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Lifeway Foods (Lifeway Foods) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 2.80 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Lifeway Foods's current share price is $24.87. Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $8.89. Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 2.80.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

LWAY' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.26   Med: 1.19   Max: 6.49
Current: 2.8

During the past years, Lifeway Foods's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 6.49. The lowest was 0.26. And the median was 1.19.

LWAY's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
81.93% of 1356 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.79 vs LWAY: 2.80

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Lifeway Foods's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.765. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $8.89 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Lifeway Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.30 0.79 0.61 0.67 1.51

Lifeway Foods Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.67 0.71 0.75 1.17 1.51

Competitive Comparison of Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Lifeway Foods Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=24.87/8.89
=2.80

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Lifeway Foods's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Lifeway Foods's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=2.765/129.4194*129.4194
=2.765

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 129.4194.

Lifeway Foods Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 1.782 99.695 2.313
201406 1.809 100.560 2.328
201409 1.842 100.428 2.374
201412 1.845 99.070 2.410
201503 1.812 99.621 2.354
201506 1.824 100.684 2.345
201509 1.811 100.392 2.335
201512 1.814 99.792 2.353
201603 2.012 100.470 2.592
201606 1.928 101.688 2.454
201609 1.856 101.861 2.358
201612 1.870 101.863 2.376
201703 1.988 102.862 2.501
201706 1.958 103.349 2.452
201709 1.780 104.136 2.212
201712 1.636 104.011 2.036
201803 1.794 105.290 2.205
201806 1.694 106.317 2.062
201809 1.506 106.507 1.830
201812 1.421 105.998 1.735
201903 1.561 107.251 1.884
201906 1.468 108.070 1.758
201909 1.444 108.329 1.725
201912 1.454 108.420 1.736
202003 1.613 108.902 1.917
202006 1.605 108.767 1.910
202009 1.665 109.815 1.962
202012 1.579 109.897 1.860
202103 1.858 111.754 2.152
202106 1.847 114.631 2.085
202109 1.888 115.734 2.111
202112 1.941 117.630 2.136
202203 2.209 121.301 2.357
202206 2.110 125.017 2.184
202209 2.407 125.227 2.488
202212 2.298 125.222 2.375
202303 2.522 127.348 2.563
202306 2.601 128.729 2.615
202309 2.708 129.860 2.699
202312 2.765 129.419 2.765

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Lifeway Foods  (NAS:LWAY) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Lifeway Foods (Lifeway Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6431 West Oakton Street, Morton Grove, IL, USA, 60053
Lifeway Foods Inc is engaged in manufacturing probiotic, cultured, functional dairy health food products. Its primary product is drinkable kefir which is a cultured dairy product. Its product categories are Drinkable Kefir which is the key revenue-driving product, European-style soft cheeses, Cream, ProBugs, Frozen Kefir and Other dairy. The company manufacture and market products under the Lifeway and Fresh Made brand names, as well as under private labels on behalf of customers. It sells the products primarily through direct sales force, brokers, and distributors.
Executives
Edward Smolyansky officer: CFO, Treasurer
Julie Smolyansky director, officer: President and CEO
Ludmila Smolyansky director, 10 percent owner
Juan Carlos Dalto director 3059 TOWNSGATE ROAD, WESTLAKE VILLAGE CA 91361
Perfecto Sanchez director 153 DIEHL ROAD, CALLICOON NY 12723
Dorri Mcwhorter director 6431 OAKTON STREET, C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Jody Levy director 6431 OAKTON STREET, C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., MORTON GROVE IL 60053
George Sent director C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Amy M. Feldman officer: SENIOR EXECUTIVE VP OF SALES C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Neha J Clark officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Eric A Hanson officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LIFEWAY FOODS, 6431 OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
Laurent Marcel director C/O DANONE NA, 1 MAPLE AVE, WHITE PLAINS NY 10605
Douglas Hass officer: Gen Counsel & Asst Corp Sec. 1205 KIMBALL BLVD., JASPER IN 47546
Jennifer Reilly officer: Sr Exec V. President of Sales 6431 W. OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053
John P Waldron officer: Chief Financial officer LIFEWAY FOODS, INC., 6431 W. OAKTON STREET, MORTON GROVE IL 60053