LWAY Lifeway Foods, Inc.

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$23.79

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.

30D 90D 6M 1Y
Insider signal Bearish Selling ran elevated versus LWAY's own trailing one-year pace, with 0% of sale value under a prearranged plan.
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
12 transactions
Insiders selling
3
30 transactions
Purchases
$14.6M
578,658 shares
Sales
$94.4M
4,394,460 shares
Net activity
-$79.8M
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 $94.4M 30 transactions · 4,394,460 shares

Largest single sale: $67.4M.

Where they traded

Buy Sell Dot area is proportional to transaction value.

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
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Other Sell 20,000 $24.02 $480.4K 692,823 −2.8% of holding
2 fills Buy 66,348 $25.27 $1.7M 2,101,540
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 2 fills 10% Owner Sell 24,000 $24.87 $596.8K 1,065,254 −2.2% of holding
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Other Sell 20,000 $24.64 $492.8K 712,823 −2.7% of holding
Danone S.A. 10% Owner Sell 3,454,756 $19.50 $67.4M None left
6 fills Buy 263,742 $25.50 $6.7M 2,068,366
SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 2 fills 10% Owner Sell 25,000 $25.34 $633.5K 1,078,824 −2.3% of holding
SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA Other Sell 15,000 $26.50 $397.5K 732,823 −2% 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.