Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)
Nasdaq: LWAY · Dairy Products · Morton Grove, IL · filing with the SEC since 1995
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Who owns Lifeway Foods, Inc.
As filed with the SECHolders of 5% or more
5
Edward Smolyansky holds 21.5% of Common Stock, as its SCHEDULE 13D/A filed Feb 6, 2025 says.
Directors and officers
11
report now, of 23 people on the record since 2006. Their holdings as a group are not read here.
Institutions as a whole
n/a
The record does not read the share held by managers that file Form 13F, so none is printed and no split of the rest is estimated. What it holds is the 5 named at left.
Holders of 5% or moreshare of the class, as filed
Edward Smolyansky
SCHEDULE 13D/A · filed Feb 6, 2025 · Common Stock
Edward Smolyansky
SCHEDULE 13D/A · filed May 20, 2026 · Common Stock · 20% in Nov 18, 2025
Julie Smolyansky
SCHEDULE 13D/A · filed Dec 23, 2024 · Common Stock, no par value
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP
SCHEDULE 13G/A · filed May 18, 2026 · Common Stock, no par value · 8.9% in Feb 13, 2026
Kenneth Griffin
SCHEDULE 13G · filed May 27, 2026 · Common Stock, No Par Value (the "Shares")
Danone S.A.
SCHEDULE 13D/A · filed May 20, 2026 · Common Stock, no par value · reported falling below 5%, from 22.7% in Sep 30, 2025
What LWAY reports owning in othersstakes of 5% or more, and other ties
3 subsidiaries in 2 countries, from the list filed with the 10-K filed Mar 17, 2026.
Insider tradesForm 4
42sales
1purchases
0sales on a scheduled plan
2people selling
$32.6Msold, in dollars
$100,000bought, in dollars
Open-market trades on Form 4 from Nov 5, 2025 to Nov 5, 2026. A scheduled plan is a selling program set in advance under SEC rule 10b5-1. The trades are listed as filed and do not feed the grade.
By calendar yearSoldBought
2026 runs to Nov 5, 2026. Dollars as filed, summed by the transaction date.
People who traded in the window6 of 29 on the roster
| Person | Role as filed | Sales | Sold | On a plan | Buys | Bought |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danone S.A. | 10% owner | 1 | $67.4M | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Smolyansky Edward | Chief Operating Officer | 29 | $23.7M | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Smolyansky Ludmila | director | 13 | $8.9M | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | 10% owner | 0 | $0 | 0 | 10 | $12.5M |
| Divisadero Street Capital, LLC | 10% owner | 0 | $0 | 0 | 4 | $4.2M |
| Smolyansky Julie | CEO, President and Secretary | 0 | $0 | 0 | 1 | $100,000 |