Beyond Meat Inc shares surged 13.43% in pre-market trading, reaching a 5-day high. This increase is attributed to speculative trading and signs of a short squeeze, with heightened retail participation and a significant rise in options trading.
Despite ongoing struggles with demand and costs, analysts maintain a Strong Sell consensus on Beyond Meat, citing persistent losses and declining market share. The stock's volatility has increased, with implied volatility reaching 161.67, indicating expectations of large price swings.
The recent surge in stock price reflects a shift in market sentiment, as investors appear to be reacting to broader trends in meme stocks and heavily shorted consumer names. However, the company's financial challenges remain a concern, as it continues to face declining revenue and operating losses.
Wall Street analysts forecast BYND stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BYND is 0.93 USD with a low forecast of 0.80 USD and a high forecast of 1.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
4 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast BYND stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for BYND is 0.93 USD with a low forecast of 0.80 USD and a high forecast of 1.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
0 Buy
1 Hold
3 Sell
Moderate Sell
Current: 0.830
Low
0.80
Averages
0.93
High
1.00
Current: 0.830
Low
0.80
Averages
0.93
High
1.00
Mizuho
Underperform
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$1
2025-11-13
Reason
Mizuho
Price Target
$1
AI Analysis
2025-11-13
downgrade
Underperform
Reason
Mizuho lowered the firm's price target on Beyond Meat to $1 from $1.50 and keeps an Underperform rating on the shares post the Q3 report. The firm says that with U.S. demand for animal meat at multi-decade highs, and pricing from plant-based meat peers becomes more competitive, Beyond Meat's risks to growth remain skewed to the downside.
Barclays
Benjamin Theurer
Underweight
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$2 -> $1
2025-11-12
Reason
Barclays
Benjamin Theurer
Price Target
$2 -> $1
2025-11-12
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Underweight
Reason
Barclays analyst Benjamin Theurer lowered the firm's price target on Beyond Meat to $1 from $2 and keeps an Underweight rating on the shares. The company reported "another quarter of declines and a muted outlook," the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm says category demand remains weak for plant-based meat.
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Mizuho
John Baumgartner
Underperform
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$2
2025-10-24
Reason
Mizuho
John Baumgartner
Price Target
$2
2025-10-24
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Underperform
Reason
Mizuho analyst John Baumgartner lowered the firm's price target on Beyond Meat to $1.50 from $2 and keeps an Underperform rating on the shares. The company has improved its balance sheet following last week's convertible notes exchange, but at the expense of significant equity dilution, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Mizuho says "weak" category and company fundamentals warrant an Underperform rating on Beyond Meat.
TD Cowen
Robert Moskow
Sell
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$2
2025-10-14
Reason
TD Cowen
Robert Moskow
Price Target
$2
2025-10-14
downgrade
Sell
Reason
TD Cowen analyst Robert Moskow lowered the firm's price target on Beyond Meat to 80c from $2 and keeps a Sell rating on the shares. The firm updated its model to reflect significant shareholder dilution resulting from the exchange offer of its convertible notes. The transaction reduces Beyond's debt principal by 83% and increases share count by 413%. The company remains financially and operationally challenged.
About BYND
Beyond Meat, Inc. is a plant-based meat company offering a portfolio of plant-based meats. The Company sells a range of plant-based meat products across its three core platforms of beef, pork and poultry. The primary components of animal-based meat are amino acids, lipids, carbohydrates, trace minerals and water, which are not exclusive to animals and are plentiful in plants. Its beef platform products contain protein primarily derived from one or a combination of pea protein, rice protein, faba bean protein and wheat gluten. Its pork platform products include Beyond Sausage, Beyond Breakfast Sausage Patties, Beyond Breakfast Sausage Links and Beyond Sausage Crumbles. Its poultry platform consists of products that mimic animal-based chicken in its various merchandised forms, including chicken tenders, chicken nuggets and popcorn chicken. Its primary products under its poultry platform include Beyond Chicken Tenders, Beyond Chicken Nuggets and Beyond Popcorn Chicken.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
