Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) — VMCI valuation read

The headline on Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) is a 55/100 VMCI score, set against a Consumer Defensive sector median of 50. That 5-point above-median read reflects the five-pillar weighting and, for a mid-cap name, suggests a relative-value tailwind is in the data.

LWAY insider activity report: 0 buys, 0 sells filed via Form 4 over the past 30 days. The next datable items are the 10-Q schedule and any 8-K-triggering events; both feed the VMCI Integrity pillar more than the price tape.

**Investor frame.** LWAY trades at 25.0x earnings, 39% above the Consumer Defensive median of 18.0x sets the value side. ROIC of 11.0% sits 1.0pp above the Consumer Defensive median (10.0%) sets the quality side. Net debt to EBITDA of 1.6x is the rate-sensitivity line to watch sets the risk side, the three lines a value buyer reads first on LWAY.

LWAY rose 3.2% over the trailing 7 days, with a -0.5% read on a 30-day basis.