Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND)Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | El Segundo, United States | NasdaqGS
0.62 USD
-0.03
(-5.320%) ⇩
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 0.63 +0.00 (0.725%) ⇧ (July 13, 2026, 7:59 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:11 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Beyond Meat is currently broken on both the fundamental and technical fronts. Fundamentally, the company is trapped in a death spiral: revenue is contracting at a brutal pace, operating margins are deeply negative, and the balance sheet is eroding with negative book value and free cash flow bleeding out. The multi-year price trajectory confirms the market's verdict, showing a catastrophic collapse in value over the last six years with four consecutive years of decline ending recently. There is no dividend to provide a floor, and the lack of payout reflects the company's inability to generate sustainable cash. Technically, the stock is trading well below its moving averages, indicating persistent selling pressure. While the recent news mentions a 'turnaround' and positive gross margins, these are insufficient to counteract the structural deterioration seen in the bottom line and the relentless price decline. The options market is screaming caution, with traders loading up on puts to protect against further losses rather than betting on a recovery. With a forward P/E that is meaningless due to negative earnings and a target price that barely offers a breakeven scenario, this is a high-risk speculative vehicle with no clear path to recovery visible in the data. Avoid. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_79 ✓ | 0.175932 |
| AutoTheta | 0.194101 |
| AutoETS | 0.221950 |
| MSTL | 0.227652 |
| MSTL_79_126 | 0.288174 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.296420 |
| MSTL_126 | 0.333874 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_79
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 29% |
| H-stat | 0.33 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.003 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 1.03 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Revenue per Share | 1.06 |
| Market Cap | 320,079,168 |
| Forward P/E | -2.09 |
| Beta | 2.75 |
| Profit Margins | 94.97% |
| Website | https://www.beyondmeat.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 3:11 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for further downside, evidenced by massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts relative to calls across nearly all expirations. The put/call ratio is heavily skewed toward protection, with significant volume concentrated in strikes far above the current price, suggesting a belief that the stock could rally significantly before crashing, or simply a hedge against continued decay. Call activity is minimal and dominated by deep out-of-the-money speculation rather than genuine bullish conviction.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.81040466 |
| Address1 | 888 North Douglas Street |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 239.71 |
| All Time Low | 0.5 |
| Ask | 0.7254 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 37,623,520 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 58,630,386 |
| Average Volume | 58,630,386 |
| Average Volume10Days | 37,623,520 |
| Beta | 2.753 |
| Bid | 0.5385 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | -0.046 |
| City | El Segundo |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 10 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.6211 |
| Current Ratio | 2.853 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 0.6746 |
| Day Low | 0.6211 |
| Display Name | Beyond Meat |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,101,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,101,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,960,000 |
| Ebitda | -139,306,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.52574 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -4.496 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.364 |
| Enterprise Value | 626,305,152 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.33883 |
| Eps Forward | -0.2965 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.09 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.76486 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -0.14375997 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.18795593 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -81.04047 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 7.69 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -7.0689 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.9192328 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.5 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.12110001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.24220002 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.5 - 7.69 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,556,803,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 499,366,778 |
| Forward Eps | -0.2965 |
| Forward P E | -2.0947723 |
| Free Cashflow | -38,025,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 589 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.10836001 |
| Gross Profits | 28,713,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03387 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.32956 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 515,342,392 |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Disp | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Key | packaged-foods |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Beyond Meat, Inc., a plant-based meat company, engages in the development, manufacture, marketing, and sale of plant-based meat products under the Beyond brand name in the United States and internationally. The company sells a range of plant-based meat products that replicates beef, pork, and poultry meats. It sells its products through grocery, mass merchandiser, club stores, and natural retailer channels, as well as various food-away-from-home channels, including restaurants, foodservice outlets, and schools. The company was formerly known as Savage River, Inc. and changed its name to Beyond Meat, Inc. in September 2018. Beyond Meat, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California. |
| Long Name | Beyond Meat, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 320,079,168 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_222996066 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,656,000 |
| Net Income To Common | 210,616,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 338,064,609 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 0.6592 |
| Operating Cashflow | -123,813,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.69336 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 40.75 |
| Phone | 866 756 4112 |
| Post Market Change | 0.004499972 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.72451645 |
| Post Market Price | 0.6256 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,987,193 |
| Previous Close | 0.656 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.8330727 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -13.502174 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.2079781 |
| Profit Margins | 0.94965 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.99 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.0349 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -5.32012 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.6746 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.6211 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.6211 - 0.6746 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.6592 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.656 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.6211 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,801 |
| Regular Market Volume | 43,746,184 |
| Return On Assets | -0.17013 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.153 |
| Revenue Per Share | 1.06 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 515,342,392 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.24190001 |
| Shares Short | 124,635,681 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 141,468,231 |
| Short Name | Beyond Meat, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.2449 |
| Short Ratio | 3.47 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | BYND |
| Target High Price | 1.0 |
| Target Low Price | 0.5 |
| Target Mean Price | 0.7 |
| Target Median Price | 0.6 |
| Total Cash | 191,004,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.371 |
| Total Debt | 497,231,008 |
| Total Revenue | 264,971,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.09 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.02965 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.40854996 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.3967853 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 43,746,184 |
| Website | https://www.beyondmeat.com |
| Zip | 90,245 |