Lifeway Foods Company Profile (NASDAQ:LWAY)

About Lifeway Foods

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (Lifeway) is engaged in the manufacturing of probiotic, cultured, functional dairy health food products. The Company is engaged in the sale of fermented dairy products, which are produced and are sold to consumers through a network of distributors and retailers in the United States. Through its distributors, the Company also sells its products to retailers in Mexico, Costa Rica, Dubai, Hong Kong, China and the Caribbean. The Company's primary product is kefir, a dairy beverage similar to but distinct from yogurt, in various flavors and in various package configurations. In addition to the drinkable products, Lifeway manufactures Lifeway Farmer Cheese, a line of various farmer cheeses. Kefir also serves as a base for lower-calorie dressings, dips, marinades, soups or sauces and as a basic ingredient in other home-prepared foods. Recipes are made available through the Company's Website. The Company also markets and sells its ProBugs line of drinkable kefir.

Industry, Sector and Symbol:

Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: Food - Major Diversified
Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
Exchange: NASDAQ
Symbol: LWAY
CUSIP: 53191410

Key Metrics:

Previous Close: $15.99
50 Day Moving Average: $12.74
200 Day Moving Average: $10.69
52-Week Range: $8.68 - $16.60
Trailing P/E Ratio: 60.57
Foreward P/E Ratio: 36.34
P/E Growth: 4.19
Market Cap: $258.08M
Outstanding Shares: 16,140,000
Beta: 0.44

Profitability:

Net Margins: 3.24%
Return on Equity: 8.59%
Return on Assets: 6.09%

Debt:

Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.14%
Current Ratio: 2.77%
Quick Ratio: 1.88%

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Consensus Ratings for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY) (?)

Ratings Breakdown:	1 Buy Rating
Consensus Rating:	Buy (Score: 3.00)
Consensus Price Target:	$17.00 (6.32% upside)

Analysts' Ratings History for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY)

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Date	Firm	Action	Rating	Price Target	Details
9/16/2016	DA Davidson	Boost Price Target	Buy	$13.00 -> $17.00
3/18/2015	Imperial Capital	Upgrade	In-Line -> Outperform	$17.00 -> $22.00

(Data available from 9/29/2014 forward)

Earnings History for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY)

Date	Quarter	Consensus Estimate	Actual EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue	Release Link	Conference Call
9/29/2016
8/17/2016	Q2	$0.04	$0.13		$31.10 million	View	N/A
5/10/2016	Q116	$0.09	$0.04	$30.63 million	$32.60 million	View	Listen
3/15/2016	Q4	$0.05	$0.02	$29.95 million	$29.50 million	View	N/A
11/9/2015	Q315	$0.02	$0.05	$30.50 million	$29.60 million	View	N/A
10/1/2015	Q215	$0.11	$0.01		$29.80 million	View	N/A
8/11/2014		$0.01	$0.07			View	N/A
5/12/2014	Q114	$0.05	$0.04	$30.58 million	$32.10 million	View	N/A
3/31/2014	Q413	$0.08	($0.03)	$23.42 million	$28.90 million	View	N/A
11/14/2013	Q3	$0.10	$0.10	$23.14 million	$26.60 million	View	Listen
8/14/2013	Q2 2013	$0.14	$0.09	$25.27 million	$25.80 million	View	N/A
5/15/2013	Q1 2013	$0.09	$0.14	$24.92 million	$24.40 million	View	N/A
11/14/2012	Q312	$0.10	$0.09	$20.77 million	$22.50 million	View	N/A

(Data available from 1/1/2011 forward)

Earnings Estimates for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY)

Current Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.38 EPS
Next Year EPS Consensus Estimate: $0.44 EPS

Quarter	Number of Estimates	Low Estimate	High Estimate	Average Estimate
Q1 2016	1	$0.03	$0.03	$0.03
Q2 2016	2	$0.02	$0.06	$0.04
Q3 2016	2	$0.02	$0.09	$0.06
Q4 2016	2	$0.09	$0.11	$0.10
Q1 2017	2	$0.05	$0.12	$0.09
Q2 2017	2	$0.05	$0.12	$0.09
Q3 2017	2	$0.04	$0.13	$0.09
Q4 2017	2	$0.06	$0.14	$0.10

(Data provided by Zacks Investment Research)

Dividend History for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY)

Announced	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/21/2013	annual	$0.08	0.44%	5/29/2013	5/31/2013	6/28/2013

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Insider Trading History for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY)

Insider Ownership Percentage: 50.00%
Institutional Ownership Percentage: 16.45%

Transaction Date	Insider Name	Title	Buy/Sell	Number of Shares	Average Share Price	Total Transaction
2/4/2016	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	8,000	$12.05	$96,400.00
1/8/2016	Edward Smolyansky	COO	Sell	30,000	$11.25	$337,500.00
12/17/2014	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	30,000	$18.64	$559,200.00
12/16/2014	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	5,700	$18.30	$104,310.00
12/15/2014	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	16,097	$19.04	$306,486.88
9/22/2014	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	15,000	$14.28	$214,200.00
6/3/2014	Edward Smolyansky	CFO	Sell	4,000	$13.00	$52,000.00
6/3/2014	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	12,000	$13.00	$156,000.00
12/23/2013	Edward Smolyansky	CFO	Sell	6,808	$15.50	$105,524.00
12/10/2013	Edward Smolyansky	CFO	Sell	4,000	$15.01	$60,040.00
7/29/2013	Edward Smolyansky	CFO	Sell	6,000	$18.32	$109,920.00
7/19/2013	Julie Smolyansky	CEO	Sell	10,000	$18.83	$188,300.00
7/12/2013	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	13,678	$17.47	$238,954.66
7/10/2013	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	6,322	$17.23	$108,928.06
6/19/2013	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	1,000	$17.11	$17,110.00
6/3/2013	Ludmila Smolyansky	Director	Sell	9,900	$17.33	$171,567.00
5/30/2013	Julie Smolyansky	CEO	Sell	10,050	$17.33	$174,166.50
5/24/2013	Julie Smolyansky	CEO	Sell	14,950	$17.44	$260,728.00

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Latest Headlines for Lifeway Foods (NASDAQ:LWAY)

Date	Headline
	41.8% Return Seen to Date on SmarTrend Lifeway Foods Call (LWAY) (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.mysmartrend.com - September 27 at 5:56 PM
	Kefir, Farmer Cheese, Adult and Children’s Probiotic Supplements Aid Digestive Health and Immunity (NASDAQ:LWAY) globenewswire.com - September 22 at 10:49 AM
	Lifeway Continues Leadership Role at the Forefront of the Probiotics Market with Their New Lines of Single-Serve … (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - September 22 at 10:49 AM
	Lifeway Continues Leadership Role at the Forefront of the Probiotics Market with Their New Lines of Single-Serve Farmer Cheese and Kefir Cups, Do-It-Yourself Kefir Starter, and Probiotic Supplements (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - September 22 at 10:49 AM
	Lifeway Foods Up 42.5% Since SmarTrend Uptrend Call (LWAY) (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.mysmartrend.com - September 21 at 10:08 AM
	How Lifeway Foods (LWAY) Stock Stands Out in a Strong Industry (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - September 20 at 11:09 AM
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	Is Lifeway Foods an Incredible Momentum Stock? 3 Reasons Why LWAY Will Be Tough to Beat (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.nasdaq.com - September 12 at 10:42 AM
	Lifeway Food's Top-Line Growth Story Possibly Playing Out Earlier Than D.A. Davidson Expected (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - August 19 at 9:02 AM
	Lifeway Foods, Inc. Announces Results for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2016 (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.publicnow.com - August 17 at 6:13 PM
	Lifeway Foods : posts 2Q profit (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.4-traders.com - August 17 at 9:04 AM
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	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report (NASDAQ:LWAY) biz.yahoo.com - August 17 at 9:04 AM
	Lifeway Foods beats by $0.09, misses on revenue (NASDAQ:LWAY) seekingalpha.com - August 17 at 8:30 AM
	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Non-Reliance on Previous Financials, Audits or Interim Review (NASDAQ:LWAY) biz.yahoo.com - August 15 at 8:13 AM
	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers (NASDAQ:LWAY) biz.yahoo.com - August 12 at 6:07 PM
	ETF’s with exposure to Lifeway Foods, Inc. : July 21, 2016 (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.capitalcube.com - July 21 at 2:13 PM
	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (NASDAQ:LWAY) biz.yahoo.com - June 23 at 12:16 PM
	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Other Events (NASDAQ:LWAY) biz.yahoo.com - June 16 at 4:17 PM
	Q&A-CEO injects philanthropy into family's culture of money (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - June 16 at 9:00 AM
	Lifeway Foods, Inc. to Present at the Oppenheimer 16th Annual Consumer Conference (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.publicnow.com - June 9 at 4:59 PM
	Lifeway Foods, Inc. :LWAY-US: Earnings Analysis: Q1, 2016 By the Numbers : May 23, 2016 (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.capitalcube.com - May 23 at 1:27 PM
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	Lifeway Foods, Inc. Earnings Analysis: Q3, 2015 By the Numbers (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.capitalcube.com - December 24 at 10:52 AM
	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Files SEC form 8-K, Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Submission of Matters to a Vote of S (NASDAQ:LWAY) biz.yahoo.com - December 18 at 1:27 PM
	Surging Earnings Estimates Signal Good News for Lifeway Foods (LWAY) (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - December 16 at 8:45 AM
	LIFEWAY FOODS INC Financials (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - December 8 at 1:17 PM
	Lifeway Foods Joins BMO Harris Bank Magnificent Mile Lights Festival with ProBugs-themed Float (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - November 20 at 9:00 AM
	Stratford School Adds Lifeway Organic Kefir To Menu (NASDAQ:LWAY) finance.yahoo.com - November 16 at 3:33 PM
	Lifeway Foods, Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2015 (NASDAQ:LWAY) www.noodls.com - November 10 at 3:26 AM
	Lifeway posts 3Q profit (NASDAQ:LWAY) sg.finance.yahoo.com - November 9 at 6:19 PM
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