Beyond Meat Posts Best Day Ever, Up 147%: Return of the Meme?

🔥 A Sizzling Comeback or Just Froth?

Beyond Meat BYND, once the darling of the plant-based revolution and later the focus of every “overcooked IPO” joke, just got on everyone’s radar: a 147% single-day surge, its best performance ever.

For a company that was trading at just 65 cents last week — and a 50-cent all-time low — Tuesday’s rally was a surprise to many, especially those that were short the shares.

The stock is now sizzling around $3.60, and retail traders everywhere are asking the same question: Is the meme trade back on the menu?

📈 The Rally Nobody Ordered

This all started when Roundhill Investments — the folks who run the Roundhill Meme ETF MEME — decided to toss Beyond Meat into their thematic mix. Within hours, a retail stampede was underway. Monday saw a 127% jump, and Tuesday piled on another 146%.

Over the past three trading days, the stock is up a whopping 600%. It’s not about earnings reports or something that popped out of the economic calendar.

It’s about a short squeeze. With more than 63% of Beyond’s float sold short, bearish investors were caught in a panicked scramble to buy back shares before the fire spread.

In meme stock lingo, this was déjà vu — the same cocktail of FOMO, leverage, and chaos that made GameStop GME and AMC AMC household names.

What’s more, a Walmart deal announced on Monday expanded Beyond Meat’s distribution across US stores.

🔍 The Irony of the “Beyond” Narrative

The irony here is almost poetic. Beyond Meat went public in 2019 as a symbol of disruption — the future of food, sustainability, and innovation. It hit $230 per share, a valuation that made traditional meat producers look like legacy players.

Then came reality. Demand cooled, competition heated up, and costs chewed through margins. By 2024, the stock was less “Beyond” and more behind. Losses piled up for five straight years.

Now, it’s back in the spotlight, not for reinventing dinner, but for rekindling nostalgia — the 2021 meme stock era, where logic left the room and retail traders partied all day and night.

🚨 Caution: Hot Grease Ahead

The stock was up another 50% in pre-market deals Wednesday, but before you mortgage your house to “ape in,” keep in mind this could end badly, fast.

The fundamentals haven’t changed. Beyond still faces declining revenue, debt issues, and a shrinking market for plant-based meat substitutes.

If you’re trading this, understand you’re surfing a wave built on emotion and short covering — not sustainable growth. When the wave breaks, it’ll break fast.

🪙 The Meme Lives On (But So Does Gravity)

So, is this the second coming of the meme stock era? Maybe. Or maybe it’s just a nostalgic encore — the kind where everyone sings along even though they know how it ends.

Off to you: What do you think? Are we back in the meme stock craze or is this about to fizzle out as quickly as it popped up? Share your thoughts in the comments!