andee Harris Director Grant (A) +797 RSU — EDGAR
2026-10-01 Jason Scott Scher Director Award (A) — — EDGAR
2026-09-02 Juan Carlos Dalto Director Exer (M) — — EDGAR
2026-09-02 Dorri McWhorter Director Exer (M) +1,550 — EDGAR
2026-09-02 Jason Scott Scher Director Exer (M) — — EDGAR
2026-08-19 Julie Smolyansky CEO, President and Secretary Buy (P) +2,000 $25.26 $50.5K EDGAR
2026-08-17 Divisadero Street Capital, LLC 10%+ Owner Buy (P) +1,232,840 $24.85 $30.63M EDGAR
2026-08-14 Edward Smolyansky 10%+ Owner Sell (S) −110,000 $26.50 -$2.91M EDGAR
2026-07-23 Ludmila Smolyansky Sell (S) −100,000 $30.11 -$3.01M EDGAR
2026-07-16 Edward Smolyansky 10%+ Owner Sell (S) −66,916 $32.02 -$2.14M EDGAR
2026-07-09 Edward Smolyansky 10%+ Owner Sell (S) −47,082 $29.47 -$1.39M EDGAR
Codes: P = open-market purchase · S = open-market sale · A = grant/award · M = option exercise · F = tax withholding at vest · G = bona-fide gift · D = disposition to issuer · J = other (described in filing footnote — typically 401(k), trust, inheritance) · W = will/inheritance. Only P / S codes carry directional signal.

LWAY Insider Holdings

13 insiders · @ $23.00
Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years, ranked by current disclosed exposure (shares × today's price). Shares are direct + indirect (via trusts / LLCs / spouse). Excludes unvested RSU and option grants — those aren't beneficially owned until vest.
# Insider Role Shares Disclosed Exposure Lifetime OM Net Filings Last Filed
1 Julie Smolyansky CEO, President and Secretary 2,714,095 $62.42M -$2.99M 56 2026-08-19
2 Divisadero Street Capital, LLC 10%+ Owner 2,451,792 $56.39M $54.08M 3 2026-10-06
3 Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 10%+ Owner 2,101,540 $48.34M $8.40M 1 2026-05-18
4 Ludmila Smolyansky 1,841,741 $42.36M -$28.60M 106 2026-07-23
5 Edward Smolyansky 10%+ Owner 1,767,435 $40.65M -$28.19M 82 2026-10-15
6 Eric A Hanson CFO 59,884 $1.38M -$487.9K 25 2026-06-18
7 Dorri McWhorter Director 28,842 $663.4K $0 11 2026-09-02
8 Jody Levy Director 26,847 $617.5K $0 8 2025-07-01
9 Pol Sikar Director 22,214 $510.9K -$388.8K 12 2025-07-01
10 Amy M. Feldman Sr. Exec VP of Sales 19,913 $458.0K -$240.5K 16 2025-01-14
Lifetime OM Net = signed sum of open-market buys (P) and sells (S) over their career; excludes grants, tax withholdings, and dispositions to issuer. A large negative number is normal for long-tenured executives — they've sold compensation grants over many years.

LWAY Board & Officers

As of SEC filings through Oct 15, 2026

Directors 10

Officers 2

10% owners 7

Changes in the last 10 years (33)
May 14, 2026William Zolezzi became a 10% owner
May 14, 2026Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. became a 10% owner
May 14, 2026Divisadero Street Partners GP, LLC became a 10% owner
May 14, 2026Divisadero Street Capital, LLC became a 10% owner
May 14, 2026Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP became a 10% owner
Nov 26, 2025Susan Hultquist became a director
Nov 26, 2025Kirk Chartier became a director
Nov 3, 2025The company announced the departure of Perfecto Sanchez from the board in an SEC filing
Oct 29, 2025Rachel Drori became a director
Oct 29, 2025Andee Harris became a director
Oct 1, 2025The company announced the departure of Jody Levy from the board in an SEC filing
Jan 24, 2024Ludmila Smolyansky no longer listed as a 10% owner in SEC filings
Aug 10, 2023The company announced the departure of Edward Smolyansky from the board in an SEC filing
May 16, 2023The company announced the departure of Ludmila Smolyansky from the board in an SEC filing
Nov 21, 2022Edward Smolyansky no longer listed as Chief Operating Officer in SEC filings
Sep 2, 2022Julie Smolyansky listed as CEO, President and Secretary (previously President and CEO) in SEC filings
Sep 2, 2022Eric A Hanson listed as CFO (previously Chief Fin and Acctg Officer) in SEC filings
Aug 31, 2022Perfecto Sanchez became a director
Aug 31, 2022Juan Carlos Dalto became a director
Aug 21, 2020Edward Smolyansky first listed as a 10% owner in an SEC filing
Not reported recently (8)
  • Amy M. Feldman · Last reported as Sr. Exec VP of Sales in an SEC filing dated Jan 14, 2025
  • Renzo Bernardi · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Jul 17, 2020
  • Douglas Hass · Last reported as General Counsel in an SEC filing dated Apr 2, 2019
  • Laurent Marcel · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Sep 11, 2018
  • Neha J Clark · Last reported as Chief Financial Officer in an SEC filing dated Aug 17, 2018
  • Paul Lee · Last reported as a director in an SEC filing dated Jun 18, 2018
  • John P Waldron · Last reported as Chief Financial Officer in an SEC filing dated Mar 30, 2018
  • Jennifer Reilly · Last reported as Sr Exec V. President of Sales in an SEC filing dated Mar 30, 2018
Compiled from SEC filings by the company and its directors and officers. Dates are as stated in those filings. Where no filing says when someone left, we show the last filing that listed them.

LWAY Proposed Insider Sales (Form 144)

Latest: 2026-10-13
Last 30d: 1 filing · $679K notice value  ·  Last 90d: 3 filings · $3.6M notice value · 1 unique filer

What is Form 144? A notice of intent to sell restricted or control stock under Rule 144. Affiliates (officers, directors, 10%+ owners) and holders of restricted shares must file Form 144 when planning to sell more than 5,000 shares or $50,000 in any 3-month rolling window.

How it relates to Form 4: Form 144 is filed before the trade (up to 90 days in advance); Form 4 is filed within 2 business days after the trade executes. Not every Form 144 results in a sale — the filer may cancel or delay. Look for the corresponding Form 4 on the Insider Activity card to confirm a sale actually happened.

10b5-1 plans: Trades made under a pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 plan are not discretionary — they execute automatically on dates set months earlier, regardless of news. High 10b5-1 percentages mean less per-filing signal value, though cumulative selling volume still matters.

"Notice value": Aggregate market value the filer wrote into the Form 144 — i.e. the size of the planned sale, not necessarily the executed dollars. An amended notice (Form 144/A) replaces the original it amends, and cancelled notices are dropped, so neither is double-counted above. A filed value that is clearly inconsistent with the share count at the stock's price (a filer typo) shows as a dash and is left out of the totals.

Source & freshness: Sourced from public Form 144 filings. Refreshed daily; new filings typically appear here the morning after they are filed.

Top 90-day filers: SMOLYANSKY EDWARD (3, $3.6M)
Filed Filer Role Shares Notice Value Planned Sale Broker Plan Link
2026-10-13 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 30,000 $679.1K 2026-10-13 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-08-14 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 75,000 $1.91M 2026-08-14 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-08-12 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 35,000 $1.01M 2026-08-12 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-07-22 SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA AFFILIATE 100,000 $3.08M 2026-07-22 RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC — EDGAR
2026-07-15 144/A SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 66,916 $2.14M 2026-07-15 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-07-07 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 39,098 $1.15M 2026-07-07 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-07-06 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 7,984 $237.8K 2026-07-06 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-06-30 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 50,000 $1.48M 2026-06-30 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-06-29 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 14,542 $438.1K 2026-06-29 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
2026-06-26 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Stockholder 111,548 $3.26M 2026-06-26 Citigroup Global Markets Inc — EDGAR
Notice value is the aggregate market value the filer states they intend to sell — not a confirmed transaction. Compare to Insider Activity (Form 4) to see which planned sales actually executed. Market-wide feed: Planned sales (Form 144).
ETF Holders
29 ETFs hold LWAY
25 shown · $25.19M total exposure · 0.01% AUM-weighted avg weight
# ETF Provider Weight $ Exposure ETF AUM As Of
1 VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF Vanguard 0.00% $6.1M — 2026-09-30
2 IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF iShares (BlackRock) 0.01% $4.9M $74.6B 2026-10-23
3 VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF Vanguard 0.00% $2.4M — 2026-09-30
4 IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF iShares (BlackRock) 0.01% $2.0M $13.7B 2026-10-23
5 DFAS Dimensional US Small Cap ETF Dimensional 0.01% $1.9M — 2026-10-23
6 VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF Vanguard 0.02% $1.4M — 2026-09-30
7 VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Vanguard 0.01% $1.2M — 2026-09-30
8 DFMC Dimensional US Micro Cap ETF Dimensional 0.01% $983,478 — 2026-10-23
9 DFAC Dimensional US Core Equity 2 ETF Dimensional 0.00% $880,095 — 2026-10-23
10 ISMD Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF Nport 0.22% $683,230 — 2026-05-31
11 IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF iShares (BlackRock) 0.05% $662,772 $1.2B 2026-10-23
12 AIMS Acuitas Small Cap Active ETF Nport 0.46% $424,295 — 2026-06-30
13 AVSC Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF Avantis 0.01% $361,584 $3.2B 2026-10-23
14 DCOR Dimensional US Core Equity 1 ETF Dimensional 0.00% $331,869 — 2026-10-23
15 DUSG Dimensional US Small Cap Growth ETF Dimensional 0.02% $318,662 — 2026-10-23
16 VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF Vanguard 0.01% $221,308 — 2026-09-30
17 EES WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Fund Nport 0.03% $216,996 — 2026-06-30
18 DXUV Dimensional US Vector Equity ETF Dimensional 0.00% $155,580 — 2026-10-23
19 RSSL Global X Russell 2000 ETF Global X 0.01% $106,812 — 2026-10-26
20 DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF Dimensional 0.00% $60,597 $13.0B 2026-10-23
21 VTHR Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Vanguard 0.00% $19,283 — 2026-09-30
22 ITWO ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF ProShares 0.01% $12,650 — 2026-10-26
23 DFSU Dimensional US Sustainability Core 1 ETF Dimensional 0.00% $10,287 $2.4B 2026-10-23
24 URTY ProShares UltraPro Russell2000 ProShares 0.00% $9,683 — 2026-10-26
25 FLQS Franklin U.S. Small Cap Multifactor Index ETF Franklin 0.01% $6,854 $49.1M 2026-10-26
Fundamentals

Quarterly filings sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K reports. TTM tiles aggregate the most recent four quarters; bars show the last ~12 quarters oldest → newest.

Metrics
  • Revenue — top-line sales. Look for consistent YoY growth; seasonal businesses need same-quarter comparisons (Q4 '24 vs Q4 '23).
  • Net Income — bottom-line profit after all expenses. Can be volatile from one-time items; red bars = net loss.
  • Diluted EPS — net income per share assuming options/converts are exercised. Direct input to the P/E ratio.
  • Operating Cash Flow — cash generated from core operations, before capex and financing. Harder to manipulate than net income; growing OCF is a quality signal.
How to read the bars
  • Sequential growth — quarter-over-quarter trend. Accelerating bars are a momentum signal.
  • YoY growth — compare to the same quarter a year earlier to remove seasonality.
  • Quality — OCF should roughly track Net Income over time. Large divergence (net income ≫ OCF) flags accruals risk.
  • Margins — scan the bar ratios: Net Income / Revenue tells you margin trend without needing a separate chart.

TTM (trailing-twelve-month) smooths seasonality and is used for the P/E calculation. Filings appear 30–90 days after the period closes.

Trailing P/E
32.86
TTM Diluted EPS
$0.70
TTM Revenue
$242.41M
TTM Net Income
$10.87M
TTM Op. Cash Flow
$11.22M
Quarterly figures (2 quarters)
QuarterPeriod EndRevenueNet IncomeDiluted EPSOp. Cash Flow
Q2 '262026-06-30$66.89M$127.00K$0.01$-339.00K
Q2 '252025-06-30$53.90M$4.25M$0.28$3.91M
Q2 2026 • period ending 2026-06-30 • filed 2026-08-13
Valuation

Ratios derived from TTM financials and the current market price, sampled daily. History chart shows how expensive the stock is today relative to its own recent past.

Price Multiples
  • P/E — price / TTM earnings. Rough market rule: 10–15 value, 15–25 market, >30 growth/premium. Negative when earnings are negative.
  • P/B — price / book value. Useful for financials and asset-heavy names; meaningless for asset-light software.
  • P/S — price / TTM revenue. Useful when earnings are negative or noisy (early-stage growth).
  • EV/EBITDA — capital-structure-neutral. <10 cheap, 10–15 reasonable, >20 rich. Good for comparing across leverage profiles.
  • EV/Sales — like P/S but accounts for debt + cash. Compare within sector.
Profitability & Yields
  • ROE — return on equity. >15% strong, >25% exceptional. Caution: high leverage inflates ROE.
  • ROA — return on assets. Leverage-neutral; >5% solid, >10% exceptional.
  • Div Yield — annual dividend / price. Compare to 10Y Treasury; sustained yield >6% often signals distress.
  • FCF Yield — free cash flow / market cap. >5% is attractive; negative means burning cash.
Balance Sheet
  • Debt/Equity — leverage. <1 conservative, >2 aggressive. Sector-dependent (utilities naturally high, tech low).
  • Current Ratio — short-term liquidity. >1.5 comfortable, <1 raises short-term solvency flags.
Reading the history chart
  • Compare current level to the 3-year band: near the high end = relatively expensive; near the low = relatively cheap.
  • Multiples expanding while earnings are flat = sentiment-driven rally.
  • Multiples compressing while earnings grow = value coming from fundamentals.
P/E
32.86
P/B
4.23
P/S
1.48
EV/EBITDA
18.66
EV/Sales
1.54
ROE
12.9%
ROA
8.2%
Div Yield
0.00%
FCF Yield
3.13%
Debt/Equity
0.26
Current Ratio
—
Market Cap
$358.12M
as of 2026-10-26
Short Interest & Float

Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.

Metric definitions
  • Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
  • SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
  • Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
  • Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
  • Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
  • Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
How to read the signals
  • SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
  • 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
  • 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
  • >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
  • Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
History chart
  • Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
  • A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.

Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.

Short Interest
685.13K
SI % of Float
6.09%
Days to Cover
3.92
Short Vol Ratio
70.5%
Free Float
11.25M
Float %
74.5%
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-26 • Float 2026-08-14