Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)
NASDAQ
Market Cap
$191.34M
Sector
Consumer Defensive
Industry
Packaged Foods
Rank in Sector
130 of 151
Rank in Industry
39 of 45
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
LWAY Stock Price History Chart
LWAY Stock Performance
About Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. produces and markets probiotic-based products in the United States and internationally. Its primary product is drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product in various organic and non-organic sizes, flavors, and types, including low fat, non-fat, whole milk, protein, and BioKefir. The company also offers European-style soft cheeses; cream and other products; ProBugs, a line of kefir products designed for children; cupped kefir and Icelandic Skyr, a line of strained kefir and yogurt products; and frozen kefir in soft serve and pint-size containers. It sells its products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers primarily through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors. The company was founded in 1986 and is based in Morton Grove, Illinois.
Insider Activity of Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Lifeway Foods, Inc. have bought $0 and sold $6.76M worth of Lifeway Foods, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Lifeway Foods, Inc. have bought $16,568 and sold $2.01M worth of stock each year.
There was no buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months.
The last purchase of 2,000 shares for transaction amount of $11,560 was made by SMOLYANSKY JULIE (CEO, President and Secretary) on 2022‑12‑16.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Lifeway Foods, Inc.
| 2024-05-20 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY JULIE | CEO, President and Secretary | 10,105 0.0702% | $17.26 | $174,377 | -22.72% | |
| 2024-05-17 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY JULIE | CEO, President and Secretary | 20,000 0.1177% | $18.41 | $368,177 | -29.17% | |
| 2024-05-13 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 10,000 0.0675% | $26.56 | $265,600 | -50.41% | |
| 2024-05-09 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 5,000 0.0348% | $27.93 | $139,650 | -50.04% | |
| 2024-05-06 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 5,000 0.037% | $26.78 | $133,900 | -37.97% | |
| 2024-04-26 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 20,000 0.1531% | $23.02 | $460,300 | -38.24% | |
| 2024-04-25 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 3,620 0.026% | $21.56 | $78,047 | -28.52% | |
| 2024-04-24 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 10,000 0.072% | $21.64 | $216,400 | -28.04% | |
| 2024-04-23 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 21,968 0.1485% | $20.33 | $446,609 | -24.34% | |
| 2024-04-17 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 10,000 0.0682% | $20.04 | $200,400 | -15.46% | |
| 2024-04-15 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 2,193 0.0151% | $20.50 | $44,957 | -15.13% | |
| 2024-04-09 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 5,000 0.0344% | $21.59 | $107,950 | -10.75% | |
| 2024-04-08 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 5,000 0.0345% | $20.40 | $102,000 | -5.26% | |
| 2024-04-05 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 5,000 0.0327% | $19.56 | $97,800 | -6.19% | |
| 2024-03-28 | Sale | SIKAR POL | director | 10,000 0.068% | $17.19 | $171,900 | +10.59% | |
| 2024-03-27 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY JULIE | CEO, President and Secretary | 2,559 0.0174% | $19.35 | $49,517 | -1.30% | |
| 2024-03-27 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 7,000 0.0469% | $19.04 | $133,280 | -1.30% | |
| 2024-03-27 | Sale | Hanson Eric A | CFO | 20,000 0.1349% | $19.15 | $383,000 | -1.30% | |
| 2024-03-26 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 13,000 0.0864% | $18.71 | $243,230 | -0.91% | |
| 2024-03-25 | Sale | SMOLYANSKY JULIE | CEO, President and Secretary | 10,000 0.067% | $17.23 | $172,305 | +9.09% |
Insider Historical Profitability
37.84%
| SMOLYANSKY JULIE | CEO, President and Secretary | 2084417 14.4788% | $13.01 | 19 | 31 | +33.65% |
| SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Member of 10% owner group | 1214753 9.29% | $13.01 | 0 | 120 | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD | 10 percent owner | 1271642 8.6559% | $13.01 | 3 | 91 | +51.62% |
| Hanson Eric A | CFO | 32297 0.2198% | $13.01 | 0 | 1 | |
| SIKAR POL | director | 23707 0.0204% | $13.01 | 0 | 2 | |
| BERNARDI RENZO | director | 14900 0.1014% | $13.01 | 5 | 17 | +45.48% |
| SALM RICK D | director | 1400 0.0095% | $13.01 | 0 | 3 |
Institutional Investor Ownership
Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
| Renaissance Technologies | $7.31M | 2.89 | 424,682 | +3.5% | +$247,485.03 | 0.01 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $5.48M | 2.16 | 318,231 | +0.24% | +$12,949.44 | <0.01 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $4.49M | 1.77 | 260,569 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | $4.24M | 1.68 | 246,480 | +4.84% | +$196,015.28 | 0.35 | |
| Millennium Management LLC | $1.97M | 0.78 | 114,585 | +17.82% | +$298,508.74 | <0.01 | |
| GAMCO Investors | $1.89M | 0.75 | 109,700 | +37.81% | +$518,322.00 | 0.02 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $1.31M | 0.52 | 76,165 | +731.4% | +$1.15M | <0.0001 | |
| Navellier & Associates, Inc. | $1.17M | 0.46 | 68,171 | +83.35% | +$533,647.97 | 0.15 | |
| Marshall Wace | $1.16M | 0.46 | 67,475 | -26.46% | -$418,015.68 | <0.01 | |
| Bridgeway Capital Management | $1.16M | 0.46 | 67,139 | 0% | +$0 | 0.02 | |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | $1.01M | 0.4 | 58,916 | +290.07% | +$754,443.00 | <0.01 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $1.01M | 0.4 | 58,712 | -3.48% | -$36,428.20 | <0.0001 | |
| Man Group Plc | $973,447.00 | 0.38 | 56,530 | +39.91% | +$277,672.61 | <0.01 | |
| Susquehanna International Group | $764,051.00 | 0.3 | 44,370 | +39.66% | +$216,954.67 | <0.01 | |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | $747,141.00 | 0.3 | 43,388 | 0% | +$0 | 0.02 | |
| BNY Mellon | $644,397.00 | 0.25 | 37,421 | -4.46% | -$30,100.90 | <0.0001 | |
| Eam Investors | $629,477.00 | 0.25 | 36,555 | -26.2% | -$223,463.90 | 0.1 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $582,277.00 | 0.23 | 33,814 | +182.47% | +$376,136.41 | <0.0001 | |
| Northern Trust | $411,403.00 | 0.16 | 23,891 | -5.14% | -$22,299.90 | <0.0001 | |
| Jane Street Capital | $404,325.00 | 0.16 | 23,480 | +22.65% | +$74,665.81 | <0.0001 | |
| Two Sigma | $331,761.00 | 0.13 | 19,266 | +42.12% | +$98,326.34 | <0.01 | |
| State Street | $326,973.00 | 0.13 | 18,988 | -6.87% | -$24,107.97 | <0.0001 | |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies | $304,794.00 | 0.12 | 17,700 | +24.89% | +$60,752.16 | <0.01 | |
| BlackRock | $301,746.00 | 0.12 | 17,523 | -62.18% | -$496,073.66 | <0.0001 | |
| Citigroup | $297,562.00 | 0.12 | 17,280 | +70.3% | +$122,830.43 | <0.0001 | |
| Acadian Asset Management | $279,000.00 | 0.11 | 16,262 | -8.68% | -$26,506.89 | <0.01 | |
| Qube Research & Technologies | $264,189.00 | 0.1 | 15,342 | +104.4% | +$134,935.80 | <0.0001 | |
| Hrt Financial Llc | $259,000.00 | 0.1 | 15,085 | New | +$259,000.00 | <0.01 | |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | $258,000.00 | 0.1 | 14,962 | New | +$258,000.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Barclays | $250,000.00 | 0.1 | 14,511 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Denali Advisors | $246,246.00 | 0.1 | 14,300 | 0% | +$0 | 0.07 | |
| Jump Financial Llc | $228,252.00 | 0.09 | 13,255 | -41.39% | -$161,214.28 | <0.01 | |
| Gsa Capital Partners Llp | $215,000.00 | 0.09 | 12,475 | New | +$215,000.00 | 0.02 | |
| Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd | $213,063.00 | 0.08 | 12,373 | New | +$213,063.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Teton Advisors Inc | $198,030.00 | 0.08 | 11,500 | 0% | +$0 | 0.07 | |
| Kahn Brothers Group Inc | $172,000.00 | 0.07 | 10,000 | 0% | +$0 | 0.03 | |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | $136,000.00 | 0.05 | 7,916 | +3.97% | +$5,188.48 | <0.0001 | |
| GlobeFlex Capital | $125,895.00 | 0.05 | 7,311 | -26.15% | -$44,582.43 | 0.01 | |
| Point72 Asia Singapore Pte Ltd | $72,393.00 | 0.03 | 4,204 | New | +$72,393.00 | 0.01 | |
| UBS | $30,720.00 | 0.01 | 1,784 | -16.79% | -$6,199.10 | <0.0001 | |
| Bank of America | $24,780.00 | 0.01 | 1,439 | -58.97% | -$35,611.56 | <0.0001 | |
| Advisor Group Holdings Inc | $21,525.00 | 0.01 | 1,250 | -84.35% | -$116,011.14 | <0.0001 | |
| Wells Fargo | $13,598.00 | 0.01 | 790 | -49.68% | -$13,425.87 | <0.0001 | |
| Newedge Advisors Llc | $10,006.00 | <0.01 | 581 | -70.8% | -$24,265.84 | <0.0001 | |
| Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co | $1,722.00 | <0.01 | 100 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $3,444.00 | <0.01 | 200 | -85.71% | -$20,664.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Macquarie Group | $2,000.00 | <0.01 | 135 | New | +$2,000.00 | <0.0001 | |
| Huntington National Bank | $17.00 | <0.01 | 1 | 0% | +$0 | <0.0001 | |
| Royal Bank of Canada | $1,000.00 | <0.01 | 45 | -99.39% | -$163,911.11 | <0.0001 |