secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BEYOND MEAT, INC. (BYND)
CIK:        0001655210
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001655210-23-000251
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 2.05, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Beyond Meat prelim Q3 revenue ~$75M, cuts FY2023 outlook, reduces workforce 19%
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- Preliminary Q3 net revenues ~$75M; gross profit loss ~$7-8M; free cash flow +$7.6M but not sustainable in Q4.
- FY2023 net revenue guidance cut to $330-340M (down ~19-21% YoY); gross profit expected ~breakeven; capex $10-15M.
- Reduction of ~65 non-production employees (19%; 8% total); $2.0-2.5M Q4 charges; expects $9.5-10.5M cash and $1-2M non-cash savings in 2024.
- Initiating global operations review; potential exit of select product lines, pricing changes, inventory reduction, China restructuring.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521023000251/0001655210-23-000251-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521023000251/bynd-20231101.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001655210-23-000251

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