Beyond Meat reported a difficult QQ1 2025, with revenue of $68.73 million, down 26.24% YoY and 10.34% QoQ. The quarter produced a negative gross profit of $1.07 million and an operating loss of $56.20 million, culminating in a net loss of $52.92 million and an EPS of -$0.69. The results reflect intense margin compression and a cash burn profile that continues to challenge the company’s profitability trajectory.
From a liquidity and balance sheet perspective, the company carries substantial leverage: total debt stands at approximately $1.22 billion with negative shareholders’ equity of about $649.5 million, yet the company maintains solid near-term liquidity metrics (current ratio ~3.39, quick ratio ~2.07, cash and equivalents ~$102.1 million; period-end cash ~$115.8 million). Free cash flow for the quarter was negative at ~$30.63 million, and operating cash flow was also negative at ~$26.15 million, underscoring continued cash burn as the business recalibrates.
Looking ahead, investors should monitor top-line stabilization and gross margin recovery, ongoing SG&A discipline, and the company’s ability to manage working capital and debt maturities. In the near term, the margin and cash-flow trajectory will be the critical drivers of equity risk and potential re-rating, given the negative book value signals implied by the current capital structure.