Lifeway Foods Ownership | Who Owns Lifeway Foods?


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Lifeway Foods Ownership Summary


Lifeway Foods is owned by 24.82% institutional investors, 64.19% insiders, and 10.99% retail investors. Divisadero street capital management, lp is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 4.14% of LWAY shares. Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.26% of its assets in Lifeway Foods shares.

LWAY Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockLifeway Foods24.82%64.19%10.99%
SectorConsumer Defensive Stocks 33.19%16.40%50.41%
IndustryPackaged Foods Stocks35.26%16.53%48.21%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Divisadero street capital management, lp630.18K4.14%$17.49M
Renaissance375.37K2.46%$9.10M
Vanguard group343.04K2.25%$8.31M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de288.14K1.89%$6.98M
Blackrock248.02K1.69%$3.17M
Dimensional fund advisors lp216.68K1.42%$5.25M
Gamco investors, inc. et al160.75K1.06%$3.89M
Slotnik capital141.76K0.93%$3.94M
Geode capital management134.82K0.89%$3.27M
Two sigma investments, lp101.31K0.67%$2.81M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Slotnik capital141.76K1.23%$3.94M
Divisadero street capital management, lp630.18K0.76%$17.49M
De lisle partners llp53.78K0.18%$1.49M
One68 global capital11.30K0.15%$280.26K
Gabelli & co investment advisers39.50K0.14%$957.11K
Tig advisors76.06K0.13%$2.11M
R squared10.97K0.12%$265.75K
Byrne asset management8.49K0.11%$205.81K
Entrypoint capital11.75K0.11%$284.65K
Corsair capital management14.43K0.07%$400.52K

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Divisadero street capital management, lp630.18K0.76%630.18K
Blackrock248.02K0.00%230.49K
Two sigma investments, lp101.31K0.00%73.20K
Vanguard group343.04K0.00%31.10K
Two sigma advisers, lp25.90K0.00%25.90K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Tig advisors76.06K0.13%-136.21K
Vazirani asset management---125.00K
Navellier & associates---68.17K
Citadel advisors---58.92K
D. e. shaw38.90K0.00%-57.55K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Divisadero street capital management, lp630.18K0.76%630.18K$17.49M
Two sigma advisers, lp25.90K0.00%25.90K$718.98K
Ionic capital management18.00K0.05%18.00K$499.68K
Inspire investing16.52K0.04%16.52K$458.68K
Squarepoint ops15.95K0.00%15.95K$442.66K

Sold Out

HolderChange
National bank of canada /fi/-1.00
True wealth design-1.00
Srs capital advisors-5.00
Newedge advisors-6.00
Cornerstone planning group-13.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Dec 31, 202561-37.76%3,779,8190.99%244.10%30-41.18%20-31.03%
Sep 30, 20259716.87%3,742,90913.74%245.26%50-2993.33%
Jun 30, 2025833.75%3,290,6304.33%214.75%5061.29%15-51.61%
Mar 31, 202580-5.88%3,344,121-0.41%224.40%32-25.58%3119.23%
Dec 31, 202479-11.24%3,207,216-4.42%214.22%40-29.82%2513.64%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv191.17K1.26%-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF172.78K1.14%-
iShares Russell 2000 ETF123.17K0.81%123.17K
1290 VT GAMCO Small Company Value IB122.50K0.80%10.00K
GAMCO Intl SICAV Merger Arbtrg I (USD)85.25K0.56%26.78K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr64.69K0.42%-
DFA US Targeted Value I63.13K0.41%-
VT De Lisle America B USD53.78K0.35%-
Fidelity Small Cap Index50.89K0.33%-61.00
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF43.73K0.29%43.73K

Recent Insider Transactions


DateNameRoleActivityValue
Dec 23, 2025SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Member of 10% owner groupSell$251.50K
Dec 23, 2025SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Member of 10% owner groupSell$393.85K
Dec 10, 2025SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Member of 10% owner groupSell$463.40K
Dec 08, 2025SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Member of 10% owner groupSell$353.40K
Dec 09, 2025SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Member of 10% owner groupSell$317.65K

Insider Transactions Trends


DateBuySell
2026 Q1--
2025 Q4-9
2025 Q3-2
2025 Q2-15
2025 Q1-9

LWAY Ownership FAQ


Who Owns Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 24.82%, followed by 64.19% insiders and 10.99% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Lifeway Foods's industry, Packaged Foods Stocks, is 35.26%, which Lifeway Foods falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods’s largest shareholders are Divisadero street capital management, lp (630.18K shares, 4.14%), Renaissance (375.37K shares, 2.46%), and Vanguard group (343.04K shares, 2.25%). Together, they hold 8.86% 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 Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Lifeway Foods shares, with 1.26% of its total shares outstanding invested in 191.17K Lifeway Foods shares.

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