Lifeway Foods Ownership | Who Owns Lifeway Foods?

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Lifeway Foods Ownership Summary

Lifeway Foods is owned by 21.64% institutional investors, 65.29% insiders, and 13.07% retail investors. Renaissance is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 2.95% 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	21.64%	65.29%	13.07%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	51.35%	16.41%	32.24%
Industry	Packaged Foods Stocks	56.00%	16.47%	27.53%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Renaissance	436.37K	2.95%	$10.82M
Vanguard group	314.99K	2.13%	$7.81M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	302.57K	2.04%	$7.50M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	278.05K	1.83%	$6.85M
Blackrock	248.02K	1.69%	$3.17M
Tig advisors	212.27K	1.40%	$5.23M
Gamco investors, inc. et al	149.55K	0.98%	$3.69M
Beryl capital management	145.45K	0.98%	$3.61M
Geode capital management	115.64K	0.78%	$2.87M
Tudor investment corp et al	112.57K	0.74%	$2.77M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Beryl capital management	145.45K	0.81%	$3.61M
Slotnik capital	53.00K	0.59%	$1.31M
Gabelli & co investment advisers	94.75K	0.36%	$2.34M
Tig advisors	212.27K	0.28%	$5.23M
De lisle partners llp	59.78K	0.21%	$1.48M
One68 global capital	11.30K	0.15%	$280.26K
Jbf capital	27.50K	0.11%	$677.88K
Carlson capital l p	10.00K	0.10%	$246.50K
Corsair capital management	14.43K	0.07%	$355.65K
Inspire investing	16.52K	0.04%	$458.68K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	248.02K	0.00%	230.49K
Beryl capital management	145.45K	0.81%	145.45K
Jpmorgan chase	85.96K	0.00%	75.38K
Slotnik capital	53.00K	0.59%	53.00K
Gabelli funds	98.64K	0.02%	33.99K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Vazirani asset management	-	-	-125.00K
Divisadero street capital management, lp	-	-	-117.95K
Navellier & associates	-	-	-68.17K
Citadel advisors	-	-	-58.92K
D. e. shaw	38.90K	0.00%	-57.55K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Beryl capital management	145.45K	0.81%	145.45K	$3.61M
Slotnik capital	53.00K	0.59%	53.00K	$1.31M
Inspire investing	16.52K	0.04%	16.52K	$458.68K
One68 global capital	11.30K	0.15%	11.30K	$280.26K
Carlson capital l p	10.00K	0.10%	10.00K	$246.50K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
National bank of canada /fi/	-1.00
Mai capital management	-17.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-24.00
Synergy asset management	-27.00
Allspring global investments	-32.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
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%
Jun 30, 2024	62	19.23%	2,865,938	15.57%	19	6.85%	47	95.83%	10	-44.44%

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
Oct 07, 2025	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$131.60K
Oct 08, 2025	SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA	Member of 10% owner group	Sell	$264.40K
Oct 01, 2025	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$1.53M
Oct 01, 2025	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$633.23K
Sep 24, 2025	SMOLYANSKY EDWARD	-	Sell	$266.90K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	4
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 21.64%, followed by 65.29% insiders and 13.07% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Lifeway Foods's industry, Packaged Foods Stocks, is 56.00%, which Lifeway Foods falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Lifeway Foods?

Lifeway Foods’s largest shareholders are Renaissance (436.37K shares, 2.95%), Vanguard group (314.99K shares, 2.13%), and Dimensional fund advisors lp (302.57K shares, 2.04%). Together, they hold 7.12% 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?

Beryl capital management is Lifeway Foods’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 0.81% of its assets in 145.45K Lifeway Foods shares, valued at 3.61M$.

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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