Beyond Meat BYND
NASDAQ BYND
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At close: Oct 2, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Beyond Meat (BYND) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2019 - 2021)

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Beyond Meat's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -103.02% in Q4 2021, down 91.01 percentage points from -12.01% a year earlier and down 50.37 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Beyond Meat (BYND) Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] (2019 - 2021) Analysis & Trends

For FY2021, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] at Beyond Meat came in at -66.69%, down 54.38 percentage points from FY2020.

  • In earlier years, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] was -12.31% in FY2020 (-11.99 pp) and -0.32% in FY2019.
  • The Q4 2021 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in data going back to Q2 2019.
  • Compared with a year earlier, Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] has declined for six straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -28.15 percentage points over the last seven quarters.
  • Per Business Quant data, BYND's Return on Invested Capital [ROIC] in the three quarters before Q4 2021 was -52.65% (Q3 2021), -33.20% (Q2 2021) and -23.10% (Q1 2021).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 Archer-Daniels-Midland 38.78 Bn 35.07 Bn 1.94 Bn 4.16%
2 Bunge Global 20.50 Bn 18.00 Bn 1.68 Bn 4.43%
3 Tyson Foods 18.25 Bn 14.61 Bn 921.00 Mn 3.49%
4 Jbs 12.94 Bn -20.17 Bn 2.59 Bn 10.61%
5 Darling Ingredients 9.93 Bn 9.53 Bn 503.37 Mn 7.98%
6 Smithfield Foods 7.43 Bn 2.38 Bn 478.00 Mn 11.73%
7 Pilgrims Pride 6.55 Bn 4.38 Bn 339.75 Mn 9.50%
8 Ingredion 6.02 Bn 2.19 Bn 426.00 Mn 10.06%
9 Seaboard 3.87 Bn -946.73 Mn 221.00 Mn 4.93%
10 Beyond Meat 141.84 Mn -541.72 Mn 5.87 Mn -
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2021 -103.02%
Oct 2, 2021 -52.65%
Jul 3, 2021 -33.20%
Apr 3, 2021 -23.10%
Dec 31, 2020 -12.01%
Sep 26, 2020 -5.92%
Jun 27, 2020 -0.87%
Mar 28, 2020 1.60%
Dec 31, 2019 -0.12%
Sep 28, 2019 -1.76%
Jun 29, 2019 -14.63%
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