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How Lifeway Foods, Inc. stacks up
LWAY · against 273 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Profitability
69/ 100
Near the top of its peers.
Ranked #61 of 274 · scores higher than 77% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score22 peers with a profitability score of 60–69, including LWAY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 69?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 6.5% vs peer median 7.6%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 76% of peers. Return on invested capital: 16.0% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 83% of peers. Return on assets: 8.2% vs peer median 4.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = LWAY, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | LWAY | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 251 reported | 16.0% | 5.0% | 84% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 272 reported | 6.5% | 5.2% | 58% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 264 reported | 8.2% | 3.0% | 89% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 263 reported | 13.3% | 5.6% | 81% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 274 reported | 27.2% | 27.8% | 48% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around LWAYScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score