Beyond Meat (BYND) and Its Rivals Financial Review

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) is one of 328 public companies in the “Food Products” industry, but how does it weigh in compared to its competitors? We will compare Beyond Meat to related businesses based on the strength of its valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, risk and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings for Beyond Meat and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Beyond Meat	3	2	0	0	1.40
Beyond Meat Competitors	2449	8301	8383	404	2.35

Beyond Meat currently has a consensus price target of $21.67, indicating a potential upside of 255.19%. As a group, “Food Products” companies have a potential upside of 16.57%. Given Beyond Meat’s higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Beyond Meat is more favorable than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Beyond Meat and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Beyond Meat	88.10%	1,578.22%	31.20%
Beyond Meat Competitors	-12.77%	-127.74%	-2.01%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

52.5% of Beyond Meat shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Beyond Meat shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.0% of shares of all “Food Products” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Risk & Volatility

Beyond Meat has a beta of 2.93, suggesting that its stock price is 193% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Beyond Meat’s competitors have a beta of -3.84, suggesting that their average stock price is 484% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Beyond Meat and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Beyond Meat	$275.50 million	$219.02 million	-0.37
Beyond Meat Competitors	$6.83 billion	$700.98 million	-2,412.49

Beyond Meat’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Beyond Meat. Beyond Meat is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Beyond Meat Company Profile

Beyond Meat, Inc., a plant-based meat company, develops, manufactures, markets, and sells plant-based meat products in the United States and internationally. The company sells a range of plant-based meat products across the platforms of beef, pork, and poultry. 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.