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Beyond Meat

NSQ:BYND · US08862E1091
Food ProductsSmall

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18
Profit price67
Owner Earnings Yield99
Dividend Yield1
Price/Sales15
EV / Gross Profit3
Price/Book97
Return on Capital1
Cash Return on Capital100
EBIT Margin1
Gross Profitability5
Cash Conversion4
Accruals1
Owner Earnings Margin100
Sales growth14
Profit growth1
Reinvestment73
Price momentum4
Debt load3
Refinancing57
Debt Payback51
Liquidity5
Analyst ratings1
Opinion Changes33
Price Target Upside8
Market mood1
Value Creation13/20creating some value
  • Creates more value than its capital costs
  • Owner earnings growing
  • Owner earnings per share growing
  • Reinvests at strong returns
  • Solid earnings base

What this means

Beyond Meat clears its cost of capital, but the record is mixed across the five tests. Real value creation, just not yet consistent.

Based on 3/5 components.

Profile

CountryUSA
IndustryFood Products
SizeSmall
TypePublic Company
ExchangeNASDAQGS
Founded2008
Employees388
ISINUS08862E1091
Last UpdateApr 2, 2026
Themes
Alternative ProteinFood and BeverageFood Processing

Description

Beyond Meat, Inc. (Beyond Meat) is a plant-based meat company offering a portfolio of revolutionary plant-based meats and other plant-based food and beverage products. The company seeks to deliver the power of plants to consumers through its plant-b…

Analysis

Weak and unloved

Beyond Meat, Inc. is weak and unloved: below-average business metrics and a price that reflects that disappointment.

The price is attractive. You pay 1.3× its owner earnings: the cash an owner could take out each year, which is in the historically attractive zone.

The trajectory is tepid and the balance sheet is stretched. The company scores 13/20 on our value-creation score: creating some value.

What to watch: Reported profits have run ahead of actual cash for several periods. As always: this describes the company's numbers; it is not a recommendation.

360° rank · history

1007550250
1
2023202420252026

All-time high

13

Jan 2025

All-time low

1

Jun 2026

Average rank

3

across all years

Detailed & Historical Ranks

Deep dive into 15 detailed ranks and 3 years of history.

Current202520242023
Price/Sales
15
62
36
11
Price/Earnings
91
100
100
6
Price/Book
97
100
100
3
Dividend Yield
1
1
1
1
Value (overall)
43
56
46
5

Cells are coloured by rank band (red weak → green strong). Sentiment & 360° history begins 2023.

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Make Sense of the Ranks

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360° View
1 · Watch OutGood· 100
Value
1 · ExpensiveGood Value· 100
Quality
1 · Weak FundamentalsHigh Quality· 100
Growth
1 · Tough TimesHigh Growth· 100
Safety
1 · High LeverageWell-Financed· 100
Sentiment
1 · SkepticismPositive· 100
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