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.

Insider signal In line Selling ran in line with 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
4 transactions
Insiders selling
2
22 transactions
Purchases
$6.2M
248,568 shares
Sales
$24.4M
835,704 shares
Net activity
-$18.2M
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 $24.4M 22 transactions · 835,704 shares

Largest single sale: $1.8M.

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

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.