LWAY Lifeway Foods, Inc.
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.
How much of that selling was preplanned? 0% planned / 100% discretionary
Largest single sale: $1.8M.
Where they traded
Last open-market purchase: August 19, 2026 , by SMOLYANSKY JULIE .
Recent open-market activity
| Date | Insider | Role | Action | Shares | Price | Value | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 2 fills | 10% Owner | Sell | 66,916 | $32.02 | $2.1M | 1,047,056 −6% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD | 10% Owner | Sell | 39,098 | $29.41 | $1.1M | 1,071,709 −3.5% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD | 10% Owner | Sell | 7,984 | $29.79 | $237.8K | 1,110,807 −0.7% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 2 fills | 10% Owner | Sell | 100,000 | $29.56 | $3.0M | 852,642 −10.5% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD | 10% Owner | Sell | 14,542 | $30.12 | $438.0K | 1,168,791 −1.2% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 4 fills | 10% Owner | Sell | 223,096 | $29.26 | $6.5M | 958,436 −18.9% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Other | Sell | 45,616 | $29.65 | $1.4M | 607,207 −7% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA | Other | Sell | 40,000 | $30.12 | $1.2M | 652,823 −5.8% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 2 fills | 10% Owner | Sell | 38,452 | $29.85 | $1.1M | 1,015,983 −3.6% of holding | |
| SMOLYANSKY EDWARD | 10% Owner | Sell | 50,000 | $26.20 | $1.3M | 1,183,333 −4.1% 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.