Posted on 10/21/2025 10:55:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Beyond Meat has regained a bit of its meme mojo status, surging 93% on Tuesday.
The food company known for its plant-based meat alternatives is having an incredible week, with shares surging more than 127% Monday in its best day ever after Roundhill Investments, which develops thematic ETFs, added the name to its Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME).
It continued that rally Tuesday after Beyond Meat announced a deal with Walmart to expand distribution to more stores across the U.S.
It appears the ETF addition has unleashed a short squeeze with investors who bet against the stock forced to cover their position. More than 63% of the shares available for trading were sold short, per FactSet.
It’s a remarkable turnaround for a stock that tumbled more than 67% just last week, after the company announced it has finalized a debt deal. The stock is currently trading around $2 per share, after ending last week at just 65 cents.
Indeed, the stock has been under pressure for many years, posting losing returns over each of the last five years. After surging past $230 per share following its IPO in 2019, it has since become a penny stock.
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BYND, all time Yet this week’s rally harkens back to when Beyond Meat enjoyed meme stock status among retail traders, who crowded into the stock based more on sentiment than on corporate fundamentals after coordinating on online message boards.
In 2021, Bank of America called Beyond Meat a Reddit stock to watch. It ended that same year down more than 47%.
Beyond Meat soars as Bank of America names it a new Reddit stock to watchwatch now VIDEO03:52 Beyond Meat soars as Bank of America names it a new Reddit stock to watch The return of Beyond Meat could also be the latest sign of a frothy market, as investors pile into more speculative names in spite of elevated valuations, and possibly a signal of a market top.
Roundhill actually shut its meme ETF down at one point because of lack of interest, but revived it earlier this month as retail traders dive back into this relentless bull market.
Some people actually eat that krep.
I tried it once and spit out the first bite. Have no clue how anyone keeps it down. My Vegan neighbor eats it. She’ a rude and nasty person. Had a public hissy fit when Trump beak Kamalamadingdong. Literally shouted at male Trump voter.
“She’ a rude and nasty person. Had a public hissy fit when Trump beak Kamalamadingdong. “
See what eating vegan will do to your brain????????.................
Based on recent articles of its demise, somebody is propping it up for nefarious reasons.
I remembered when this slop was featured promiently in meat section of my local supermarket. Now, I have no idea where it even is.
Lefty heads are exploding - they thought we’d all be happy to
1. Own Nothing
2. Eat Bugs
I didn’t make it to one bite. I thought I’d try it, and when I opened it up to cook, it looked very strange to me. I threw it out.
1) Won't get me to buy the stock. 2) Won't get me to buy the product. 3) Won;t get me to trust MSNBC any more than I do today, which is best characterized as "meh."
An "exchange-traded fund" means "going to the casino" to me. Some will win (the house) and many will lose (ordinary Joes and Jills).
Note deeper into the article: "After surging past $230 per share following its IPO in 2019, it has since become a penny stock."
Then think back to the MSNBC write who uses "surge" in the article.
$230 down to less than $3 is quite a "surge."
Rather like those trendy carbon credits.....
“See what eating vegan will do to your brain?”
Being vegan has 2 downsides that create that form of psychosis:
1. Plants have defense mechanisms in the form of chemicals (poisons) that protect them from being wiped out by animals. Otherwise, they’d be gone in a week.
2. Plants DO NOT provide all of the needed nutrition, so there are vitamin deficiencies in vegans.
The 3 vegans that I know all got cancer before age 60...in another world, clusters like that would get attention.
That should be a signal for all to buy, buy, buy!
Why do I keep reading that name as “Roadkill” Investments?
“He who sells what isn’t his’n must buy it back or go to pris’n.”
Many of that ETF’s holdings aren’t bad except that BYND is 4% of it which is not good. Investing in a meme-based ETF doesn’t seem like a great idea regardless. Someone must have had some inside info from the ETF’s management before the ETF bought BYND.
Gag a maggot
Remember, there’s a reason nobody tries to chemically reconstitute filet mignon to look and taste like Brussels Sprouts or Kale.
But that lesson is lost on the libs.
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