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Lifeway Foods, Inc.

LWAY
Exchange
Nasdaq
Industry
Dairy Products
SEC CIK
0000814586

In the last 90 days, Lifeway Foods, Inc. insiders filed 3 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 96 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $246.1M in total; no superinvestor holds it.

Four kinds of short-selling data, each measuring something different:

  • Short interest: shares sold short and not yet bought back, as of a settlement date. FINRA publishes it twice a month, about eight business days after the settlement date.
  • Daily short volume: shares sold short each day in off-exchange trades reported to FINRA. It counts trades, not open positions, and is published the next day.
  • Fails-to-deliver: shares not delivered by the settlement date. The SEC publishes them twice a month, about two weeks late.
  • ATS (dark pool) volume: weekly volume on alternative trading systems and other off-exchange venues. FINRA publishes it two to four weeks after the week.

More in the glossary.

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet bought back, from FINRA, on every settlement date in the last two years.

Short interest
747.3K
Shares, settlement Oct 30, 2026
Change
+77.1K
+11.5% vs. Oct 15, 2026
Days to cover
8.64
Short interest ÷ average daily volume
Average daily volume
86.5K
Shares, as reported by FINRA
Short interest by settlement date
Oct 31, 2024: 136,264 sharesNov 15, 2024: 123,264 sharesNov 29, 2024: 116,865 sharesDec 13, 2024: 142,037 sharesDec 31, 2024: 184,512 sharesJan 15, 2025: 223,598 sharesJan 31, 2025: 232,069 sharesFeb 14, 2025: 246,546 sharesFeb 28, 2025: 253,555 sharesMar 14, 2025: 233,843 sharesMar 31, 2025: 227,593 sharesApr 15, 2025: 205,878 sharesApr 30, 2025: 204,139 sharesMay 15, 2025: 170,253 sharesMay 30, 2025: 163,963 sharesJun 13, 2025: 162,262 sharesJun 30, 2025: 204,296 sharesJul 15, 2025: 215,689 sharesJul 31, 2025: 197,679 sharesAug 15, 2025: 142,470 sharesAug 29, 2025: 135,408 sharesSep 15, 2025: 130,227 sharesSep 30, 2025: 129,141 sharesOct 15, 2025: 209,714 sharesOct 31, 2025: 207,714 sharesNov 14, 2025: 216,020 sharesNov 28, 2025: 241,513 sharesDec 15, 2025: 282,549 sharesDec 31, 2025: 291,030 sharesJan 15, 2026: 259,191 sharesJan 30, 2026: 268,729 sharesFeb 13, 2026: 242,545 sharesFeb 27, 2026: 232,216 sharesMar 13, 2026: 223,038 sharesMar 31, 2026: 235,574 sharesApr 15, 2026: 278,205 sharesApr 30, 2026: 289,632 sharesMay 15, 2026: 1,030,606 sharesMay 29, 2026: 421,205 sharesJun 15, 2026: 421,578 sharesJun 30, 2026: 463,568 sharesJul 15, 2026: 336,867 sharesJul 31, 2026: 308,645 sharesAug 14, 2026: 370,559 sharesAug 31, 2026: 426,536 sharesSep 15, 2026: 513,002 sharesSep 30, 2026: 685,126 sharesOct 15, 2026: 670,181 sharesOct 30, 2026: 747,284 shares
Short interest in LWAY by settlement date
Settlement dateShort interestChangeChange %Avg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 2026747.3K+77.1K+11.5%86.5K8.64
Oct 15, 2026670.2K−14.9K−2.2%147.4K4.55
Sep 30, 2026685.1K+172.1K+33.6%174.7K3.92
Sep 15, 2026513.0K+86.5K+20.3%98.4K5.21
Aug 31, 2026426.5K+56.0K+15.1%148.1K2.88
Aug 14, 2026370.6K+61.9K+20.1%189.6K1.95
Jul 31, 2026308.6K−28.2K−8.4%101.0K3.05
Jul 15, 2026336.9K−126.7K−27.3%259.3K1.30
Jun 30, 2026463.6K+42.0K+10.0%249.4K1.86
Jun 15, 2026421.6K+373+0.1%127.5K3.31
May 29, 2026421.2K−609.4K−59.1%146.2K2.88
May 15, 20261.03M+741.0K+255.8%176.6K5.84
Apr 30, 2026289.6K+11.4K+4.1%61.3K4.72
Apr 15, 2026278.2K+42.6K+18.1%100.2K2.78
Mar 31, 2026235.6K+12.5K+5.6%70.9K3.32
Mar 13, 2026223.0K−9.18K−4.0%34.7K6.43
Feb 27, 2026232.2K−10.3K−4.3%30.1K7.73
Feb 13, 2026242.5K−26.2K−9.7%47.8K5.08
Jan 30, 2026268.7K+9.54K+3.7%47.4K5.67
Jan 15, 2026259.2K−31.8K−10.9%64.2K4.04
Dec 31, 2025291.0K+8.48K+3.0%69.9K4.16
Dec 15, 2025282.5K+41.0K+17.0%63.3K4.46
Nov 28, 2025241.5K+25.5K+11.8%116.5K2.07
Nov 14, 2025216.0K+8.31K+4.0%114.0K1.90
Oct 31, 2025207.7K−2.00K−1.0%61.7K3.36
Oct 15, 2025209.7K+80.6K+62.4%171.2K1.22
Sep 30, 2025129.1K−1.09K−0.8%249.6K1.00
Sep 15, 2025130.2K−5.18K−3.8%81.4K1.60
Aug 29, 2025135.4K−7.06K−5.0%56.1K2.42
Aug 15, 2025142.5K−55.2K−27.9%103.3K1.38
Jul 31, 2025197.7K−18.0K−8.4%34.3K5.76
Jul 15, 2025215.7K+11.4K+5.6%42.0K5.13
Jun 30, 2025204.3K+42.0K+25.9%46.6K4.39
Jun 13, 2025162.3K−1.70K−1.0%54.3K2.99
May 30, 2025164.0K−6.29K−3.7%33.0K4.97
May 15, 2025170.3K−33.9K−16.6%60.2K2.83
Apr 30, 2025204.1K−1.74K−0.8%28.8K7.10
Apr 15, 2025205.9K−21.7K−9.5%52.0K3.96
Mar 31, 2025227.6K−6.25K−2.7%88.4K2.57
Mar 14, 2025233.8K−19.7K−7.8%36.3K6.44
Feb 28, 2025253.6K+7.01K+2.8%32.3K7.85
Feb 14, 2025246.5K+14.5K+6.2%41.0K6.01
Jan 31, 2025232.1K+8.47K+3.8%41.3K5.62
Jan 15, 2025223.6K+39.1K+21.2%73.7K3.04
Dec 31, 2024184.5K+42.5K+29.9%59.2K3.12
Dec 13, 2024142.0K+25.2K+21.5%74.8K1.90
Nov 29, 2024116.9K−6.40K−5.2%104.5K1.12
Nov 15, 2024123.3K−13.0K−9.5%135.9K1.00
Oct 31, 2024136.3K−42.3K−23.7%61.2K2.23

Fails-to-deliver

Shares that weren't delivered by the settlement date, from the SEC, for the last 30 dates with fails. The price is the previous day's closing price published by the SEC.

Fails-to-deliver in LWAY by settlement date
Settlement dateSharesPriceValue
Oct 5, 20269$21.21$190.89
Aug 26, 202628$26.16$732.48
Aug 24, 202611,256$25.93$291.9K
Aug 21, 202616,254$25.91$421.1K
Aug 20, 202620,782$25.04$520.4K
Aug 19, 202626,052$25.45$663.0K
Aug 18, 202630,686$24.75$759.5K
Aug 17, 202635,601$25.82$919.2K
Aug 11, 20266$29.97$179.82
Aug 5, 202699,099$29.35$2.91M
Aug 4, 202699,103$29.56$2.93M
Aug 3, 202699,359$29.78$2.96M
Jul 31, 202699,544$30.97$3.08M
Jul 30, 202699,499$31.40$3.12M
Jul 29, 202699,531$30.77$3.06M
Jul 28, 202699,590$30.48$3.04M
Jul 27, 202699,381$30.44$3.03M
Jul 24, 202699,413$30.33$3.02M
Jul 23, 202659,870$30.31$1.81M
Jul 22, 202617$31.00$527
Jul 21, 202651,673$31.02$1.60M
Jul 20, 202651,697$31.95$1.65M
Jul 17, 202651,573$32.09$1.65M
Jul 16, 202652,080$31.41$1.64M
Jul 15, 202671,266$32.33$2.30M
Jul 14, 202671,161$31.75$2.26M
Jul 13, 202677,141$31.70$2.45M
Jul 10, 202698,461$30.91$3.04M
Jul 9, 2026134,565$30.29$4.08M
Jul 8, 2026148,956$29.32$4.37M

Daily short volume

Off-exchange short-sale volume, not short interest: shares sold short each day in trades reported to FINRA, for the last 30 trading days.

The short volume ratio isn't a sentiment gauge: market makers sell short to fill buy orders and to hedge, so short sales are usually about half of off-exchange volume.

Off-exchange short volume in LWAY by trade date
Trade dateShort volumeShort exemptOff-exchange volumeShort volume ratio
Nov 13, 202655,77114,914109,92550.7%
Nov 12, 202681,30821,564126,58864.2%
Nov 11, 202621,643037,16958.2%
Nov 10, 202623,783033,91870.1%
Nov 9, 202626,617034,11878.0%
Nov 6, 202629,100038,29476.0%
Nov 5, 202621,491045,38547.4%
Nov 4, 202668,935077,01489.5%
Nov 3, 202615,014631,12548.2%
Nov 2, 202614,046024,03258.4%
Oct 30, 202623,418028,81881.3%
Oct 29, 202618,363025,73071.4%
Oct 28, 202616,623035,36847.0%
Oct 27, 202620,038126,53975.5%
Oct 26, 202615,272021,67970.4%
Oct 23, 202619,5344831,11662.8%
Oct 22, 202622,895033,06569.2%
Oct 21, 202622,822035,18064.9%
Oct 20, 202619,472030,50663.8%
Oct 19, 202633,78250044,97475.1%
Oct 16, 202630,4585042,14072.3%
Oct 15, 202634,213045,13175.8%
Oct 14, 202618,680030,21861.8%
Oct 13, 202646,80010056,27783.2%
Oct 12, 202619,294032,96058.5%
Oct 9, 202627,4190163,02916.8%
Oct 8, 202623,964041,44957.8%
Oct 7, 202625,59636261,60641.5%
Oct 6, 202633,308050,42866.1%
Oct 5, 202619,696043,87644.9%

ATS (dark pool) volume

Weekly volume on alternative trading systems (ATS) and other off-exchange (OTC) venues, from FINRA, for the last 12 weeks. ATS share is ATS volume ÷ (ATS + OTC volume), not a share of all trading.

Weekly ATS and OTC volume in LWAY
Week ofTierATS sharesATS tradesOther OTC sharesOther OTC tradesATS share
Oct 5, 2026T2316,7565,22849,0341,77386.6%
Sep 28, 2026T2229,6537,24982,0901,61573.7%
Sep 21, 2026T2172,3885,18246,7971,60278.6%
Sep 14, 2026T2148,66810,049156,3021,60148.7%
Sep 7, 2026T2164,77510,66230,5911,53884.3%
Aug 31, 2026T2148,1268,24635,5141,80780.7%
Aug 24, 2026T2184,5208,27545,3901,64080.3%
Aug 17, 2026T2313,56811,65297,9082,53476.2%
Aug 10, 2026T2379,5308,847295,1083,23056.3%
Aug 3, 2026T2125,3525,31124,6741,69683.6%
Jul 27, 2026T288,4615,26626,5591,52476.9%
Jul 20, 2026T2212,8409,975151,1532,11658.5%