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Makrotrend eller grön fluga? - En jämförande dcf-analys mellan Tyson Foods och Beyond Meat

Wejdelind, Philip LU and Berglund, Linus LU (2023) NEKH02 20222
Department of Economics
Abstract
Today, climate change is one of the largest concerns about the future, which leads to investments in green companies becoming more relevant. This contributes to companies using greenwashing to attract investors. Beyond Meat is a company that produces meat substitutes and claims that their products have a lower carbon footprint than traditional meat.

This paper compares the projected cashflow valuation with the stock price for Beyond Meat and Tyson Foods, a traditional meat producer in the United States. With the valuation as a foundation, it investigates whether the companies are over- or undervalued. Furthermore, the paper discusses if greenwashing is a major cause of valuation discrepancies.

The findings of this essay indicates... (More)
Today, climate change is one of the largest concerns about the future, which leads to investments in green companies becoming more relevant. This contributes to companies using greenwashing to attract investors. Beyond Meat is a company that produces meat substitutes and claims that their products have a lower carbon footprint than traditional meat.

This paper compares the projected cashflow valuation with the stock price for Beyond Meat and Tyson Foods, a traditional meat producer in the United States. With the valuation as a foundation, it investigates whether the companies are over- or undervalued. Furthermore, the paper discusses if greenwashing is a major cause of valuation discrepancies.

The findings of this essay indicates that Beyond Meats marketing can be classified as greenwashing, based on definitions of earlier academic papers regarding this topic. The cashflow valuation indicates that the market overvalues Beyond Meats stock. In comparison Tyson Foods stock appears to be undervalued. (Less)
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author
Wejdelind, Philip LU and Berglund, Linus LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Macro trend or a green overestimation? - A comparative dcf analysis between Tyson Foods and Beyond Meat
course
NEKH02 20222
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Greenwashing, Intrinsisk Värdering, Tillväxtbolag, Diskonterat kassaflöde, Beyond Meat, Tyson Foods
language
Swedish
id
9107827
date added to LUP
2023-06-07 10:45:56
date last changed
2023-06-07 10:45:56
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  abstract     = {{Today, climate change is one of the largest concerns about the future, which leads to investments in green companies becoming more relevant. This contributes to companies using greenwashing to attract investors. Beyond Meat is a company that produces meat substitutes and claims that their products have a lower carbon footprint than traditional meat. 

This paper compares the projected cashflow valuation with the stock price for Beyond Meat and Tyson Foods, a traditional meat producer in the United States. With the valuation as a foundation, it investigates whether the companies are over- or undervalued. Furthermore, the paper discusses if greenwashing is a major cause of valuation discrepancies.

The findings of this essay indicates that Beyond Meats marketing can be classified as greenwashing, based on definitions of earlier academic papers regarding this topic. The cashflow valuation indicates that the market overvalues Beyond Meats stock. In comparison Tyson Foods stock appears to be undervalued.}},
  author       = {{Wejdelind, Philip and Berglund, Linus}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Makrotrend eller grön fluga? - En jämförande dcf-analys mellan Tyson Foods och Beyond Meat}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}