Beyond Meat: Compelling Company, Underwhelming Investment Opportunity – Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ:BYND)
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The market for plant-based meats alternatives will grow dramatically in coming decades, led by companies like Beyond Meat (BYND). Beyond Meat is creating a market-leading position using its superior products and strong branding, making them a possibly attractive investment opportunity. I have estimated an intrinsic value for Beyond Meat of 190 USD per share and believe they may be a stylish long-term investment opportunity with an adequate margin of safety if shares can be purchased below 150 USD per share. Beyond Meat is creating a profile of plant-based meat alternatives and desires to change the definition of meats, from determined by source to determined by structure.
They currently offer products which imitate beef (patty, floor-meat), pork (sausage), and poultry (chicken strips) using plant-derived amino acids, lipids, trace minerals, and water. Their products aim to replicate not the taste just; but the texture, aroma, and appearance of meat, extending to mimicking bleeding to being prepared prior. Their initial focus has been on pork and beef alternatives as consumers appear to be more willing to abandon these products for health reasons. In the U.S., 95% of the populace …