Beyond Meat (BYND) Competitors

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has better earnings & valuation, BYND or MCD?

McDonald's has higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than McDonald's, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond Meat	$326.45M	0.64	-$160.28M	-$2.18	-1.25
McDonald's	$25.92B	8.30	$8.22B	$11.67	25.85

Which has more volatility & risk, BYND or MCD?

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, McDonald's has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BYND or MCD more profitable?

McDonald's has a net margin of 32.21% compared to Beyond Meat's net margin of -52.27%. Beyond Meat's return on equity of 0.00% beat McDonald's' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Meat	-52.27%	N/A	-22.97%
McDonald's	32.21%	-225.52%	15.07%

Do analysts rate BYND or MCD?

Beyond Meat presently has a consensus price target of $4.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.06%. McDonald's has a consensus price target of $326.87, indicating a potential upside of 8.37%. Given Beyond Meat's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than McDonald's.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Meat	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.33
McDonald's	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Does the media refer more to BYND or MCD?

In the previous week, McDonald's had 143 more articles in the media than Beyond Meat. MarketBeat recorded 157 mentions for McDonald's and 14 mentions for Beyond Meat. McDonald's' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Beyond Meat's score of -0.34 indicating that McDonald's is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Beyond Meat	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
McDonald's	86 Very Positive mention(s)	22 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in BYND or MCD?

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.3% of McDonald's shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of McDonald's shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

McDonald's beats Beyond Meat on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.