President and CEO of Lifeway Foods Inc. (LWAY) Julie Smolyansky sells 1,000 shares of LWAY on 04/05/2012 at an average price of $8.82 a share.

Lifeway Foods has a market cap of $145 million; its shares were traded at around $8.76 with a P/E ratio of 49.1 and P/S ratio of 2.1. Lifeway Foods had an annual average earning growth of 19.4% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Lifeway Foods the business predictability rank of 4.5-star.

CFO Recent Trades:

• CFO, Treasurer Edward Smolyansky sold 1,500 shares of LWAY stock on 02/17/2012 at the average price of 9.5. Edward Smolyansky owns at least 312,546 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 7.79% since.
• CFO, Treasurer Edward Smolyansky sold 2,000 shares of LWAY stock on 01/23/2012 at the average price of 9.13. Edward Smolyansky owns at least 314,046 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 4.05% since.
• CFO, Treasurer Edward Smolyansky sold 2,000 shares of LWAY stock on 10/18/2011 at the average price of 10.78. Edward Smolyansky owns at least 316,046 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 18.74% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of LWAY. For the complete insider trading history of LWAY, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Director, 10% Owner Ludmila Smolyansky sold 10,868 shares of LWAY stock on 10/25/2011 at the average price of 10.87. Ludmila Smolyansky owns at least 15,000 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 19.41% since.
• Director, 10% Owner Ludmila Smolyansky sold 2,000 shares of LWAY stock on 10/19/2011 at the average price of 10.6. Ludmila Smolyansky owns at least 7,385,974 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 17.36% since.

For the complete insider trading history of LWAY, click here.

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