Lifeway Foods, Inc. (LWAY)

Nasdaq Stock Exchange
USD
US5319141090
29 December 1988  –  11 October 2024

Performance

Annualized Return
11.78%
Sharpe Ratio
0.53
Maximum Drawdown
-93.15%

Metrics

Metric Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Initial Balance $10,000
Final Balance $538,851
Returns   [View more details]
Month-To-Date 2.74%
Year-To-Date 98.58%
3M 122.66%
6M 25.49%
Annual Return (3Y) 69.17%
Annual Return (5Y) 65.93%
Annual Return (All) 11.78%
Risk   [View more details]
Annual Volatility 80.33%
Max Drawdown -93.15%
Sharpe Ratio 0.53
Sortino Ratio 0.84
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.59

  • Initial balance: The amount of starting capital used to invest in the asset or portfolio. In this case, we're starting with a $10,000 investment on December 1988.
  • Final balance: The amount of capital we've accrued over time as of October 2024.
  • Annual return: Also known as annualized return, or CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate), measures how much an investment has increased on average each year, during a specific time period. The time period in this case is approximately 36 year(s). Even a small difference in return can have a big impact on the final balance over a long period of time.
  • Annual volatility: Basically indicates how much, in percentage points, the investment can deviate from its annual return, under most circumstances. An investment with an annual return of 5% and an annual volatility of 10% would indicate returns from approximately -5% to 15% most of the time. A lower volatility is usually preferred to ensure more steady returns over time.
  • Best year: The best performance attained over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Worst year: The worst performance undergone over its lifetime in a given year.
  • Max drawdown: The largest percentage drop from a peak to a trough of an asset or portfolio, before a new peak is attained. Maximum drawdown is an indicator of downside risk over a specified time period.
  • Sharpe Ratio: The Sharpe ratio measures the performance of an investment compared to a risk-free asset, after adjusting for its risk. A Sharpe Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Sortino Ratio: The Sortino Ratio is a variation of the Sharpe ratio that only penalizes the investment for negative volatility/outcomes, and not for positive volatility. A Sortino Ratio above 1 is considered good.
  • Adjusted Sortino Ratio: Sortino Ratio/√2. To allow for comparing the Sortino ratio to the Sharpe ratio, we multiply the risk measure of the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2 (which is the same as dividing the Sortino ratio by the square root of 2).
  • Ulcer Index: The Ulcer Index (UI) is a technical indicator that measures downside risk in terms of both the depth and duration of price declines.
  • Gain to Pain Ratio: The sum of all returns divided by the absolute value of the sum of all negative returns. In essence, the GPR shows the ratio of net returns to the losses incurred in getting those returns.

Annualized Returns

Annual Return 1y Annual Return 3y Annual Return 5y Annual Return 10y Annual Return 20y Annual Return
Lifeway Foods, Inc. 146.12% 69.17% 65.93% 6.25% 9.28% 11.78%

Annual Returns

Year Lifeway Foods, Inc.
1988 0%
1989 50%
1990 -16.66%
1991 19.99%
1992 -33.33%
1993 -31.24%
1994 13.63%
1995 19.99%
1996 100.02%
1997 126.65%
1998 -52.94%
1999 81.25%
2000 -27.59%
2001 28.57%
2002 4.29%
2003 91.91%
2004 35.31%
2005 36.11%
2006 50.32%
2007 26.52%
2008 -24.09%
2009 32.29%
2010 -19.61%
2011 0.94%
2012 -8.7%
2013 83.69%
2014 15.96%
2015 -40.1%
2016 3.69%
2017 -30.5%
2018 -76.5%
2019 5.85%
2020 171.86%
2021 -14.97%
2022 20.65%
2023 141.62%
2024 98.58%

Lifeway Foods, Inc. had 24 positive years and 12 negative years. That's a positive ratio of 67%.

Monthly Returns

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD
1988 - - - - - - - - - - - 0% 0%
1989 18.8% 36.8% 9.6% 8.8% 3.2% -18.8% 7.7% -21.4% 18.2% -3.9% -0% -4% 50%
1990 -4.2% 0% -0% -17.4% 0% 36.8% -34.6% -5.9% -18.7% 38.5% -16.7% 33.4% -16.7%
1991 -25% 26.7% -10.5% 0% 0% -17.7% 21.4% 35.3% -8.7% -4.8% 20% 0% 20%
1992 0% -0% 12.5% 25.9% -26.5% -4% -20.8% 21% 30.5% -20% -16.7% -20% -33.3%
1993 18.8% 5.3% -25% 0% 6.7% -12.5% -0% 42.9% -20% 0% 18.8% -42.1% -31.2%
1994 0% 0% 9.1% 41.7% -29.4% -25% 55.5% -0% -21.4% -9.1% 5% 19.1% 13.6%
1995 -28% 0% 72.2% 54.8% 41.7% -17.6% -0% -42.9% 6.3% 26.5% -25.6% -6.3% 20%
1996 -7.5% 15.3% -12.5% 3.6% 44.8% 40.5% -18.7% 12.5% 7.4% 6.9% 1.6% -4.8% 100%
1997 3.3% -12.9% 3.7% -7.2% 7.7% 17.9% 36.4% -4.5% 8.1% 54.8% -16.7% 13.3% 126.7%
1998 -5.9% 3.1% -3% -12.5% -5.4% -9.4% 2.1% -22.4% 7.9% 4.9% -15.1% -12.3% -52.9%
1999 -3.1% -6.4% 10.3% 9.4% 22.9% 25.6% 24.1% -7.8% -1.2% -0% -8.2% 3.6% 81.3%
2000 3.5% -11.7% -1.9% -5.8% 16.3% -5.3% -25.9% 10% -0% 3.4% -3.3% -4.6% -27.6%
2001 4.8% 11.4% 12.3% -1.1% 3% 4.7% 4% 1.1% 2.6% -10.8% -19.3% 18.6% 28.6%
2002 7.4% -5.5% 9.5% -11.7% 11% -17% -12.5% 15.2% -10.6% 9.1% 16.8% 0.4% 4.3%
2003 -1.9% -3% -1.5% 3.8% 11% 5.3% 12.5% 61.1% -5.2% 6.3% -1.1% -6.5% 91.9%
2004 4.4% 76.8% 70.7% -21.3% -28.4% 26.2% -10% -24% 1% -13.2% 2.5% -2% 35.3%
2005 -11.9% -8.1% 14.7% -3.9% 60.1% -4.3% 34.6% -11.6% -16.4% -11.8% -0.6% 14.2% 36.1%
2006 -8.2% 1.1% 6.2% -2.9% -9.3% 19.1% 3.5% 8.7% -5.1% 25.1% 1.6% 7.4% 50.3%
2007 -4.5% 5.6% -4.6% -0.1% 11.5% 12.7% 6.9% 17.3% 18.9% -7.6% -34.5% 16.2% 26.5%
2008 -13.2% 1.7% 2.3% 19.3% 1.5% -8% 12.5% -15.3% 3.4% -14.5% -32% 32.1% -24.1%
2009 -17.6% 12% -3.5% 12.8% 24.4% 15% 1.1% -1% -14.9% 9.6% -6.2% 5.1% 32.3%
2010 0.6% -1.9% 1.3% -7.2% -5% -7% 7.6% -4.3% 4.9% -5.7% -4% 0.3% -19.6%
2011 -3.8% 0.1% 13.3% -8% 9% 7% -0.7% -5.5% 1.7% -1.2% -2.2% -6.5% 0.9%
2012 -3.4% -2.3% 1.7% -9.8% 19.2% 5.1% 1.8% -9.6% -0.5% -1.5% -11.7% 5.7% -8.7%
2013 18.4% 12.6% 19.3% -8.8% 38.7% -0.9% 1.8% -19.9% -4.7% 8.3% 3.4% 5.7% 83.7%
2014 -12.1% 2.3% 2.4% 2.1% -12.5% 6.4% -10.7% 10.8% 0.2% 19.3% 11.9% 0.1% 16%
2015 -1.2% 2.4% 14.2% -5.5% -11.6% 7.5% -23.3% -2.1% -27.3% 8.3% -3.1% 0.9% -40.1%
2016 15.5% -11.9% -4.1% -10.4% -2.4% 2.1% 3.3% 24.1% 36.6% 5.6% -35% -1% 3.7%
2017 -6.4% -2.4% 2.1% -10.5% 2.3% -4.9% -1.8% -5.1% 2.3% 13% 1.2% -21.4% -30.5%
2018 -0.8% -14.9% -11.4% -11.4% -4% -1.4% -26% -3.2% -26.1% 9% -8.6% -29.1% -76.5%
2019 46.3% -14.6% 3% -12.8% 1% 70.9% -6.3% -14.4% -25% -8.2% 1.5% -2.5% 5.9%
2020 13.1% -8.9% -6.3% 38.5% -10.9% -3.8% 26.8% 60.2% 8.6% -8.4% 52.1% -22.8% 171.9%
2021 11.3% -5.3% -5.3% -7.8% 14.7% -9.3% 22.6% -13.4% 1.8% -2.9% -5% -11% -15%
2022 11.5% 22.6% 14.8% -20.8% -3.5% -10% 7% 17.5% -8.5% 2.3% 14.2% -16.9% 20.7%
2023 -3.8% 12.7% 0.3% -0.5% -0.2% 9.2% -0.5% 64.9% -3.8% 3.2% 31.8% -4.6% 141.6%
2024 -7.2% -2.9% 42.4% 18.8% -24.9% -16.9% -3.5% 55.6% 35.1% 2.7% - - 98.6%
Pos 41.2% 53.1% 65.7% 35.3% 58.8% 47.2% 58.8% 45.7% 51.4% 55.9% 41.2% 47.1% 66.7%
Avg 0.2% 4.2% 7.4% 1.2% 5.2% 3.3% 2.9% 6.4% -0.6% 3.9% -2.4% -1.2% 24.5%

Other Return Metrics

Metric Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Cumulative Return 5288.51%
Enh Ann Return 22.52%
Best Year 171.86%
Worst Year -76.5%
Best Month 76.83%
Worst Month -42.86%
Best Day 53.3%
Worst Day -29.4%
Win Ratio (Yearly) 66.67%
Win Ratio (Quarterly) 45.83%
Win Ratio (Monthly) 49.53%
Win Ratio (Daily) 49.43%

Annual Volatility

Annual Volatility 1y Annual Volatility 3y Annual Volatility 5y Annual Volatility 10y Annual Volatility 20y Annual Volatility
Lifeway Foods, Inc. 106.04% 78.35% 79.68% 68.44% 59.84% 80.33%

Sharpe Ratio

Sharpe Ratio 1y Sharpe Ratio 3y Sharpe Ratio 5y Sharpe Ratio 10y Sharpe Ratio 20y Sharpe Ratio
Lifeway Foods, Inc. 1.34 1.04 1.02 0.42 0.44 0.53

3-Year Rolling Sharpe Ratio

The rolling Sharpe Ratio gives a clue about the continued consistency or stability of the risk-adjusted returns.

Drawdown Periods

Simply said, a drawdown is the "pain" period experienced by an investor between a peak (new highs) and subsequent valley (a low point before moving higher). In the table below are the fifth largest drawdowns encountered for the portfolio/asset in question.

Lifeway Foods, Inc.

Start Valley End Days Drawdown
2015-03-31 2020-03-18 2024-04-26 3314 -93.15%
1992-04-16 1994-12-21 1995-05-16 1125 -79.16%
2004-04-14 2005-03-08 2007-07-05 1177 -73.26%
2007-10-02 2008-11-25 2015-02-04 2682 -69.7%
1995-05-24 1995-10-23 1997-07-11 779 -68.06%

The Lifeway Foods, Inc. took approximately 61 months on average to recover from a major drawdown. The longest drawdown lasted 110 months.

Underwater plot

The underwater plot shows you the drawdown periods on a chart. Whereas the performance chart usually gives you a positive viewpoint, the underwater plot gives you a pessimistic viewpoint. It helps you to visualize downtrends that occurred and how long it took for the portfolio's value to rebound to hit a new high after suffering a loss.

Other Risk Metrics

Metric Lifeway Foods, Inc.
Sharpe Ratio 0.53
Sortino Ratio 0.84
Adjusted Sortino (S/√2) 0.59
Calmar Ratio 0.13
Omega Ratio 1.13
Gain to Pain Ratio 0.13
Ulcer Index 0.5
Kelly Criterion 5.56%
Skew 1.25
Kurtosis 13.22
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