> If they could magically ... it would take 20+ years ... It's worse than that - 10% profit on $300M sales is only $30M/year. Vs. "risk-free" US Treasury bond

> If they could magically ... it would take 20+ years ... It's worse than that - 10% profit on $300M sales is only $30M/year. Vs. "risk-free" US Treasury bonds currently yield 4% to 5% - so parking $1B there would earn you $40M to $50M per year. Nobody's insane enough to loan money to Beyond Meat at US Treasury rates. And even if someone was - Beyond would still fall deeper into debt every year, because they couldn't even keep up with the interest.