Why Is BYND Falling Today?

Shares of Beyond Meat fell to $14.74 during today's afternoon trading session. Despite the -6.4% change, the mid-cap company still trades 43.52% above its average analyst target price of $10.27. So there may be further downside for the stock. Beyond Meat has target prices ranging from $5.0 to $14.0 per share, and its average rating is hold.

The stock has a high number of short sellers at 36.2% of the float, and a short ratio of 5.3. 9.16% of the corporation's outstanding shares are owned by its managers and directors, indicating a strong degree of alignment between their interests and those of other shareholders. Finally, we note that 37.3% of Beyond Meat's shares are owned by institutional investors.

Institutions Invested in Beyond Meat

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-03-31 Vanguard Group Inc 9% 6,070,559 $89,480,038
2023-03-31 Blackrock Inc. 6% 4,062,886 $59,886,938
2023-03-31 State Street Corporation 2% 1,448,519 $21,351,169
2023-03-31 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 1,166,304 $17,191,320
2023-03-31 Morgan Stanley 2% 969,488 $14,290,252
2023-03-31 Northern Trust Corporation 1% 563,683 $8,308,687
2022-12-31 Norges Bank Investment Management 1% 558,529 $8,232,717
2023-03-31 Coatue Management LLC 1% 490,640 $7,232,033
2023-03-31 Goldman Sachs Group Inc 1% 483,483 $7,126,539
2023-03-31 Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. 1% 451,987 $6,662,288
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