Beyond Meat (BYND) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Beyond Meat, Inc. develops and sells plant-based meat alternatives designed to resemble the taste and texture of animal-based meat. Its products include plant-based burgers, ground products, sausages, meatballs and poultry alternatives, sold under the Beyond brand.

Founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown, the company distributes its products through grocery retailers and foodservice customers. Beyond Meat serves markets in the United States and internationally.

Ethan Brown has led the company as its chief executive officer and is known for founding the business with a focus on offering plant-based alternatives to conventional meat.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.33 to $5.53
• 50-Day Range: $5.41 to $11.92
• 52-Week Range: $5.33 to $44.40
• Volume: 255,047 shs
• Average Volume: 1.45 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $92.25 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $17.50
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Beyond Meat Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Beyond Meat scored higher than 36% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 134th out of 169 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Reduce

Consensus Rating

Beyond Meat has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Beyond Meat has a consensus price target of $17.50, representing about 223.5% upside from its current price of $5.41.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Beyond Meat has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: Growing

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Beyond Meat are expected to grow in the coming year, from ($10.34) to ($8.54) per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Beyond Meat is -0.33, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Beyond Meat is -0.33, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

37.36% of the float of Beyond Meat has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Beyond Meat has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 6.62.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Beyond Meat has recently increased by 1.22%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Beyond Meat does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Beyond Meat does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.38

News Sentiment

Beyond Meat has a news sentiment score of 0.38. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.61 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Beyond Meat this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for BYND on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

5 people have added Beyond Meat to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Beyond Meat insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.90% of the stock of Beyond Meat is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

52.48% of the stock of Beyond Meat is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 11/04/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Food Products
• Sub-Industry: Packaged Foods & Meats
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:BYND
• CIK: 1655210
• Web: www.beyondmeat.com
• Phone: (866) 756-4112
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 589
• Year Founded: 2009

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Beyond Meat: $17.50
• High Price Target: $30.00
• Low Price Target: $5.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +227.4%
• Consensus Rating: Reduce
• Rating Score (0-4): 1.50
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($16.63)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $219.02 million
• Net Margins: 88.10%
• Pretax Margin: 124.07%
• Return on Equity: 2,596.07%
• Return on Assets: 33.33%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 6.57
• Current Ratio: 3.12
• Quick Ratio: 2.07

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $253.16 million
• Price / Sales: 0.36
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: ($0.35) per share
• Price / Book: -15.27

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 17,194,000
• Free Float: 16,867,000
• Market Cap: $91.90 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 2.93