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Lifeway Foods PE ratio LWAY

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
32.1×
10-year median
31.2×
Against its 10-year history
53rd
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
12.8× to 103×
Peer median
17.1×

Lifeway Foods' PE ratio is 32.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $22.46 against $0.70 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is above its ten-year median of 31.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 12.8× in Aug 2024 to 103× in Sep 2022.

The median for 7 packaged Foods stocks of a similar size is 17.1×.

PE ratio over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far32.1×19.8×37.6×
202532.5×24.6×48.4×
202427.5×12.8×35.4×
202324.4×21.9×102×
202296.2×20.3×103×
202120.0×16.2×27.6×
202020.8×20.8×67.0×
2019n/m a value too high to mean anything
201849.9×49.9×68.7×
201766.7×47.3×103×
201660.6×43.9×256×
2015222×97.7×227×
2014132×34.2×138×
201336.9×31.3×51.5×
201230.1×30.1×84.4×

Against its peers

Companies in Packaged Foods nearest Lifeway Foods' size, closest first, today.

CompanyPE ratio
LWAYLifeway Foods32.1×
MAMAMama's Creations75.4×
SENEASeneca Foods9.2×
BRBRBellring Brands6.7×
FLOFlowers Foods23.7×
JJSFJ&J Snack Foods32.2×
MZTIMarzetti15.6×
FRPTFreshpet17.1×
Peer median17.1×

Where Lifeway Foods ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.