Lifeway Foods Ownership | Who Owns Lifeway Foods?

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Lifeway Foods Ownership Summary

Lifeway Foods is owned by 24.61% institutional investors, 64.52% insiders, and 10.86% retail investors. Jbf capital is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 5.02% of LWAY shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 1.14% of its assets in Lifeway Foods shares.

LWAY Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Lifeway Foods	24.61%	64.52%	10.86%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	43.43%	16.04%	40.53%
Industry	Packaged Foods Stocks	36.98%	16.11%	46.91%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Jbf capital	763.40K	5.02%	$27.50K
Divisadero street capital management, lp	630.18K	4.14%	$17.49M
Renaissance	417.77K	2.75%	$11.60M
Vanguard group	311.94K	2.05%	$8.66M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	282.45K	1.86%	$7.84M
Blackrock	248.02K	1.69%	$3.17M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	245.48K	1.61%	$6.81M
Gamco investors, inc. et al	151.35K	1.00%	$4.20M
Slotnik capital	141.76K	0.93%	$3.94M
Geode capital management	130.52K	0.86%	$3.62M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Slotnik capital	141.76K	1.23%	$3.94M
Divisadero street capital management, lp	630.18K	0.76%	$17.49M
Gabelli & co investment advisers	62.75K	0.28%	$1.74M
De lisle partners llp	53.78K	0.18%	$1.49M
One68 global capital	11.30K	0.15%	$280.26K
Tig advisors	76.06K	0.13%	$2.11M
Towerview	5.00K	0.10%	$138.80K
Eam investors	28.88K	0.09%	$801.76K
Corsair capital management	14.43K	0.07%	$400.52K
Ionic capital management	18.00K	0.05%	$499.68K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Jbf capital	763.40K	0.00%	735.90K
Divisadero street capital management, lp	630.18K	0.76%	630.18K
Blackrock	248.02K	0.00%	230.49K
Two sigma investments, lp	101.31K	0.00%	73.20K
Nuveen	38.73K	0.00%	38.73K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Tig advisors	76.06K	0.13%	-136.21K
Vazirani asset management	-	-	-125.00K
Towerview	5.00K	0.10%	-73.50K
Navellier & associates	-	-	-68.17K
Citadel advisors	-	-	-58.92K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Divisadero street capital management, lp	630.18K	0.76%	630.18K	$17.49M
Nuveen	38.73K	0.00%	38.73K	$1.08M
Centerbook partners lp	37.50K	0.05%	37.50K	$1.04M
Acadian asset management	34.79K	0.00%	34.79K	$963.00K
Eam investors	28.88K	0.09%	28.88K	$801.76K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
National bank of canada /fi/	-1.00
Newedge advisors	-6.00
Mai capital management	-17.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-24.00
Synergy asset management	-27.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	97	16.87%	3,742,909	13.74%	24	5.26%	50	-	29	93.33%
Jun 30, 2025	83	3.75%	3,290,630	4.33%	21	4.75%	50	61.29%	15	-51.61%
Mar 31, 2025	80	-5.88%	3,344,121	-0.41%	22	4.40%	32	-25.58%	31	19.23%
Dec 31, 2024	79	-11.24%	3,207,216	-4.42%	21	4.22%	40	-29.82%	25	13.64%
Sep 30, 2024	89	43.55%	3,355,473	17.08%	22	5.96%	57	21.28%	22	120.00%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	172.78K	1.14%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	169.06K	1.11%	-3.73K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	122.78K	0.81%	-
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	113.00K	0.74%	-
DFA US Targeted Value I	63.13K	0.41%	-
GAMCO Intl SICAV Merger Arbtrg I (USD)	58.47K	0.38%	34.86K
VT De Lisle America B USD	56.78K	0.37%	-3.00K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	56.17K	0.37%	-25.60K
Fidelity Small Cap Index	50.59K	0.33%	5.78K
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	44.97K	0.30%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Dec 08, 2025	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$353.40K
Dec 09, 2025	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$317.65K
Oct 08, 2025	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$264.40K
Oct 07, 2025	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$131.60K
Oct 01, 2025	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$633.23K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	6
2025 Q3	-	2
2025 Q2	-	15
2025 Q1	-	9
2024 Q4	-	-

LWAY Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 24.61%, followed by 64.52% insiders and 10.87% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Lifeway Foods's industry, Packaged Foods Stocks, is 36.98%, which Lifeway Foods falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods’s largest shareholders are Jbf capital (763.4K shares, 5.02%), Divisadero street capital management, lp (630.18K shares, 4.14%), and Renaissance (417.77K shares, 2.75%). Together, they hold 11.91% of Lifeway Foods’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Lifeway Foods?

Yes, BlackRock owns 1.69% of Lifeway Foods, totaling 248.02K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 3.17M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 230.49K shares, a 1315.38% change.

Who is Lifeway Foods’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Slotnik capital is Lifeway Foods’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.23% of its assets in 141.76K Lifeway Foods shares, valued at 3.94M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Lifeway Foods shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Lifeway Foods shares, with 1.14% of its total shares outstanding invested in 172.78K Lifeway Foods shares.

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