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Lifeway Foods, Inc.
FOOD & BEVERAGE · DAIRY PRODUCTS · CIK 0000814586
CLUSTER · 3 INSIDERSC-SUITE BUYING · 1FORM 144 · 12☆ WATCH
INSIDER NET · 180D
-$81.4M
open-market buys minus sells, Form 4 codes P and S
INSIDER BUYERS · 180D
3
CONGRESS BUYERS · 1Y
0
FUNDS ADDED · QTR
71
13F, latest reported quarter
REVENUE GROWTH
+13.7%
XBRL, annual
NET MARGIN
6.5%
CONVERSIONS · 180D
8
codes C/M, not in net · $0 priced
SEVEN FACTS, RANKED AGAINST THE SECTOR · RANK IS NOT A FORECAST
INSIDERS
net -$81.4M over 180 days
-$19.1M over 90 days · -$74.3M of it by a 10%+ holder
below 94% of Food & Beverage
CONGRESS
no member of Congress has reported trading it
FUNDS
71 funds added or opened last quarter
below 68% of Food & Beverage
REVENUE
+13.7% year over year
more than 76% of Food & Beverage
MARGIN
6.5% net margin
more than 72% of Food & Beverage
BUYBACKS
$4.9M repurchased, FY to 2026-06-30
below 80% of Food & Beverage
SHORT
2.0% of shares outstanding short · 3.0 days to cover · settled 2026-07-31
more than 52% of Food & Beverage
THE SITUATION · EVERY LINE IS ONE RULE OVER ONE DATASET
Insiders are net sellers: -$81.4M across 3 people in 180 days.
71 funds added or opened positions in the latest 13F quarter, of 100 holders.
The year, with the filings on it
Total return indexed to 100 over the last 12 months · every marker is a federal filing, placed at its date — hover any marker for the detail
TOTAL 12M RETURN -13.8%
-13.8%12M
-40%-22%-4%+14%2025-092025-102025-122026-032026-052026-072026-09 2026-05-14 · Danone S.A. sold $67.4M2026-08-13 · Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP bought $4.9M2026-05-14 · Divisadero Street Capital, LLC bought $2.4M2026-05-14 · Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP bought $2.4M2026-07-22 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $1.8M2026-06-26 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.7M2026-06-26 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.7M2026-06-26 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.6M2026-06-26 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.6M2025-10-01 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.5M2026-06-30 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.5M2026-06-30 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.5M2026-07-15 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.4M2026-06-25 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $1.4M2026-06-22 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.3M2026-06-24 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $1.2M2026-07-22 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $1.2M2026-08-14 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.2M2026-07-07 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.1M2026-06-24 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.1M2026-08-12 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $1.0M2026-05-14 · Divisadero Street Capital, LLC bought $921.5K2026-05-14 · Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP bought $921.5K2026-08-17 · Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP bought $890.9K2026-05-15 · Divisadero Street Capital, LLC bought $838.3K2026-05-15 · Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP bought $838.3K2026-07-15 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $776.8K2026-08-14 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $745.0K2025-10-01 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $633.2K2026-05-14 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $576.2K2026-05-15 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $492.8K2026-06-10 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $480.4K2025-12-10 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $463.4K2026-03-17 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $448.5K2026-06-29 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $438.0K2026-06-29 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $438.0K2026-04-20 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $397.5K2025-12-23 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $393.9K2026-08-14 · Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP bought $370.4K2025-12-08 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $353.4K2026-05-15 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD sold $321.1K2025-12-09 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA sold $317.7K2026-08-14 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $1.9M2026-08-12 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $1.0M2026-07-22 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA filed to sell $3.1M2026-07-15 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $221.5K2026-07-07 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $1.1M2026-07-06 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $237.8K2026-06-30 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $1.5M2026-06-29 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $438.1K2026-06-26 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $3.3M2026-06-24 · SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA filed to sell $2.6M2026-06-24 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $1.1M2026-06-22 · SMOLYANSKY EDWARD filed to sell $1.3M
INSIDER BUYINSIDER SELLFORM 144
INDEXED RETURN, DIVIDEND-ADJUSTED — NOT A PRICE CHART · LARGE TRADES DRAWN FIRST WHEN A NAME FILES HEAVILY
Live price
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WHY THIS NAME IS ON THE DESK
3 insiders reported buying shares.
The record shows a net $81.4M sold by insiders over 180 days, 71 funds added last quarter, $17.8M in planned Form 144 sales. Every figure is a federal filing, dated the day it became public.
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Insider transactions
Form 4 purchases and sales (codes P and S) — grants, option exercises and preferred conversions excluded

Over the last 180 days, Lifeway Foods, Inc. insiders sold a net $81.4M of stock across 226 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 3 insider(s) buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-09-05.

INSIDER
FILED
SHARES
VALUE
SMOLYANSKY JULIE
CEO, President and Secretary
BUY
2026-08-19
2,000.0
$50.5K
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP
—
BUY
2026-08-17
35,952.0
$890.9K
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
—
SELL
2026-08-14
29,931.0
$745.0K
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
—
SELL
2026-08-14
45,038.0
$1.2M
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
—
SELL
2026-08-14
31.0
$822
226 TRANSACTIONS ON RECORD

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Institutional holders
13F · holdings as of the latest quarter funds have reported
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP
2,101,540.0 sh
$62.7M
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC
930,109.0 sh
$27.8M
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP
585,100.0 sh
$17.5M
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
377,171.0 sh
$11.3M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
366,771.0 sh
$10.9M
SCHEDULE 13D/G
No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has crossed 5% with a filing obligation. Absence is a fact here, not missing data.
Planned sales · Form 144
Filed before the sale — intent, not a trade
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
FILED 2026-08-14
$1.9M
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
FILED 2026-08-12
$1.0M
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA
FILED 2026-07-22
$3.1M
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
FILED 2026-07-15
$221.5K
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD
FILED 2026-07-07
$1.1M
Fund concentration
N-PORT · funds ranked by how much of THEMSELVES they put in this stock — the conviction number 13F cannot show
Gabelli Global Mini Mites Fund
$89.0K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31
0.4%
Ultra-Small Company Market Fund
$234.0K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31
0.2%
Inspire Small/Mid Cap ETF
$448.1K POSITION · AS OF 2026-02-28
0.2%
Comstock Capital Value Fund
$14.5K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31
0.1%
TETON Westwood Mighty Mites Fund
$193.4K POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31
0.1%
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value Portfolio
$3.3M POSITION · AS OF 2026-03-31
0.1%
SEC N-PORT, MONTHLY WITH A ~60-DAY PUBLIC LAG · FUNDS ≥ $10M · % = SHARE OF THE FUND'S OWN BOOK
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Julie Smolyansky
DEF 14A pay-versus-performance disclosure · both the headline pay and the SEC's mark-to-market figure, beside the return the company delivered and the return of the peer group it chose itself
FY
CEO TOTAL
ACTUALLY PAID
OTHER NEOs AVG
TSR
PEER TSR
2025
$3.4M
$2.9M
$948.5K
-2%
—
2024
$5.4M
$10.1M
$808.6K
+85%
—
2023
$3.4M
$5.1M
$772.7K
+142%
—
TAGGED BY THE COMPANY UNDER SEC ITEM 402(v) · RETURN IS CUMULATIVE FROM THE START OF THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD · GREEN WHERE THE COMPANY BEAT ITS OWN PEER GROUP
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings · pick a past date to see them exactly as the market knew them then — restatements and all
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
REVENUE$212.5M$186.8M$160.1M$141.6M
GROSS PROFIT$58.2M$48.6M$42.4M$26.8M
OPERATING INCOME$16.2M$13.9M$17.0M$2.3M
NET INCOME$13.9M$9.0M$11.4M$924.0K
EPS (DILUTED)0.890.600.750.06
OPERATING CASH FLOW$10.9M$13.0M$16.9M$4.0M
CASH$5.6M$16.7M$13.2M$4.4M
LONG-TERM DEBT——$2.8M$2.5M
BUYBACKS——$0$4.0M
SEC XBRL · FISCAL-YEAR PERIODS · AS KNOWN ON 2026-09-05 · NOBODY ELSE SHOWS FUNDAMENTALS AS OF A PAST DATE
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