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Lifeway Foods (Lifeway Foods) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.11 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lifeway Foods Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Lifeway Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.3 Mil. Lifeway Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.6 Mil. Lifeway Foods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $26.3 Mil. Lifeway Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.11.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LWAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 0.97   Max: 13.72
Current: 0.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lifeway Foods was 13.72. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.97.

LWAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
90.13% of 1428 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs LWAY: 0.15

Lifeway Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lifeway Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.73 0.38 0.87 1.32 0.15

Lifeway Foods Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 0.68 0.69 0.28 0.26 0.11

Competitive Comparison of Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Lifeway Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Lifeway Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.324 + 1.601) / 20.195
=0.14

Lifeway Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.324 + 1.601) / 26.252
=0.11

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Lifeway Foods  (NAS:LWAY) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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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