BYND vs KHC vs JBS Stock Comparison

Beyond Meat, Kraft Heinz and Jbs Prices as of Oct 23, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BYND Beyond Meat, Inc.
$7.15 -28.7% 1M +151.8% 1Y
Market cap
$114.38M
P/E
0.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$258.85M
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
3 wins
KHC Kraft Heinz Co
$24.78 +4.1% 1M -2.5% 1Y
Market cap
$29.28B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$24.90B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
5 wins
JBS Jbs N.V.
$12.41 +7.7% 1M -3.8% 1Y
Market cap
$13.22B
P/E
11.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.87B
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
2 wins

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Kraft Heinz leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Kraft Heinz 5, Beyond Meat 3, Jbs 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBYNDKHCJBSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $114.38M $29.28B $13.22B KHC
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.4x -8.6x 11.9x BYND
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 11.8x — –
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.1% -1.6% -89.0% KHC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 111.7% -13.6% 12.6% BYND
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — -5.0% 10.2% JBS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x -7.5x 3.3x KHC
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +151.8% -2.5% -3.8% BYND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -40.5%/yr -7.4%/yr — KHC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 369.1% 27.8% 34.4% KHC
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 32/100 52/100 57/100 JBS

Percentile Scorecard

BYNDKHCJBS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisBYNDKHCJBS
Valuation 9 #31 of 34 59 #19 of 45 49 #18 of 34
Growth 60 #13 of 31 46 #23 of 42 40 #19 of 31
Profitability 25 #22 of 29 41 #24 of 40 93 #3 of 29
Financial Health 33 #25 of 37 57 #21 of 47 19 #30 of 37
Shareholder Returns – 57 #14 of 31 83 #5 of 25
Overall 32 52 57
  • BYND ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • KHC ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods
  • JBS ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodBYNDKHCJBSSPY
1 month -28.7%+4.1%+7.7% -1.0%
3 months +1,176.8%-3.5%+1.1% +2.9%
6 months +721.8%+12.9%-25.3% +6.4%
Year to date +772.0%+2.2%-13.9% +11.4%
1 year +151.8%-2.5%-3.8% +13.1%
3 years +16.4%-21.9%— +79.4%
3 years, per year +5.2%-7.9%— +21.5%
5 years -92.5%-31.9%— +67.7%
5 years, per year -40.5%-7.4%— +10.9%
10 years —-71.8%— +255.2%
10 years, per year —-11.9%— +13.5%

Risk

MeasureBYNDKHCJBSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 369.1%27.8%34.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 105.2%28.6%34.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.90-0.100.25 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.41-0.09-0.11 1.03
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-52.1%-41.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -51.6%-10.3%-32.6% -2.5%
52-week high $14.77$27.62$18.42 $779.14
52-week low $0.41$21.21$10.86 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleBYNDKHCJBS
P/E now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 14.9x -8.7xmedian 20.7x 11.9xmedian 14.9x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 1.2xmedian 0.7x 1.6xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.2xmedian 9.0x -21.0xmedian 12.4x 5.8xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.0xmedian 15.2x 7.7xmedian 14.0x 29.0xmedian 15.2x
P/B now vs peer median 2.2xmedian 1.1x 0.8xmedian 1.5x 1.7xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 1.28 0.19median 0.42 —median 1.28

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsBYNDKHCJBS
Revenue $258.85M $24.90B $8.87B
Gross profit $7.98M $8.31B $10.75B
Operating income -$314.42M -$3.18B $3.25B
Net income $289.10M -$3.40B $1.82B
Free cash flow -$120.01M $3.82B $473.81M
R&D $19.38M – –
EPS (diluted) $14.65 $-2.86 $589,689.42
Cash & equivalents $171.37M $2.42B $3.47B
Total debt $381.84M $82.54B $89.57B
Shares (diluted) 19.73M 1.19B 1.89K
Enterprise value -$569.18M $15.70B -$20.05B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricBYNDKHCJBS
P/E 0.4x -8.7x 11.9x
P/FCF -1.0x 7.7x 29.0x
P/Operating cash flow -1.1x 6.4x 4.5x
P/S 0.5x 1.2x 1.6x
P/B 2.2x 0.8x 1.7x
P/Tangible book 2.2x 7.8x 2.1x
EV/EBITDA -0.2x -21.0x 5.8x
EV/EBIT -0.2x -14.4x 10.1x
EV/Revenue 0.3x 1.8x 3.7x
EV/FCF -0.6x 12.0x 69.5x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.6x 9.9x 10.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 0.19 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBYNDKHCJBS
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.1% -1.6% -89.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -10.1% -2.8% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -68.5% -4.3% -8.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 41.9% -1.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -84.3% 54.1% -27.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.6% -39.1% –
Net income growth (1Y) 275.9% 35.5% -23.1%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 44.7% -45.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 122.7% 35.6% -54.4%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.3% -46.1% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.0% 5.0% 4.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 12.3% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.1% 9.2% 421.9%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 18.8% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBYNDKHCJBS
Gross margin 3.1% 33.4% 121.2%
EBITDA margin -107.0% -8.7% 64.6%
Operating margin -121.5% -12.8% 36.7%
Pretax margin 111.7% -14.7% 14.4%
Net margin 111.7% -13.6% 12.6%
FCF margin -46.4% 15.3% 5.3%
Operating cash flow margin -42.5% 18.6% 34.2%
Return on equity 1,621% -8.7% 21.0%
Return on assets 50.8% -4.4% 4.0%
Return on invested capital – -5.0% 10.2%
Return on capital employed -68.7% -4.6% 9.6%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.3x 0.2x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.4x -1.4x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 13.4% 0.4% 0.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBYNDKHCJBS
Debt / assets 20.6% 26.0% 49.4%
Debt / equity 2.0x 0.5x 2.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x -7.5x 3.3x
Debt / FCF -1.0x 5.0x 47.8x
Liabilities / assets 89.9% 50.6% 82.1%
Equity / assets 10.1% 49.4% 17.9%
Interest coverage -12.9x -4.7x 1.3x
Current ratio 2.6x 1.1x 1.5x
Quick ratio 1.8x 0.6x 0.6x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.3x 0.3x
Altman Z-score -3.44 0.51 0.81

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBYNDKHCJBS
Dividend yield – 6.5% 8.1%
Net buyback yield – 0.1% -1.7%
Shareholder yield – 6.6% 6.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusBYNDKHCJBS
Forward P/E – 11.8xFY2026 –
EPS, next fiscal year $-10.13FY2026 $2.10FY2026 –
EPS growth, next FY – -19.2%FY2026 –
EPS growth, the year after – -7.1% –
Revenue, next fiscal year $234.10MFY2026 $23.67BFY2026 –
Revenue growth, next FY -15.0%FY2026 -5.1%FY2026 –
Revenue growth, the year after +8.8% -1.2% –

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBYNDKHCJBS
Held by institutions 23.3% 90.1% 39.2%
Institutions holding 204 1,114 267
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% +7.1% +11.5%
Institutions buying 96 624 159
Institutions selling 67 312 83
Buyers to sellers 1.43 2.00 1.92

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

BYNDKHCJBS
BYND 1.00 0.04 0.09
KHC 0.04 1.00 0.23
JBS 0.09 0.23 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BYND, KHC and JBS?

Kraft Heinz (KHC) is the largest by market capitalisation: Beyond Meat (BYND) $114.38M, Kraft Heinz (KHC) $29.28B, Jbs (JBS) $13.22B.

Which stock is cheaper, BYND, KHC and JBS?

Beyond Meat (BYND) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Beyond Meat (BYND) 0.4x, Kraft Heinz (KHC) -8.6x, Jbs (JBS) 11.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Kraft Heinz (KHC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Beyond Meat (BYND) -14.1%, Kraft Heinz (KHC) -1.6%, Jbs (JBS) -89.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Beyond Meat (BYND) has the highest net margin (Beyond Meat (BYND) 111.7%, Kraft Heinz (KHC) -13.6%, Jbs (JBS) 12.6%). On return on invested capital, Jbs (JBS) leads (Kraft Heinz (KHC) -5.0%, Jbs (JBS) 10.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Beyond Meat (BYND) returned the most: Beyond Meat (BYND) +151.8%, Kraft Heinz (KHC) -2.5%, Jbs (JBS) -3.8%. Over five years, Kraft Heinz (KHC) compounded fastest (Beyond Meat (BYND) -40.5%/yr, Kraft Heinz (KHC) -7.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Kraft Heinz (KHC) has been the steadiest (Beyond Meat (BYND) 369.1%, Kraft Heinz (KHC) 27.8%, Jbs (JBS) 34.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BYND, KHC and JBS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Kraft Heinz (KHC) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.