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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001655210-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BYND"
cik: "0001655210"
company_name: "BEYOND MEAT, INC."
filed_at: "2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:01:36.957683+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Beyond Meat delays Q4 2025 earnings to Mar 31; cites material weakness in inventory controls

## Summary
- Delays Q4/full-year 2025 earnings release to March 31, 2026; conference call at 5pm ET that day.
- New material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to inventory provision and excess/obsolete inventory accounting.
- Errors found in 2025 quarterly results: understated COGS and SG&A, overstated Q3 impairment loss; deemed immaterial, corrected prospectively.
- Company requires extra time to complete analysis; expects to file 10-K on March 31, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001655210-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BYND
- cik: 0001655210
- company_name: BEYOND MEAT, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000014/0001655210-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1655210/000165521026000014/bynd-20260325.htm

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