Beyond Meat (BYND): Taking Stock of Valuation After a Recent Share Price Rebound

Recent stock move and setup

Beyond Meat (BYND) has quietly bounced about 14% over the past month, even after a steep 61% slide in the past 3 months, leaving shares around 1.11 and sentiment still fragile.

See our latest analysis for Beyond Meat.

That bounce comes after a bruising stretch, with the 90 day share price return still deep in negative territory and the one year total shareholder return also sharply lower. This suggests recent momentum is more of a tentative reset than a full turnaround.

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With the shares now trading near 1.11 and roughly 45% below the average analyst price target, investors face a key question: Is Beyond Meat genuinely undervalued here, or is the market rightly discounting its future growth?

Most Popular Narrative: 31.1% Undervalued

With Beyond Meat last closing at $1.11 against a narrative fair value of $1.61, the current setup implies meaningful upside if the projections play out.

Continued emphasis on manufacturing cost reduction and operational right sizing, aided by the newly appointed Interim Chief Transformation Officer, supports a path to structurally lower costs of goods sold and enhanced fixed cost absorption, directly improving gross and net margins.

Read the complete narrative.

Curious how shrinking revenues can still line up with a higher valuation? The narrative leans on margin repair, earnings recovery, and a future multiple that might surprise you.

Result: Fair Value of $1.61 (UNDERVALUED)

Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what's behind the forecasts.

However, stubborn category weakness and a heavy, still evolving capital structure could quickly overpower margin progress and derail the undervaluation thesis.

Find out about the key risks to this Beyond Meat narrative.

Another View on Valuation

On a simple price to sales basis, Beyond Meat looks stretched, trading at about 1.7 times sales versus 1.5 times for peers and 0.7 times its own fair ratio. If sentiment turns again, could the market push that rich sales multiple back toward the fair ratio?

See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.

Build Your Own Beyond Meat Narrative

If you are not convinced by this viewpoint, or would rather dig into the numbers yourself, you can build a tailored narrative in just a few minutes: Do it your way.

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