Beyond Meat’s Stock Looks Actually Meaty as Retail Traders Pounce
With a tiny float, heavy short interest, and a Reddit rally cry, the plant-based pioneer is sizzling on pure market mischief.
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Retail traders are once again playing with some meat. Beyond Meat, the onetime plant-based prodigy turned penny-stock punchline, has become this week’s meme-market entrée. After collapsing below $1, the stock has now surged more than 200% in five days, tacking on another 56% Tuesday morning. Trading volumes have exploded to more than 30 times their 30-day average, a clear sign the retail crowd is back in force.
The spark appears to have been a Reddit thread titled “MAKE $BYND GREAT AGAIN,” which tagged the stock’s high short interest and small float like a neon “SQUEEZE ME” sign. With roughly 63% of its 63 million-share float sold short, Beyond is tailor-made for volatility. When there aren’t many shares available to trade, it doesn’t take much to turn a bounce into a bonfire.
Fundamentally, the story hasn’t changed. Beyond is still dealing with sagging demand for its pricey faux meat, and its October debt-swap deal opened the door for as many as 326 million new shares… a dilution that torched the stock earlier this month. But that same setup now makes it the perfect playground for traders who have learned how to weaponize scarcity.
The strategy is working. Just two weeks ago, small-cap biopharma Galecto soared nearly 400% after Reddit sleuths spotted its sky-high short interest and wafer-thin float. Beyond is simply the next test case.
So while the pros debate rate paths and recession odds, retail traders are busy cooking up a squeeze. It’s not about EBITDA so much as adrenaline, short trolling, and simple math. Who’s next?
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