The Alternative Way to Play Plant-Based Meat

Posted On June 19, 2019 2:00 pm
By: Steve Smith

While companies like Beyond Meat (BYND) and Impossible Burger are grabbing all the headlines, and investor dollars, there is a better way to play the alternative meat trend.

Beyond Meat shares have soared some 600% since it’s May IPO and now sports a near-$12 billion market capitalization. The company hasn’t yet made a nickel, and trades at a staggering 75 times sales. At that valuation, and with larger food producers such as Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN) moving into the space, it looks very much like a bubble and isn’t a stock I would touch.

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Steve Smith

Steve Smith have been involved in all facets of the investment industry in a variety of roles ranging from speculator, educator, manager and advisor. This has taken him from the trading floors of Chicago to hedge funds on Wall Street to the world online. From 1987 to 1996, he served as a market maker at the Chicago Board of Options Exchange (CBOE) and Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). From 1997 to 2007, he was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for TheStreet.com, handling their Option Alert and Short Report newsletters. The Option Alert was awarded the MIN “best business newsletter” in 2006. From 2009 to 2013, Smith was a Senior Columnist and Managing Editor for Minyanville’s OptionSmith newsletter, as well as a Risk Manager Consultant for New Vernon Capital LLC. Smith acted as an advisor to build models and option strategies to reduce portfolio exposure and enhance returns for the four main funds. Since 2015, he has worked for Adam Mesh Trading Group. There, he has managed Options360 and Earning 360, been co-leader of Option Academy, and contributed to The Option Specialist website.