Beyond Meat (BYND) Operating Margin (2018 - 2026)
Beyond Meat's Operating Margin was -44.76% in Q2 2026, up 5.29 percentage points from -50.05% a year earlier and up 25.86 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Beyond Meat (BYND) Operating Margin (2018 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Beyond Meat's Operating Margin was -121.47% through Jun 27, 2026, down 64.86 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at -121.10%, down 73.27 percentage points from FY2024.
- Operating Margin shows a five-year change of -108.97 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Margin was -47.82% in FY2024 (+51.75 pp), -99.57% in FY2023 (-17.75 pp), -81.82% in FY2022 (-44.18 pp) and -37.64% in FY2021 (-25.51 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Operating Margin since Q3 2024.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Margin was higher in four of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -8.61 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Margin over five years was Q4 2024 (a gain of 168.93 percentage points); the worst was Q4 2025 (a drop of 162.04 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, BYND's Operating Margin in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was -70.62% (Q1 2026), -211.37% (Q4 2025) and -159.97% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Operating Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Archer-Daniels-Midland | 38.28 Bn | 34.57 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 3.95% |
| 2 | Bunge Global | 20.79 Bn | 18.30 Bn | 1.68 Bn | 4.47% |
| 3 | Tyson Foods | 17.93 Bn | 14.29 Bn | 921.00 Mn | 2.61% |
| 4 | Jbs | 12.60 Bn | -20.51 Bn | 2.59 Bn | 2.50% |
| 5 | Darling Ingredients | 9.52 Bn | 9.12 Bn | 503.37 Mn | 32.20% |
| 6 | Smithfield Foods | 7.49 Bn | 2.44 Bn | 478.00 Mn | 7.84% |
| 7 | Pilgrims Pride | 6.49 Bn | 4.32 Bn | 339.75 Mn | 1.43% |
| 8 | Ingredion | 6.09 Bn | 2.26 Bn | 426.00 Mn | 10.16% |
| 9 | Seaboard | 3.89 Bn | -931.52 Mn | 221.00 Mn | 3.42% |
| 10 | Beyond Meat | 141.50 Mn | -542.06 Mn | 5.87 Mn | -44.76% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2026 | -44.76% |
| Mar 28, 2026 | -70.62% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -211.37% |
| Sep 27, 2025 | -159.97% |
| Jun 28, 2025 | -50.05% |
| Mar 29, 2025 | -93.65% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -49.32% |
| Sep 28, 2024 | -38.16% |
| Jun 29, 2024 | -36.41% |
| Mar 30, 2024 | -70.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -218.25% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -92.44% |
| Jul 1, 2023 | -52.62% |
| Apr 1, 2023 | -62.58% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -82.21% |
| Oct 1, 2022 | -108.78% |
| Jul 2, 2022 | -60.99% |
| Apr 2, 2022 | -89.19% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -77.17% |
| Oct 2, 2021 | -50.73% |
API Access
Beyond Meat Operating Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BYND&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-margin", "ticker": "BYND", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-margin&ticker=BYND&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();