SEC Form 4
Lifeway Foods Inc (LWAY) insider trading
In the 12 months to Oct 26, 2026, 3 LWAY insiders reported open-market sales of $93.2M across 20 filings; 4 insiders bought $16.7M.
Latest filing · Last 12 months · Source: SEC EDGAR · How we count
- Open-market sales
- $93.2M
- 20 filings · 3 insiders
- Open-market purchases
- $16.7M
- 6 filings
Who traded LWAY, and when
- Purchase
- Sale
LWAY daily close from Oct 27, 2025 to Oct 26, 2026, between $17.80 and $32.33, last $22.90. 20 sale and 6 purchase filings by 7 insiders, marked at their filing dates. S.A. Danone, 10% owner: sold $67.4M across 1 filing, first filed May 20, 2026, last May 20, 2026. Edward Smolyansky, 10% owner: sold $17.0M across 10 filings, first filed Mar 18, 2026, last Oct 15, 2026. William Zolezzi, 10% owner: bought $12.5M across 3 filings, first filed May 19, 2026, last Oct 6, 2026. Ludmila Smolyansky, Other: sold $8.9M across 9 filings, first filed Dec 10, 2025, last Jul 23, 2026. Divisadero Street Partners, L.P., 10% owner: bought $3.2M across 1 filing, first filed May 18, 2026, last May 18, 2026. Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP, 10% owner: bought $955.8K across 1 filing, first filed May 18, 2026, last May 18, 2026. Julie Smolyansky, CEO, President and Secretary: bought $50.5K across 1 filing, first filed Aug 19, 2026, last Aug 19, 2026.
Largest mark · tap a row for others
S.A. Danone · 10% owner
Sale $67,367,742
3,454,756 shares at $19.50 avg
Filed May 20, 2026 · traded May 14
Close on filing date $25.53
S.A. Danone · 10% owner
10% owner
$67.4M soldEdward Smolyansky · 10% owner
10% owner
$17.0M soldWilliam Zolezzi · 10% owner
10% owner
$12.5M boughtLudmila Smolyansky · Other
Other
$8.9M soldDivisadero Street Partners, L.P. · 10% owner
10% owner
$3.2M boughtDivisadero Street Capital Management, LP · 10% owner
10% owner
$955.8K boughtJulie Smolyansky · CEO, President and Secretary
CEO, President and Secretary
$50.5K boughtOpen-market trades
26 filings in the last 12 months| Insider | Role | Sold | Bought | Filings | Pre-arranged (10b5-1) | Last filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.A. Danone | 10% owner | $67.4M | — | 1 | — | |
| Edward Smolyansky | 10% owner | $17.0M | — | 10 | — | |
| William Zolezzi | 10% owner | — | $12.5M | 3 | — | |
| Ludmila Smolyansky | Other | $8.9M | — | 9 | — | |
| Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. | 10% owner | — | $3.2M | 1 | — | |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | 10% owner | — | $955.8K | 1 | — | |
| Julie Smolyansky | CEO, President and Secretary | — | $50.5K | 1 | — |
| Filed | Insider | Type | Shares | Avg price | Value | Held after | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 30,000 | $22.64 | $679.2K | 864,793 | |
traded | William Zolezzi 10% owner | Purchase | 103,684 | $20.92 | $2.2M | 2,451,792 | |
traded | Julie Smolyansky CEO, President and Secretary | Purchase | 2,000 | $25.26 | $50.5K | 2,214,095 | |
traded | William Zolezzi 10% owner | Purchase | 246,568 | $24.85 | $6.1M | 2,348,108 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 110,000 | $26.50 | $2.9M | 894,824 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 100,000 | $30.11 | $3.0M | 507,207 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 66,916 | $32.02 | $2.1M | 1,047,056 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 47,082 | $29.47 | $1.4M | 1,071,709 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 176,090 | $29.41 | $5.2M | Multiple accounts | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 85,616 | $29.87 | $2.6M | 607,207 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 38,452 | $29.85 | $1.1M | 1,014,190 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 50,000 | $26.20 | $1.3M | 1,183,333 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 20,000 | $24.02 | $480.4K | 692,823 | |
traded | S.A. Danone 10% owner | Sale | 3,454,756 | $19.50 | $67.4M | 0 | |
traded | William Zolezzi 10% owner | Purchase | 165,045 | $25.45 | $4.2M | 2,101,540 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 20,000 | $24.64 | $492.8K | 712,823 | |
traded | Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. 10% owner | Purchase | 128,545 | $25.25 | $3.2M | 2,101,540 | |
traded | Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 10% owner | Purchase | 36,500 | $26.19 | $955.8K | 2,068,366 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 49,000 | $25.11 | $1.2M | 1,052,642 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 15,000 | $26.50 | $397.5K | 732,823 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 14,353 | $17.77 | $255.1K | 1,101,642 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 10,000 | $18.74 | $187.4K | 747,823 | |
traded | Edward Smolyansky 10% owner | Sale | 35,647 | $20.29 | $723.2K | 1,115,995 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 26,431 | $24.42 | $645.4K | 757,823 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 20,000 | $23.17 | $463.4K | 784,254 | |
traded | Ludmila Smolyansky Other | Sale | 28,569 | $23.49 | $671.1K | 804,254 |
GET /stocks/filings/vX/form-4?tickers=LWAY&filing_date.gte=2025-10-26&sort=filing_date.desc&limit=500{
"status": "OK",
"results": [
{
"tickers": [
"LWAY"
],
"issuer_cik": "0000814586",
"owner_cik": "0001227847",
"accession_number": "0001683168-26-007902",
"form_type": "4",
"filing_date": "2026-10-15",
"period_of_report": "2026-10-13",
"issuer_name": "Lifeway Foods, Inc.",
"issuer_trading_symbol": "LWAY",
"owner_name": "SMOLYANSKY EDWARD",
"is_director": false,
"is_officer": false,
"is_ten_percent_owner": true,
"is_other": false,
"security_type": "non_derivative",
"record_type": "transaction",
"security_title": "Common Stock, no par value",
"transaction_timeliness": "O",
"aff_10b5_one": false,
"transaction_date": "2026-10-13",
"transaction_code": "S",
"equity_swap_involved": false,
"transaction_shares": 30000,
"transaction_price_per_share": 22.64,
"transaction_acquired_disposed": "D",
"shares_owned_following_transaction": 864793,
"transaction_value": 679200,
"not_subject_to_section_16": false,
"direct_or_indirect": "I",
"nature_of_ownership": "See footnote",
"footnotes": [
{
"id": "F1",
"description": "The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging between $22.50 and $23.49, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the issuer, any security holder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and\nExchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote (1)."
},
{
"id": "F2",
"description": "Beneficially held by the Edward Smolyansky Trust 2/2/16, of which the reporting person is the trustee."
}
]
},
{
"tickers": [
"LWAY"
],
"issuer_cik": "0000814586",
"owner_cik": "0001886714",
"accession_number": "0000919574-26-006685",
"form_type": "4",
"filing_date": "2026-10-06",
"period_of_report": "2026-10-02",
"issuer_name": "Lifeway Foods, Inc.",
"issuer_trading_symbol": "LWAY",
"owner_name": "Divisadero Street Partners, L.P.",
"is_director": false,
"is_officer": false,
"is_ten_percent_owner": true,
"is_other": false,
"security_type": "non_derivative",
"record_type": "transaction",
"security_title": "Common Stock, No Par Value",
"transaction_timeliness": "O",
"aff_10b5_one": false,
"transaction_date": "2026-10-06",
"transaction_code": "P",
"equity_swap_involved": false,
"transaction_shares": 50000,
"transaction_price_per_share": 20.8038,
"transaction_acquired_disposed": "A",
"shares_owned_following_transaction": 2451792,
"transaction_value": 1040190,
"not_subject_to_section_16": false,
"direct_or_indirect": "I",
"nature_of_ownership": "See footnote",
"footnotes": [
{
"id": "F1",
"description": "The reported securities are owned directly by Divisadero Street Partners, L.P. (the \"Fund\"), which is a private investment fund managed by Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP (the \"Adviser\"), and may be deemed to be indirectly beneficially owned by (i) the Adviser, (ii) Divisadero Street Capital, LLC (the \"Adviser GP\"), the general partner of the Adviser, (iii) Divisadero Street Partners GP, LLC (the \"Fund GP\"), the general partner of the Fund, and (iv) William Zolezzi, the manager of both the Adviser GP and the Fund GP."
}
],
"remarks": "Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the reported securities except to the extent of its or his pecuniary interest therein, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that such Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or for any other purpose."
}
]
}
// trimmed to 2 resultsThe response includes every Form 4 record; this page keeps open-market purchases and sales on common stock and removes duplicate joint-filer rows.
Other insider activity (not market trades) · 22 records
- Option exercises11 records
- Tax withholding7 records
- Grants and awards3 records
- Other1 record
Reported on Form 4 but not purchases or sales in the market, so not counted in the totals above.
How to read this page
- Open-market purchase or sale
- A buy or sell of the company's stock at market price. Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax, gifts and employee stock plan purchases are listed separately and not counted.
- Filing date
- Insiders have two business days to report a trade. Totals and the chart use the filing date, when the trade became public.
- Counted once
- When several owners (a fund and its partners, say) report the same trade, it's counted once. Corrected filings replace the originals.
Frequently asked questions
Has Lifeway Foods Inc's CEO sold stock?
No. Julie Smolyansky (CEO) made no open-market sales filed as CEO in the last 12 months.
How current is LWAY’s insider data?
These are LWAY Form 4 filings from the last year, refreshed daily. The Massive Form 4 API has the full, continuously updated record.
What counts as an open-market buy or sell?
Only purchases and sales at the market price. Option exercises, grants, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are reported on Form 4 but are left out of the buy and sell totals.
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