Lifeway Foods
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
25.92
Price/Sales ratio
2.30
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.18

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
106.6491.9253.44-372.36-9.6669.1726.1021.5892.4717.30631.33-9.66
Price/Sales ratio
2.541.521.501.080.280.330.820.600.601.220.440.28
Price/Book Value ratio
6.644.003.842.760.700.721.801.451.793.251.970.70
Price/Cash Flow ratio
59.8526.8736.4333.8312.348.2213.2112.8421.4311.6027.2012.34
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
215.1538.1699.59-84.04-73.3111.9018.7919.62158.8215.62-55.30-73.31
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-2.46-3.120.643.39-0.01-0.600.04N/A-1.290.01-1.42-0.60
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
24.26%26.64%28.27%25.81%25.01%23.64%26.39%24.11%18.92%26.50%18.19%23.64%
Operating Profit Margin
3.71%3.71%4.91%-0.44%-3.00%-1.97%4.82%4.93%1.65%10.61%0.73%-3.00%
Pretax Profit Margin
3.69%3.36%4.55%-0.67%-3.20%1.31%4.73%4.71%1.30%10.39%0.44%-3.20%
Net Profit Margin
2.38%1.66%2.80%-0.29%-2.98%0.48%3.16%2.78%0.65%7.09%0.07%-2.98%
Effective Tax Rate
35.39%50.60%38.28%56.96%6.79%63.31%33.05%41.04%49.80%31.72%84.04%6.79%
Return on Assets
4.45%3.03%5.28%-0.53%-5.43%0.79%5.38%4.67%1.33%13.92%0.21%-5.43%
Return On Equity
6.23%4.35%7.19%-0.74%-7.27%1.04%6.89%6.73%1.94%18.80%0.30%-7.27%
Return on Capital Employed
7.92%8.13%10.77%-1.02%-6.30%-3.89%9.53%9.99%4.19%26.13%2.75%-6.30%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
2.832.483.001.862.532.012.84N/AN/AN/A2.062.01
Quick Ratio
2.331.772.141.281.751.342.021.721.331.751.211.34
Cash ratio
0.400.520.930.370.400.400.930.760.340.790.340.40
Days of Sales Outstanding
31.3330.5629.1733.8431.8628.7328.7331.4929.5431.6219.9128.73
Days of Inventory outstanding
23.5532.1533.0331.8527.3932.6233.6833.4630.6228.2320.5432.62
Operating Cycle
54.8962.7262.2165.6959.2661.3562.4264.9660.1659.8625.4561.35
Days of Payables Outstanding
22.6335.2123.4928.3421.5226.9527.1826.7125.3730.9417.0226.95
Cash Conversion Cycle
32.2527.5038.7237.3537.7434.3935.2438.2434.7928.927.9634.39
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.140.120.100.090.100.050.040.080.050.030.310.10
Debt Equity Ratio
0.190.170.140.130.140.070.060.120.080.040.450.14
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.150.130.110.060.120.060.050.110.050.020.050.06
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.160.140.120.110.120.060.050.110.070.04N/A0.06
Interest Coverage Ratio
15.2918.6527.65-2.17-6.88-7.7641.72N/AN/AN/A4.26-6.88
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.560.840.710.600.401.172.170.890.966.19N/A1.17
Company Equity Multiplier
1.401.431.361.381.331.311.281.441.451.351.451.33
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.040.050.040.030.020.040.060.040.020.100.010.04
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.270.700.36-0.40-0.160.690.700.650.130.74-0.490.69
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.560.840.710.600.401.172.170.890.966.19N/A1.17
Short Term Coverage Ratio
5.808.026.071.20N/AN/AN/AN/A3.1813.55N/AN/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A