Beyond Meat, Inc. (BYND)
Beyond Meat creates plant-based alternatives to beef, pork, and poultry, aiming to replicate the taste and texture of animal meat using simple plant ingredients.
Is Beyond Meat, Inc. a good stock for a UK beginner?
The honest version: There's no rating here and nothing for sale. In its favour: Strong brand recognition in the plant-based space. Worth weighing: Significant decline in year-on-year revenue.
Is this normal for this company?
Each figure against the range this same company has produced recently. Neither end of a range is the good end.
Profit as a share of sales, from the company's own quarterly statements. The range covers the 5 quarters we hold, and the figure shown is its most recent one.
How these ranges are built
Every number here is the company's own reported figure, not a comparison with other companies. The ranges come from this company's own results and its share price. Where it reports in a different currency from the one its shares trade in, the price-to-earnings range is left out rather than mixing the two.
What does Beyond Meat, Inc. do?
Beyond Meat makes burgers, sausages, and other meat substitutes from plants like peas and beans. Supplying these products to supermarkets and restaurants around the world is where its sales come from. The key question is whether they can get people excited about their food again, as sales have been shrinking recently.
On our factor screen it looks strongest on value and quality, and weakest on momentum.
- !Pays no dividend - the whole return rides on the share price
- !Revenue slipped about 8% over the year
- ✓Very profitable - turns about 116% of sales into profit
- !Carries a lot of debt - roughly 7.2x its equity
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- Growth screens low
- Momentum screens low
- Income screens low
Does Beyond Meat, Inc. pay a dividend?
No - Beyond Meat, Inc. doesn't currently pay a dividend, so the whole return would rest on the share price. Plenty of growing companies reinvest their profits instead of paying them out - neither approach is better or worse, they're just different.
Does Beyond Meat, Inc. have more cash or more debt?
It holds about $171.37M in cash against about $407.81M of debt - so it has net debt of about $236.44M. Debt is not automatically a problem - it funds growth - but it has to be serviced and repaid, which matters more when profits wobble.
From the latest reported balance sheet. Cash and debt levels change, and some borrowing is normal - this is context, not a judgment.
What do Beyond Meat, Inc.'s numbers mean?
How has it performed?
Growth of £1,000, the worst fall, and year by year
Over about 2 years to 2026-08-13. This is the share price only; any dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.
How much has Beyond Meat, Inc. actually fallen?
Over the last 2 years of daily prices, Beyond Meat, Inc. fell as much as −94% from a high to a later low. Falls like this are normal when you own a share.
Past falls are not a forecast - it can fall further, or recover.
How has it done year by year?
Calendar-year total return - the share price with dividends reinvested - from adjusted closing prices. The current year is only part-complete. Past returns are not a guide to the future.
A closer look at the numbers
Ownership, earnings history, where the money goes, and the outlook range
Does the share price tell you if it's cheap or expensive?
Who owns Beyond Meat, Inc.?
About 27% of Beyond Meat, Inc., or about 27 in every 100 shares, is held by big institutions such as pension and index funds, and company insiders hold about 3%. The rest, roughly 70%, is held by the public and smaller investors.
What this does and doesn't tell you
This is a recent snapshot of the share register, and it moves. We don't read anything into who owns what - a high institutional share is common for any large listed company and is not a signal about it.
Based on beta - how much the price swings versus the whole market. Bumpier isn't bad; it just means a rougher ride, which matters more the sooner you might need the money.
Prices move on results, news and the mood of the whole market - no single headline explains a day, and a quiet week is usually just noise, not a signal.
How much money does Beyond Meat, Inc. make?
Revenue and profit by quarter, and how much of each sale turns into profit.
When does Beyond Meat, Inc. report earnings, and how did recent quarters go?
Beyond Meat, Inc. is next scheduled to report on about 2026-11-04 - dates can move, and we don't predict results; this just tells you when to look.
‘Beat’ and ‘missed’ are against what analysts expected, not whether the business is doing well.
| Reported | Expected EPS: The earnings per share analysts expected for the quarter - the average of their forecasts. 'Beating' or 'missing' is measured against this number. | Actual EPS | vs expected |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | $-0.10 | $-0.10 | Beat +5% |
| 2026-03-31 | $-0.10 | $-0.50 | Missed -387% |
| 2025-11-10 | $-0.43 | $-0.47 | Missed -9% |
| 2025-08-06 | $-0.39 | $-0.40 | Missed -3% |
| 2025-05-07 | $-0.47 | $-0.67 | Missed -41% |
| 2025-02-26 | $-0.45 | $-0.65 | Missed -44% |
Across the last 6 quarters here, Beyond Meat, Inc. came in ahead of what analysts expected 1 time. One quarter is noise, not a trend.
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Where these figures come from
Each quarter a company reports its results against a consensus of analyst forecasts. The figures here are reported versus expected earnings per share from published results; the expectation is that analyst consensus, not our view. Report dates are estimates and can move.
What are the scenarios for Beyond Meat, Inc.?
An illustrative range for the year ahead — not a prediction or a price target.
What are the pros, cons and common questions?
The case each way, and the questions people ask
Plant-based meat becomes a permanent, high-volume staple in global diets.
The business struggles to remain relevant against traditional meat and new competitors.
What are the pros and cons of Beyond Meat, Inc.?
A balance check, not a score or verdict.
- Strong brand recognition in the plant-based space
- Products are widely available in major supermarkets
- Focus on innovation and new product development
- Significant decline in year-on-year revenue
- High volatility in share price
- Thin profit margins on products
- Intense competition from both traditional meat and other plant-based brands
- Changing consumer tastes and potential 'fad' fatigue
- High sensitivity to economic conditions affecting food budgets
The write-up's own warning lights — if these start happening, the case above changes.
- A sustained return to positive revenue growth for several quarters
- A significant and permanent improvement in gross margins
Common questions about Beyond Meat, Inc.
Does Beyond Meat, Inc. pay a dividend?
No - Beyond Meat, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend, so the return would rest on the share price. Many growing companies reinvest profits instead of paying them out.
When does Beyond Meat, Inc. report earnings next?
Beyond Meat, Inc. is next scheduled to report results on about 2026-11-04. Report dates are estimates and can move; this is a diary note for when to look, not a forecast of the outcome.
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-02 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.