Beyond Meat Got Minced 🔪 ✂️

Altmeat company Beyond Meat shares cratered after reporting Q4 earnings today, which missed on both top and bottom line estimates.

The company reported a net loss of $54.8 million (-$0.87/share) on revenue of $106.4 million. Analysts expected an EPS loss of 39 cents and revenues of $109.2 million, so that makes zero for two. ✌️

Almost all of the company’s sales growth came from international sales. International retailers and foodservice sales more than doubled YoY. However, U.S. sales fell, offsetting a significant portion of the company’s appreciable overseas growth. All-in-all, the company’s net revenues expanded just 12.7%.

Leadership was quick to fault higher supply chain costs, like transportation and warehousing, with its larger-than-expected loss. Beyond Meat explained last month that these factors would require the company to lower its quarterly outlook.

Unfortunately, these misses were too great to ignore. $BYND fell over 20% today. 😬

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