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How Lifeway Foods, Inc. stacks up
LWAY · against 261 other Consumer Defensive companies of similar size
Valuation
26/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #182 of 262 · scores higher than 30% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score18 peers with a valuation score of 20–29, including LWAY · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 26?
Weighted metrics compared with all Consumer Defensive companies.Mainly because of its free cash flow yield, EBITDA yield and earnings yield, which are weaker than most Consumer Defensive peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -9.3% vs peer median 6.2%
- less operating profit (EBITDA) for the company's total value: weaker than 70% of peers. EBITDA yield: 5.7% vs peer median 8.7%
- lower earnings for the price paid: weaker than 63% of peers. Earnings yield: 3.2% vs peer median 4.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 251 reported | 3.1% | 4.6% | 42% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 268 reported | 5.7% | 9.1% | 36% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 86 reported | -9.3% | 5.6% | 13% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 255 reported | 25.2% | 70.5% | 12% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation 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