Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) is a Packaged Foods company in the Consumer Defensive sector, currently trading at $24.79. It has a SharesGrow Score of 75/100, indicating a strong investment profile with 5 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of LWAY = $71.47 (+188.3% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is LWAY = $35 (+41.2% upside).
Valuation: LWAY trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 25.5 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 0.82.
Financials: revenue is $212M, +14.5%/yr average growth. Net income is $14M, growing at +387.7%/yr. Net profit margin is 6.5% (thin). Gross margin is 27.4% (+8.5 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $466,000 against $86M equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 0.01, conservative). Current ratio is 2.23 (strong liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 0.4%. Total assets: $106M.
Analyst outlook: 4 / 6 analysts rate LWAY as buy (67%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 79/100 (Pass), Growth 90/100 (Pass), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 100/100 (Pass), Moat 37/100 (Fail), Future 73/100 (Pass), Income 45/100 (Partial).
