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LWAYLifeway Foods Inc

Consumer Staples · Packaged Foods · Small

$22.46−2.01%
As of 23 Oct 2026Mkt cap $396M
Stage 13
AVOID
Fundamentals
42.1/75
Technical
5.0/15
Independent
47.1/90

GCAE viewstructural technical damage is a hard non-actionable condition

Price

1M
+2.5%
3M
−26.3%
6M
−18.8%
1Y
−16.6%

Financials & valuation

Cached filing evidence · as of 2026-10-02

Valuation

P/E
32.1xHist median 29.0x
Forward P/E
—No validated forward-estimate source
Price / FCF
—
FCF yield
—

Quality

ROIC
16.7%
Operating margin
7.6%
FCF margin
-7.7%
Current ratio
2.2x

Growth

Revenue growth
+13.7%Latest FY YoY
Revenue CAGR
+15.6%
EPS CAGR
+43.5%
FCF CAGR
—

Capital

Share-count trend
+1.4%3Y annualised
Net cash
$5M-0.5x OCF

Annual trend

CAGR 2021–2025
+15.6%
Latest · 2025
$0B
YoY
+13.7%
Quality Research
PRE-AI
Acceleration Radar
NOT FLAGGED
THE ONE
NOT FLAGGED
Final / Opportunity
NOT FLAGGED

Key takeaway

structural technical damage is a hard non-actionable condition

Unresolved question

Which timing read is better supported as new price and operating evidence arrives: production v2 or research v3?

Watch next

  • Next earnings · 2026-11-12
More details & evidence

Production decision

Stage 13
AVOID
Technical state
damaged
Rotation
tailwind
Evidence
fresh

Presentation freshness

Stage 11 market
2026-10-23 · Massive
Financial cache
2026-10-02
Quality Research
CURRENT
THE ONE
NOT FLAGGED

Authority

Company page
Presentation only
Scores
Frozen GCAE production outputs
Research
Research-only lanes; no score override
Private portfolio
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