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2021-05-07

Beyond Meat Gets Ground Up in Q1, Offers Hope for Q2

Tough comparables, lingering pandemic impacts, and rising costs all conspired to torpedo results.

Beyond Meat Gets Ground Up in Q1, Offers Hope for Q2

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The segment now accounts for 25% of total revenue, down from 42% a year ago.</p>\n<p>It was largely able to make up for that by continuing to expand into the retail market both here and abroad, and segment revenue jumped 28% and 189%, respectively, as its plant-based meat alternatives gained greater acceptance globally.</p>\n<h2>No longer frozen out</h2>\n<p>Yet Beyond Meat sees a \"slow thaw\" occurring in the foodservice sector in the U.S. and in certain international markets, which is allowing it to begin offering guidance again. It's still a tentative step, and it's only applicable to net revenue, which management sees rising between $135 million and $150 million in the second quarter.</p>\n<p>At the midpoint, that's almost 26% higher than last year, and is helped by the new brand partnerships it's entered into, though new competition could eat into those projections for next quarter and beyond.</p>\n<p><b>Tyson Foods</b> (NYSE:TSN) announced last week it was launching its own line of plant-based burgers. While the protein processor has been dipping its toe into the plant-based market for some time now, a meatless patty is a direct challenge to Beyond Meat.</p>\n<p>It's also not the only large, well-financed, multinational corporation entering the plant-based alternatives market. So even if Beyond Meat is able to continue expanding into new retail locations, consumers may very well be confronted by a number of meatless options when they go shopping. It could blunt the expansion that it hopes changes its trajectory.</p>\n<h2>Throwing investors a bone</h2>\n<p>Plant-based protein sales surged 148% last year, according to Tyson, which could be a case of an expanding pie giving more players a seat at the table. Everyone just might be able to prosper, Beyond Meat included, as the niche becomes more mainstream in the U.S. and internationally.</p>\n<p>The company maintains it is \"highly focused\" on investing in and building out its production infrastructure in the U.S., the EU, and China. 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The segment now accounts for 25% of total revenue, down from 42% a year ago.\nIt was largely able to make up for that by continuing to expand into the retail market both here and abroad, and segment revenue jumped 28% and 189%, respectively, as its plant-based meat alternatives gained greater acceptance globally.\nNo longer frozen out\nYet Beyond Meat sees a \"slow thaw\" occurring in the foodservice sector in the U.S. and in certain international markets, which is allowing it to begin offering guidance again. It's still a tentative step, and it's only applicable to net revenue, which management sees rising between $135 million and $150 million in the second quarter.\nAt the midpoint, that's almost 26% higher than last year, and is helped by the new brand partnerships it's entered into, though new competition could eat into those projections for next quarter and beyond.\nTyson Foods (NYSE:TSN) announced last week it was launching its own line of plant-based burgers. 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