Lifeway Foods Ownership | Who Owns Lifeway Foods?

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Lifeway Foods Ownership Summary

Lifeway Foods is owned by 12.10% institutional investors, 63.54% insiders, and 24.36% retail investors. Divisadero street capital management, lp is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.27% of LWAY shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.87% of its assets in Lifeway Foods shares.

LWAY Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Lifeway Foods	12.10%	63.54%	24.36%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	33.50%	17.42%	49.08%
Industry	Packaged Foods Stocks	37.70%	21.16%	41.13%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Divisadero street capital management, lp	1.41M	9.27%	$27.25M
Cresset asset management	508.23K	3.34%	$9.83M
Renaissance	368.67K	2.43%	$7.13M
Vanguard group	343.04K	2.25%	$8.31M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	277.75K	1.83%	$5.37M
Tudor investment corp et al	266.40K	1.75%	$5.15M
Blackrock	248.02K	1.69%	$3.17M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	235.71K	1.55%	$4.56M
Gamco investors, inc. et al	214.65K	1.41%	$4.15M
Slotnik capital	157.47K	1.04%	$3.05M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Divisadero street capital management, lp	1.41M	1.14%	$27.25M
Slotnik capital	157.47K	0.89%	$3.05M
R squared	15.38K	0.16%	$297.47K
One68 global capital	11.30K	0.15%	$280.26K
Tig advisors	76.06K	0.13%	$2.11M
De lisle partners llp	50.15K	0.12%	$963.63K
Gabelli & co investment advisers	29.45K	0.08%	$569.58K
Ionic capital management	18.00K	0.05%	$499.68K
Inspire investing	27.46K	0.04%	$531.06K
Cresset asset management	508.23K	0.04%	$9.83M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	248.02K	0.00%	230.49K
Tudor investment corp et al	266.40K	0.01%	103.04K
Divisadero street capital management, lp	1.41M	1.14%	61.13K
Gamco investors, inc. et al	214.65K	0.04%	53.90K
Citadel advisors	71.88K	0.00%	50.05K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Tig advisors	76.06K	0.13%	-136.21K
Vazirani asset management	-	-	-125.00K
Navellier & associates	-	-	-68.17K
Arrowstreet capital, limited partnership	-	-	-49.99K
Susquehanna group, llp	-	-	-44.37K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Vanguard fiduciary trust	40.86K	0.00%	40.86K	$790.15K
Two sigma advisers, lp	25.90K	0.00%	25.90K	$718.98K
Ionic capital management	18.00K	0.05%	18.00K	$499.68K
Bridgeway capital management	12.50K	0.00%	12.50K	$241.75K
One68 global capital	11.30K	0.15%	11.30K	$280.26K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
National bank of canada /fi/	-1.00
Sound income strategies	-4.00
Srs capital advisors	-5.00
Newedge advisors	-6.00
Cornerstone planning group	-13.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2026	48	-46.07%	1,839,349	-62.58%	12	1.16%	22	-53.19%	14	-51.72%
Dec 31, 2025	61	-37.76%	3,779,819	0.99%	24	4.10%	30	-41.18%	20	-31.03%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	285.77K	1.87%	18.10K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	172.78K	1.14%	-
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB	172.00K	1.13%	-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	142.64K	0.93%	1.96K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	70.81K	0.46%	-
Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF	65.32K	0.43%	-120.00
DFA US Targeted Value I	63.13K	0.41%	-
VT De Lisle America B USD	60.73K	0.40%	-
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	52.80K	0.35%	258.00
Fidelity Small Cap Index	50.34K	0.33%	821.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jul 22, 2026	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$1.83M
Jul 22, 2026	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$1.18M
Jul 15, 2026	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$776.82K
Jul 15, 2026	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$1.37M
Jul 06, 2026	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$237.84K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q3	-	6
2026 Q2	8	18
2026 Q1	-	4
2025 Q4	-	9
2025 Q3	-	2

LWAY Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 12.10%, followed by 63.54% insiders and 24.36% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Lifeway Foods's industry, Packaged Foods Stocks, is 37.70%, which Lifeway Foods falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods’s largest shareholders are Divisadero street capital management, lp (1.41M shares, 9.27%), Cresset asset management (508.23K shares, 3.34%), and Renaissance (368.67K shares, 2.43%). Together, they hold 15.04% 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?

Divisadero street capital management, lp is Lifeway Foods’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.14% of its assets in 1.41M Lifeway Foods shares, valued at 27.25M$.

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

Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Lifeway Foods shares, with 1.87% of its total shares outstanding invested in 285.77K Lifeway Foods shares.

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