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Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Lifeway Foods manufactures and markets drinkable kefir, a cultured dairy product, along with cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products under the Lifeway, Fresh Made, and GlenOaks Farms brand names.
Lifeway Foods, Inc is a Consumer Defensive company operating in Packaged Foods with a $388.6M market cap.
LWAY beat consensus EPS by 0.7% in Q1 FY2026, reported May 17, 2026.
17 earnings calls indexed on Spoken Alpha.
Behavioral analysis
Disclosures
Extracted from Unknown source, 2026-06-21.
Transcripts
Most recent calls indexed for this ticker. Open any call to drill into prepared remarks and Q&A.
History
| Period | Reported | EPS actual | EPS consensus | EPS surprise | Revenue actual | Revenue consensus | Rev. surprise | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 |
Spoken Alpha tracks LWAY's historical accountability: how often management beat consensus, how the stock reacted, and how guidance evolved across the cycle. The figures below are illustrative placeholder data generated for layout — they will be replaced with real deviation metrics, True Consensus values, and EODHD price reactions as those data layers land.
Beats consensus 10/10 quarters but stock falls 70% of the time
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API
The same data on this page is available as a machine-readable feed via the Spoken Alpha API. One call returns the IR URL, recent transcripts, and accountability scores for LWAY.
$ curl https://api.spokenalpha.com/v1/companies/LWAYFAQ
Spoken Alpha indexes LWAY's earnings call transcripts at https://spokenalpha.com/companies/LWAY. Each call links to attributed speakers and parsed analyst Q&A. Lifeway Foods, Inc.'s own investor relations page is at https://lifewaykefir.com/investor-relations/.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) held its most recent earnings call on 2026-05-14, covering fiscal Q1 2026.
Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) operates in the Consumer Defensive sector (Packaged Foods industry).
| 2026-05-17 |
| $0.30 |
| $0.18 |
| +66.7% |
| $63.0M |
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EODHD |
Source: EODHD. LWAY reported actuals as published; sparse fields render as —.
When a company consistently beats but the stock doesn't react, consensus is usually set too low or the buy-side number is materially above sell-side. Watch for guidance walk-downs ahead of the print.
Raised guidance 7 quarters in a row
SampleConsecutive raises tighten the bar quarter over quarter. Watch the most recent print for the magnitude of the beat — a smaller beat against a higher bar is the early signal that the regime is breaking.
| Quarter | Actual EPS | Consensus | Surprise | 1D | 5D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $4.00 | $3.61 | +10.8% | +2.0% | +2.2% |
| Q4 FY2026 | $4.47 | $3.83 | +16.7% | -5.2% | -5.8% |
| Q3 FY2026 | $4.01 | $3.59 | +11.6% | -5.8% | -6.0% |
| Q2 FY2026 | $3.96 | $3.62 | +9.5% | -7.8% | -9.8% |
| Q1 FY2025 | $3.81 | $3.66 | +4.1% | -4.8% | -7.7% |
CFO since 2026 • 1/2 beats (50%) • last guidance raise Q2 FY2026
| Q4 FY2025 |
| $4.11 |
| $3.89 |
| +5.7% |
| +0.1% |
| -1.5% |
| Q3 FY2025 | $4.16 | $3.81 | +9.1% | -8.5% | -8.8% |
| Q2 FY2025 | $3.96 | $3.86 | +2.7% | -0.4% | -2.7% |
| Q1 FY2024 | $4.34 | $3.96 | +9.5% | -8.5% | -11.5% |
| Q4 FY2024 | $4.10 | $3.99 | +2.8% | +2.7% | +0.9% |