Beyond Meat Inc (NASDAQ:BYND) does about 3.28M shares in volume on a normal day but saw 6331595 shares change hands in the recent trading day. The company now has a market cap of 383.74M USD. Its current market price is $5.90, marking a decrease of -7.67% compared to the previous close of $6.39. The 52 week high reached by this stock is $13.40 whilst the lowest price level in 52 weeks is $5.13. The script in recent trading has seen the stock touch a high of $122 and a low of $3.
Beyond Meat Inc (BYND) has a 20-day trading average at $6.13 and the current price is -55.97% off the 52-week high compared with 15.01% distance from its 52-week low. The 50-day simple moving average of the closing price is $6.62 and its 200-day simple moving average is $7.33. If we look at the stock’s price movements over the week, volatility stands at 18.32%, which decreases to 9.83% over 1 month. It is also key to look at other market indicators of price movement for the stock, where we see that the relative strength index (RSI) is at 45.84 to suggest the stock is neutral.
The consensus objective for the share price is $5.28, suggesting that the stock has a potential downside of -11.74% over the period. The median price target is 76.4% away from the current levels at $25.
1 analysts have rated it as a buy and 4 have advised that investors hold their positions. The consensus recommendation rating is Sell and Wall Street’s advice is for investors to Moderate Sell the stock.
Consumer Edge Research downgraded the stock to “Underweight” from Equal Weight on November 13, 2023 at a price target of $5. Mizuho downgraded its price target at $12-$5.
Beyond Meat Inc (BYND) stock is up 11.95% over the week and -14.74% over the past month. Its price is -33.71% year-to-date and -54.69% over the past year.
Its 12-month price target is $25. To reach the target analysts have set, the stock logically needs to shrink -11.74 percent from here. Of course, the average price target is just what the average analysts believe a stock will be worth in the next 52 weeks, and is only one metric. There are analysts with lower targets than the average, including one bearish Wall Street research firm advocating investors to wait for the price to pull back to $3, given the recent momentum. And then, on the bullish side of things, one analyst is expecting the stock to peak at $122.
The company has a return on investment of -50.09%. The beta has a value of 2.22. Price to sales ratio is 1.21.
