Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND)Consumer Defensive | Packaged Foods | El Segundo, United States | NasdaqGS
13.86 USD
-0.14
(-1.000%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 13.87 +0.01 (0.072%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:50 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:50 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Beyond Meat is effectively broken. The company is trapped in a death spiral where fundamentals have completely deteriorated: revenue is contracting, operating margins are deeply negative, and the balance sheet is burdened with debt while generating negative free cash flow. The price history confirms this structural failure, showing a catastrophic 98% decline over six years with no year of positive growth to suggest a turnaround. While retail headlines occasionally spark a brief, violent spike in price, the underlying business lacks the revenue traction or profitability required to sustain a valuation. With no dividend to provide income and a massive gap between the current price and the book value of assets, there is no margin of safety here. The market has already priced in the worst-case scenario, leaving very little room for error. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 1.355401 |
| AutoETS | 1.355787 |
| AutoTheta | 1.395589 |
| AutoARIMA | 1.399019 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 14% |
| H-stat | 1200.23 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.025 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.88 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 718.525 |
| Revenue per Share | 21.846 |
| Market Cap | 238,308,336 |
| Forward P/E | -1.41 |
| Beta | 2.79 |
| Profit Margins | 115.85% |
| Website | https://www.beyondmeat.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:50 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for a continued collapse, with open interest concentrated entirely in deep out-of-the-money puts (strikes $0.50-$3.00) across nearly all expirations. Call activity is virtually non-existent, limited only to tiny volumes in strikes far below the current price. This distribution indicates a market consensus expecting the stock to trade significantly lower than current levels, with no meaningful speculative capital betting on a recovery in the near term.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.8050633 |
| Address1 | 888 North Douglas Street |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 7,191.3 |
| All Time Low | 10.71 |
| Ask | 15.93 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 9 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.8 - Underperform |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,687,270 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,339,160 |
| Average Volume | 1,339,160 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,687,270 |
| Beta | 2.79 |
| Bid | 11.99 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 4 |
| Book Value | 3.301 |
| 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 | 13.86 |
| Current Ratio | 2.634 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 14.5 |
| Day Low | 13.8 |
| Debt To Equity | 718.525 |
| Display Name | Beyond Meat |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,963,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,960,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,822,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,822,400 |
| Ebitda | -130,316,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.50345004 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -3.643 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.834 |
| Enterprise Value | 474,752,128 |
| Eps Current Year | -11.38601 |
| Eps Forward | -9.84961 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -19.01 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 17.367 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -3.507001 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.20193475 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -80.50633 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 230.7 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -216.84 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.939922 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 10.71 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.1499996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.2941176 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 10.71 - 230.7 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,556,803,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 16,660,937 |
| Forward Eps | -9.84961 |
| Forward P E | -1.4071622 |
| Free Cashflow | -7,388,375 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 589 |
| Fullday Change | -0.14000034 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.0000025 |
| Fullday Price | 13.87 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.102460004 |
| Gross Profits | 26,522,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.03379 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.27245 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 17,193,965 |
| Industry | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Disp | Packaged Foods |
| Industry Key | packaged-foods |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,786,665,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 1:30 |
| 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 | 238,308,336 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_222996066 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,518,400 |
| Net Income To Common | 258,864,992 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 240,715,510 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 14.0 |
| Operating Cashflow | -110,113,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.42488998 |
| Overall Risk | 10 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 40.75 |
| Phone | 866 756 4112 |
| Post Market Change | 0.010000229 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.07215173 |
| Post Market Price | 13.87 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,004 |
| Previous Close | 14.0 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.2172832 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 4.1987276 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.92066044 |
| Profit Margins | 1.15852 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.756 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | underperform |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.8 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.14000034 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.0000025 |
| Regular Market Day High | 14.5 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 13.8 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 13.8 - 14.5 |
| Regular Market Open | 14.0 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 14.0 |
| Regular Market Price | 13.86 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 624,901 |
| Return On Assets | -0.15537 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.082 |
| Revenue Per Share | 21.846 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 5 |
| Shares Outstanding | 17,193,965 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.29790002 |
| Shares Short | 5,121,711 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 4,361,721 |
| Short Name | Beyond Meat, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.3016 |
| Short Ratio | 3.62 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | BYND |
| Target High Price | 30.00003 |
| Target Low Price | 10.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 18.33334 |
| Target Median Price | 15.0 |
| Total Cash | 171,368,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 9.967 |
| Total Debt | 407,812,992 |
| Total Revenue | 258,844,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -19.01 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 23.5893 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -9.7293005 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.4124455 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 624,901 |
| Website | https://www.beyondmeat.com |
| Zip | 90,245 |