LWAY Lifeway Foods, Inc.

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$22.21

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY) Insider Activity

What the officers, directors and large holders did with their own shares. Only open-market purchases and sales count toward the totals — grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax are compensation mechanics, not decisions, and they're listed separately below.

Insider signal Bullish Insiders bought more than they sold over this window — uncommon at any size.
Cluster activity 1 buyer in the last 30 days 2 buyers in the last 90 days 2 sellers in the last 90 days
Insiders buying
2
7 transactions
Insiders selling
2
7 transactions
Purchases
$8.3M
352,252 shares
Sales
$6.6M
240,000 shares
Net activity
$1.7M
purchases less sales

How much of that selling was preplanned? 0% planned / 100% discretionary

10b5-1 plan sales $0 0 transactions · 0 shares
Discretionary sales $6.6M 7 transactions · 240,000 shares

Largest single sale: $1.8M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

Last open-market purchase: October 6, 2026 .

Recent open-market activity

Date Insider Role Action Shares Price Value Held after
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Owner Sell 30,000 $22.64 $679.2K 864,793 −3.4% of holding
Buy 50,000 $20.80 $1.0M 2,451,792
Buy 36,202 $21.01 $760.5K 2,401,792
Buy 17,482 $21.09 $368.7K 2,365,590
SMOLYANSKY JULIE CEO, President and Secretary Buy 2,000 $25.26 $50.5K 2,214,095
Buy 35,952 $24.78 $890.9K 2,348,108
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 3 fills 10% Owner Sell 75,000 $25.45 $1.9M 939,862 −7.4% of holding
Buy 15,000 $24.69 $370.4K 2,312,156
Buy 195,616 $24.87 $4.9M 2,297,156
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10% Owner Sell 35,000 $28.74 $1.0M 969,793 −3.5% of holding
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA 2 fills Other Sell 100,000 $30.11 $3.0M 547,207 −15.5% of holding

Form 4s are due within two business days of a transaction, so this is close to real time — unlike the quarterly 13F data on the Institutional tab. A single large sale often reflects a prearranged 10b5-1 plan rather than a fresh view, so read a pattern of sales rather than any one of them.