StockCIK 814586

Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY): Insider Trades and Fund Holdings

In the past 12 months, Lifeway Foods, Inc. insiders reported 7 open-market purchases worth $8.35M and 3 sales worth $3.59M; 0 of the sales were reported as made under a 10b5-1 trading plan.

7Insider buys, 12 months

$8.35MBought by insiders, 12 months

$3.59MSold by insiders, 12 months

1Tracked funds holding

Recent insider trades

Open-market purchases (code P) and sales (code S) from Form 4. Grants, option exercises and gifts are not shown. Latest filing: Oct 15, 2026.

Recent LWAY insider trades
Filed	Traded	Insider	Role	Type	Shares	Price ($)	Value	Holding	Filing
Oct 15	Oct 13	Edward Smolyansky10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▼ SELL	30,000	22.64	$679K	−3.4%	Form 4 ↗
Oct 6	Oct 6	Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▲ BUY	50,000	20.80	$1.04M	+2.1%	Form 4 ↗
Oct 6	Oct 5	Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▲ BUY	36,202	21.01	$761K	+1.5%	Form 4 ↗
Oct 6	Oct 2	Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▲ BUY	17,482	21.09	$369K	+0.7%	Form 4 ↗
Aug 19	Aug 19	Julie SmolyanskyCEO	CEO	▲ BUY	2,000	25.26	$51K	+0.1%	Form 4 ↗
Aug 17	Aug 13	Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▲ BUY	195,616	24.87	$4.87M	+9.3%	Form 4 ↗
Aug 17	Aug 17	Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▲ BUY	35,952	24.78	$891K	+1.6%	Form 4 ↗
Aug 17	Aug 14	Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▲ BUY	15,000	24.69	$370K	+0.7%	Form 4 ↗
Aug 14	Aug 14	Edward Smolyansky10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▼ SELL	75,000	25.45	$1.91M	−7.7%	Form 4 ↗
Aug 14	Aug 12	Edward Smolyansky10% owner	10% owner (ind.)	▼ SELL	35,000	28.74	$1.01M	−3.5%	Form 4 ↗

Source: SEC Form 4 filings, retrieved Oct 28, 2026. How we read filings

Insiders who traded in the past year

Insider	Role	Buys	Bought	Sells	Sold	Latest
Edward Smolyansky	10% owner	0	$0	3	$3.59M	Oct 15, 2026
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP	10% owner	6	$8.30M	0	$0	Oct 6, 2026
Julie Smolyansky	CEO	1	$51K	0	$0	Aug 19, 2026

Tracked funds that report LWAY

From each fund's latest 13F. Holdings are as of quarter end and are filed up to 45 days later.

Fund	Quarter	Shares	Value	% of portfolio	Change
Renaissance Technologies	Q2 2026	377,171	$11.3M	0.02%	▲ +2.3%

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings, retrieved Oct 28, 2026. How we read filings

Reading these numbers

Insiders sell for many reasons: taxes, diversification, a house. Purchases with their own money are rarer and are usually read as more informative. A Form 4 is due within two business days of the trade. How to read a Form 4 →