BYND vs POST vs SFD Stock Comparison

Beyond Meat, Post Holdings and Smithfield Foods Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
BYND Beyond Meat, Inc.
$6.86 -17.8% 1M +214.7% 1Y
Market cap
$117.14M
P/E
0.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$258.85M
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
4 wins
POST Post Holdings, Inc.
$80.48 +10.0% 1M -26.4% 1Y
Market cap
$3.58B
P/E
12.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$8.41B
Div. yield
–
Packaged Foods Consumer Staples
2 wins
SFD Smithfield Foods Inc
$18.31 -3.8% 1M -14.9% 1Y
Market cap
$7.20B
P/E
6.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$15.47B
Div. yield
–
Meat and Poultry Consumer Staples
5 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Smithfield Foods leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Smithfield Foods 5, Beyond Meat 4, Post Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionBYNDPOSTSFDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $117.14M $3.58B $7.20B SFD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.4x 12.2x 6.8x BYND
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 10.9x 8.8x SFD
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -14.1% +6.2% +4.3% POST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 111.7% 3.5% 6.8% BYND
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 5.6% 11.7% SFD
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 5.3x 0.4x BYND
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +214.7% -26.4% -14.9% BYND
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -41.0%/yr +3.9%/yr — POST
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 368.4% 32.1% 26.0% SFD
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 33/100 71/100 91/100 SFD

Percentile Scorecard

BYNDPOSTSFD

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

AxisBYNDPOSTSFD
Valuation 12 #30 of 34 80 #10 of 45 100 #1 of 34
Growth 60 #13 of 31 76 #11 of 42 73 #9 of 31
Profitability 25 #22 of 29 69 #13 of 40 96 #2 of 29
Financial Health 33 #25 of 37 33 #32 of 47 89 #5 of 37
Shareholder Returns – 100 #1 of 31 96 #2 of 25
Overall 33 71 91
  • BYND ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness
  • POST ranked among 48 companies in Branded Foods
  • SFD ranked among 38 companies in Agribusiness

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodBYNDPOSTSFDSPY
1 month -17.8%+10.0%-3.8% -0.8%
3 months +1,147.3%-11.8%-31.1% +3.5%
6 months +653.8%-22.5%-36.3% +7.0%
Year to date +736.6%-18.7%-18.0% +12.2%
1 year +214.7%-26.4%-14.9% +13.0%
3 years +14.9%-0.2%— +86.3%
3 years, per year +4.7%-0.1%— +23.1%
5 years -92.8%+20.9%— +68.6%
5 years, per year -41.0%+3.9%— +11.0%
10 years —+57.7%— +258.0%
10 years, per year —+4.7%— +13.6%

Risk

MeasureBYNDPOSTSFDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 368.4%32.1%26.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 96.8%33.2%27.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 2.16-0.11-0.16 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.58-0.82-0.57 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -99.6%-39.9%-38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -53.6%-29.8%-38.1% -1.8%
52-week high $14.77$114.61$29.59 $779.14
52-week low $0.41$72.50$18.22 $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.

MultipleBYNDPOSTSFD
P/E now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 15.2x 12.4xmedian 20.5x 6.8xmedian 15.2x
P/S now vs peer median 0.5xmedian 0.5x 0.4xmedian 0.8x 0.5xmedian 0.5x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median -0.2xmedian 9.0x 7.9xmedian 12.3x 4.7xmedian 9.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median -1.0xmedian 15.1x 6.4xmedian 14.0x 8.9xmedian 15.1x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 1.1x 1.1xmedian 1.4x 1.0xmedian 1.1x
PEG now vs peer median 0.01median 1.27 1.77median 0.42 —median 1.27

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 monthsBYNDPOSTSFD
Revenue $258.85M $8.41B $15.47B
Gross profit $7.98M $2.42B $2.07B
Operating income -$314.42M $808.00M $1.33B
Net income $289.10M $293.10M $1.07B
Free cash flow -$120.01M $553.10M $807.00M
R&D $19.38M – –
EPS (diluted) $14.65 $5.71 $2.68
Cash & equivalents $171.37M $265.60M $1.35B
Total debt $115.09M $7.63B $2.00B
Shares (diluted) 19.73M 51.30M 395.77M
Enterprise value -$566.42M $2.59B $2.15B

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
MetricBYNDPOSTSFD
P/E 0.4x 12.4x 6.8x
P/FCF -1.0x 6.4x 8.9x
P/Operating cash flow -1.1x 3.6x 6.2x
P/S 0.5x 0.4x 0.5x
P/B 2.1x 1.1x 1.0x
P/Tangible book 2.1x 11.8x 1.3x
EV/EBITDA -0.2x 7.9x 4.7x
EV/EBIT -0.2x 13.5x 5.9x
EV/Revenue 0.2x 1.3x 0.5x
EV/FCF -0.5x 19.7x 9.7x
EV/Operating cash flow -0.6x 11.0x 6.8x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.01 1.77 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricBYNDPOSTSFD
Revenue growth (1Y) -14.1% 6.2% 4.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -10.1% 8.3% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) -68.5% 4.8% 2.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 41.9% 12.1% –
Operating income growth (1Y) -84.3% -1.7% 11.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -5.6% 11.8% –
Net income growth (1Y) 275.9% -20.0% 15.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 44.7% -2.8% –
EPS growth (1Y) 122.7% -2.7% 16.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.3% 7.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -1.0% 6.5% 11.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 14.0% 15.5% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 3.1% 27.8% 15.5%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.8% 15.9% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricBYNDPOSTSFD
Gross margin 3.1% 28.8% 13.4%
EBITDA margin -107.0% 16.4% 10.8%
Operating margin -121.5% 9.6% 8.6%
Pretax margin 111.7% 4.7% 8.6%
Net margin 111.7% 3.5% 6.8%
FCF margin -46.4% 6.6% 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin -42.5% 11.8% 7.5%
Return on equity 1,621% 9.3% 15.4%
Return on assets 50.8% 2.3% 8.9%
Return on invested capital – 5.6% 11.7%
Return on capital employed -68.7% 6.8% 13.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.7x 1.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) -0.4x 3.4x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue 13.4% 1.0% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricBYNDPOSTSFD
Debt / assets 20.6% 59.4% 16.7%
Debt / equity 2.0x 2.5x 0.3x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.2x 5.3x 0.4x
Debt / FCF -1.0x 13.8x 2.5x
Liabilities / assets 89.9% 76.0% 41.7%
Equity / assets 10.1% 24.0% 58.3%
Interest coverage -12.9x 1.9x 38.1x
Current ratio 2.6x 1.9x 2.6x
Quick ratio 1.8x 0.9x 1.7x
Cash ratio 1.5x 0.2x 0.7x
Altman Z-score -3.44 1.42 3.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricBYNDPOSTSFD
Dividend yield – – 6.4%
Net buyback yield – 33.7% –
Shareholder yield – 33.7% 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.

ConsensusBYNDPOSTSFD
Forward P/E – 10.9xFY2026 8.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $-10.13FY2026 $7.40FY2026 $2.08FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +2.4%FY2026 -18.4%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – -6.6% +6.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $234.10MFY2026 $7.73BFY2026 $14.87BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -15.0%FY2026 -5.2%FY2026 -4.3%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +8.8% +8.9% +8.8%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersBYNDPOSTSFD
Held by institutions 23.3% 100.0% 13.6%
Institutions holding 204 418 281
Change in shares held, QoQ -0.6% -0.3% +14.1%
Institutions buying 96 177 188
Institutions selling 67 178 70
Buyers to sellers 1.43 0.99 2.69

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.

BYNDPOSTSFD
BYND 1.00 0.02 0.04
POST 0.02 1.00 0.19
SFD 0.04 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, BYND, POST and SFD?

Smithfield Foods (SFD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Beyond Meat (BYND) $117.14M, Post Holdings (POST) $3.58B, Smithfield Foods (SFD) $7.20B.

Which stock is cheaper, BYND, POST and SFD?

Beyond Meat (BYND) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Beyond Meat (BYND) 0.4x, Post Holdings (POST) 12.2x, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 6.8x). On next year's consensus earnings, Smithfield Foods (SFD) is cheapest (Post Holdings (POST) 10.9x, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 8.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Post Holdings (POST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Beyond Meat (BYND) -14.1%, Post Holdings (POST) +6.2%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) +4.3%.

Which company is more profitable?

Beyond Meat (BYND) has the highest net margin (Beyond Meat (BYND) 111.7%, Post Holdings (POST) 3.5%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 6.8%). On return on invested capital, Smithfield Foods (SFD) leads (Post Holdings (POST) 5.6%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 11.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Beyond Meat (BYND) returned the most: Beyond Meat (BYND) +214.7%, Post Holdings (POST) -26.4%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) -14.9%. Over five years, Post Holdings (POST) compounded fastest (Beyond Meat (BYND) -41.0%/yr, Post Holdings (POST) +3.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Smithfield Foods (SFD) has been the steadiest (Beyond Meat (BYND) 368.4%, Post Holdings (POST) 32.1%, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 26.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, BYND, POST and SFD?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Smithfield Foods (SFD) 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.