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SCHEDULE Filed 2025-02-06 Event 2025-01-17 SEC 0001683168-25-000788 →

SMOLYANSKY EDWARD → Lifeway Foods, Inc. LWAY

Stake: 21.50% Shares: 3,179,975 CUSIP: 531914109 Class: Common Stock
Composite Decision Signal · PASS (LOW BASE-RATE EDGE) Conviction Score: 23/100 · Filer 90d Win Rate: 0% · Hist. 90d Edge: +0.0%
  • Passive Schedule 13G filer baseline
  • High conviction ownership stake (21.5%)
  • Held by 1 tracked 13F institutional manager
  • 8 NPORT-P mutual funds holding CUSIP
  • Moderate short days-to-cover (4.5 DTC)

Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following: On February 3, 2025, Ludmila Smolyansky and Edward Smolyansky issued a press release regarding a lawsuit filed against Mr. Smolyansky by Julie Smolyansky, the Chief Executive Officer of Lifeway Foods, Inc. (the "Company") and confirming Mrs. Smolyansky and Mr. Smolyansky's goals with respect to the Company's management and board of directors. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Cross-References

Insider Activity (last 365d)
6 transactions
3 buys · 3 sales · 0 awards/exercises
Issuer Cluster
16 13D/G filings on this issuer
15 other filings besides this one
Filer Track Record
2 filings by this filer
1 other filing in the data moat
Short Interest · settle 2026-10-15
DTC 4.55
670,181 shares short · -2.2% vs prior

Institutional Consensus · 2025-12-31

Held by elite portfolio managers
1 holder · $481K
Point72 Asset Mgmt

Post-Filing Returns · since 2025-01-17 on LWAY

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Anchor price 29.32 on closest trading day on/after 2025-01-17. Source: Yahoo Finance daily adj_close (split + dividend adjusted).

Form 4 Insider Transactions · last 365d

DateInsiderRoleTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-08-17 Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 10%+ owner Buy 35,952 $24.78 $891K
2026-08-14 Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 10%+ owner Buy 15,000 $24.69 $370K
2026-08-13 Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 10%+ owner Buy 195,616 $24.87 $4.87M
2026-07-07 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10%+ owner Sale 39,098 $29.41 $1.15M
2026-07-06 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10%+ owner Sale 7,984 $29.79 $238K
2026-06-22 SMOLYANSKY EDWARD 10%+ owner Sale 50,000 $26.20 $1.31M

Other 13D/G Filings on Lifeway Foods, Inc.

FiledFormFilerStakeShares
2026-05-27 SCHEDULE 13G CITADEL ADVISORS LLC — — view →
2026-05-20 SCHEDULE 13D/A Danone S.A. — 0 view →
2026-05-20 SCHEDULE 13D/A SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA 19.70% 787,823 view →
2025-09-30 SCHEDULE Danone S.A. 22.70% 3,454,756 view →
2025-08-01 SCHEDULE Danone S.A. 22.70% 3,454,756 view →
2025-06-04 SCHEDULE SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA 20.80% 3,159,975 view →
2025-03-17 SCHEDULE SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA 20.94% 3,179,975 view →
2025-03-03 SCHEDULE Danone S.A. 23.30% 3,454,756 view →
2023-10-31 SC SMOLYANSKY EDWARD — — view →
2023-02-24 SC SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA — — view →
2022-03-17 SC SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA — — view →
2022-02-25 SC SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA — — view →
2021-10-15 SC SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA — — view →
2019-07-22 SC SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA — — view →
2018-03-13 SC SMOLYANSKY LUDMILA — — view →

Other Filings by SMOLYANSKY EDWARD

FiledFormIssuerStakeShares
2023-10-31 SC Lifeway Foods, Inc. LWAY — — view →

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