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LWAY (Lifeway Foods) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 111.04 (As of Jul. 05, 2025)


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What is Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2025-07-05), Lifeway Foods's current share price is $25.54. Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $0.23. Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 111.04.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

LWAY' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.8   Med: 53.22   Max: 124.2
Current: 111.36

During the past years, Lifeway Foods's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 124.20. The lowest was 12.80. And the median was 53.22.

LWAY's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
90.74% of 702 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 20.785 vs LWAY: 111.36

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Lifeway Foods's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $-0.155. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $0.23 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Lifeway Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 43.89 33.72 51.77 62.37 98.96

Lifeway Foods Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 79.78 52.11 91.79 98.96 106.60

Competitive Comparison of Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.


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Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=25.54/0.23
=111.04

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Lifeway Foods's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=-0.155/134.9266*134.9266
=-0.155

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Lifeway Foods Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201506 0.136 100.684 0.182
201509 -0.035 100.392 -0.047
201512 0.122 99.792 0.165
201603 -0.084 100.470 -0.113
201606 0.113 101.688 0.150
201609 0.096 101.861 0.127
201612 -0.010 101.863 -0.013
201703 0.073 102.862 0.096
201706 -0.015 103.349 -0.020
201709 -0.041 104.136 -0.053
201712 -0.112 104.011 -0.145
201803 -0.002 105.290 -0.003
201806 0.007 106.317 0.009
201809 -0.020 106.507 -0.025
201812 -0.011 105.998 -0.014
201903 0.066 107.251 0.083
201906 0.043 108.070 0.054
201909 0.167 108.329 0.208
201912 -0.107 108.420 -0.133
202003 -0.093 108.902 -0.115
202006 0.169 108.767 0.210
202009 0.192 109.815 0.236
202012 0.019 109.897 0.023
202103 0.044 111.754 0.053
202106 0.114 114.631 0.134
202109 0.108 115.734 0.126
202112 -0.033 117.630 -0.038
202203 -0.065 121.301 -0.072
202206 -0.078 125.017 -0.084
202209 0.206 125.227 0.222
202212 -0.032 125.222 -0.034
202303 0.084 127.348 0.089
202306 0.146 128.729 0.153
202309 0.366 129.860 0.380
202312 0.236 129.419 0.246
202403 -0.061 131.776 -0.062
202406 0.336 132.554 0.342
202409 0.387 133.029 0.393
202412 -0.256 133.157 -0.259
202503 -0.155 134.927 -0.155

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Lifeway Foods  (NAS:LWAY) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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Lifeway Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6431 West Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL, USA, 60053
Lifeway Foods Inc is engaged in manufacturing probiotic, cultured, functional dairy health food products. Its primary product is drinkable kefir which is a cultured dairy product. Its product categories are Drinkable Kefir which is the key revenue-driving product, European-style soft cheeses, Cream, ProBugs, Frozen Kefir and Other dairy. The company manufacture and market products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers. It sells the products through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors.
Executives
Pol Sikar director 3916 W MONTROSS, CHICAGO IL 60618
Julie Smolyansky director, officer: President and CEO
Ludmila Smolyansky director, 10 percent owner
Edward Smolyansky officer: CFO, Treasurer
Amy M. Feldman officer: SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP OF SALES C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Eric A Hanson officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Juan Carlos Dalto director 3059 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Perfecto Sanchez director 153 DIEHL ROAD, CALLICOON NY 12723
Dorri Mcwhorter director 6431 OAKTON STREET, C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Jody Levy director 6431 OAKTON STREET, C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., MORTON GROVE IL 60053
George Sent director C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Neha J Clark officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Laurent Marcel director C/O DANONE NA, 1 MAPLE AVE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10605
Douglas Hass officer: Gen Counsel & Asst Corp Sec. 1205 KIMBALL BLVD., JASPER IN 47546
Jennifer Reilly officer: Sr Exec V. President of Sales 6431 W. OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053