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Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.

Consumer StaplesPharmaceutical Preparations
Ticker LFCRCHASKA, MNFiscal year ends MayBook value per share $0.04Diluted shares 34.8M

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (Nasdaq: LFCR) is a contract development and manufacturing organization serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical-device companies. It develops, manufactures and aseptically fills complex formulations and highly viscous sterile injectable drugs and device products in syringes, vials… From the company’s description.

In fiscal 2024, Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. reported revenue of $128.87M, up 0.5% from fiscal 2023, and a net loss of $38.72M. Its operating margin was −13.4%, and operations used $0.21M in cash.

Fiscal year 2024 · ends 05-25Changes are against fiscal 2023
Sales & profitability
$128.87MFY2024
+0.5% year over year
-13.38%FY2024
−6.5 percentage points
$-38.72MFY2024
−422.3% year over year
-3028.60%FY2024
−3149.7 percentage points
Cash & financing
$-0.21MFY2024
+5.1% year over year
$-13.62MFY2024
+24.9% year over year
95.06FY2024
Was 12.96× a year earlier
34.8MFY2024
−5.0% year over year

Margins and return on equity change in ; everything else in percent. Fewer shares and less debt are shown plainly, not as bad news — it depends what you make of buybacks. Dotted labels explain each measure.

What Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. does

In the company’s own words

Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. (Nasdaq: LFCR) is a contract development and manufacturing organization serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical-device companies. It develops, manufactures and aseptically fills complex formulations and highly viscous sterile injectable drugs and device products in syringes, vials and cartridges, supporting programs from analytical and formulation development through clinical production, scale-up and commercial manufacturing. Lifecore is a U.S. manufacturer of non-animal-sourced hyaluronic acid (HA), produced by bacterial fermentation, and supplies it in bulk and in formulated injectable products used in areas including ophthalmology and orthopedics; it also handles non-HA sterile injectables. The company operates as one integrated reportable segment and provides services ranging from HA raw materials and development to finished-product manufacturing and supply-chain support. Its business traces back to diagnostic devices in the 1960s and HA capabilities developed in the early 1980s; since 2023 it has operated as a standalone CDMO after divesting its food businesses. In fiscal 2025, Lifecore reported revenue of $[?] and had 406 employees as of May 25, 2025. Its website is www.lifecore.com.

Company details
Sector
Consumer Staples
Industry (SIC)
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Headquarters
CHASKA, MN
Fiscal year end
May
CIK
1005286
SIC
2834

Financial performance, year by year

Fiscal 2011–2024 · USD
$-187.42M$24.70M$236.83M$448.95M$661.07M20112012201320142015201620172018201920202022202220232024

The full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.

Ownership

Who owns Lifecore Biomedical, Inc. — and what changed

Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30

91
funds hold it
0 of 35
superinvestors hold it
$19.74M
held by funds, at market
10.0%
of shares held by funds

Largest fund holders · Lifecore Biomedical, Inc.’s weight in each

VANGUARD TOTAL STOCK MARKET INDEX FUND
VTI · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 ETF
IWM · iShares Trust
0.00%of fund net assets
VANGUARD EXTENDED MARKET INDEX FUND
VXF · VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS
0.00%of fund net assets
Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund
FSSNX · Fidelity Salem Street Trust
—of fund net assets
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF
IWN · iShares Trust
0.01%of fund net assets

Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.

Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.

Could not be determined for this company: bond issues.

Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.

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