Unleashing the Meme Stock Frenzy: Beyond Meat Soars Amid Short Squeeze Saga

Beyond Meat has exploded onto the meme stock radar as its shares soared over 600% in the last week despite weak business fundamentals and a sector-wide slump in plant-based products. The surge was largely fueled by social media, with a Dubai-based trader known as “Capybara Stocks” galvanizing retail traders around the idea of a classic short squeeze. With about 63% of Beyond Meat’s tradable shares sold short, the setup was perfect for a rollercoaster rally, catching short sellers and forcing dramatic buybacks. As a result, Beyond Meat’s market cap ballooned to $1.4 billion—an odd turn for a company teetering on the brink of bankruptcy just days ago. If the momentum holds, Beyond Meat may use the bump to raise cash and keep itself afloat, planning a special shareholder meeting to authorize more share issuance.

GameStop and AMC Entertainment, the original meme stock icons, remain embedded in retail trading culture, though both have lost more than 75% from their euphoric 2021 highs. Still, both attract substantial attention on Reddit and other platforms, where traders swap stories, memes, and analysis. GameStop, once again, saw a bump in mentions, though price activity has been muted compared to Beyond Meat’s fireworks. AMC too remains a hot topic, with the company having a history of capitalizing on meme rallies to dilute shares and pay down debt, a move closely watched by both institutional and retail investors.

Opendoor stands out for its stunning volatility this month, having surged over 500% at times before settling at roughly 200% above its previous value. Social media forums remain captivated by its rapid price swings, as speculative traders continue to hunt the next breakout name. Other trending meme stocks include Palantir, SoFi, Coinbase, BlackBerry, Tesla, and Carvana, all regularly among the most-discussed tickers with substantial trading volume driven by retail flows. Palantir in particular leads recent annual returns with over 400%, showing that some meme stocks benefit from both hype and fundamental momentum.

Social media—especially Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets—remains the engine for meme stock movements. Today, top meme stocks appeared in over 4,000 new Reddit posts, drawing around 38,000 upvotes, though overall activity showed a slight downtrend compared to previous frenzied periods. While much of the chatter takes place on Reddit, newer platforms like Telegram and X (formerly Twitter) are feeding viral trends and magnifying market volatility.

Regulators continue to monitor these viral stock moves but have not intervened directly in this latest round of speculation. The unpredictability and sharp price swings, built on collective sentiment and the lure of fast profits, have made meme stocks a persistent force—one that challenges traditional investing norms and forces Wall Street to keep an eye on the crowd.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Beyond Meat has exploded onto the memestock radar as its
share swored over six hundred percent in the last week,
despite weak business fundamentals and a sector wide slump in
plant based products. The surge was largely fueled by social media,
with a Dubai based trader known as Capabara Stocks galvanizing
retail traders around the idea of a classic short squeeze.

(00:23):
With about sixty three percent of Beyond Meats tradable shares
sold short, the setup was perfect for a roller coaster rally,
catching short sellers and forcing dramatic buybacks. As a result,
Beyond Meat's market cap ballooned to one point four billion dollar,
an odd turn for a company teetering on the brink
of bankruptcy just days ago. If the momentum holds, Beyond

(00:44):
Meat may use the bump to raise cash and keep
itself afloat, planning a special shareholder meeting to authorize more
share issuance. Game Stop and AMC Entertainment, the original meme
stock icons remain embedded in retail trading culture, though both
have lost lost more than seventy five percent from their
euphoric twenty twenty one highs still both attract substantial attention

(01:06):
on Reddit and other platforms where traders swap stories, memes
and analysis. Game Stop once again saw bumpin mentions, though
price activity has been muted compared to Beyond Meats Fireworks.
AMC two remains a hot topic, with the company having
a history of capitalizing on meme rallies to dilute shares
and pay down debt, a move closely watched by both

(01:28):
institutional and retail investors. Open Door stands out for its
stunning volatility this month, having surged over five hundred percent
at times before settling at roughly two hundred percent above
its previous value. Social media forums remain captivated by its
rapid price swings as speculative traders continue to hunt the

(01:49):
next breakout name. Other trending memestocks include Palanteer, Sofi, Coinbase, BlackBerry, Tesla,
and Carvana, all regularly among the most discussed tickers, with
substantial trees trading volume driven by retail flows. Pallenteer in
particular leads recent annual returns with over four hundred percent,
showing that some memestocks benefit from both hype and fundamental

(02:10):
momentum social media, especially Reddit's rsh Wall Street Bets remains
the engine for memestock movements. Today, top memestocks appeared in
over four thousand new Reddit posts, drawing around thirty eight
thousand up votes, though overall activity showed a slight down
trend compared to previous frenzied periods. While much of the

(02:32):
chatter takes place on Reddit, newer platforms like Telegram and
x formerly Twitter are feeding viral trends and magnifying market volatility.
Regulators continue to monitor these viral stock moves, but have
not intervened directly in this latest round of speculation. The
unpredictability and sharp price wings built on collective sentiment and

(02:54):
the lure of fast profits have made meme stocks a
persistent force, one that challenge ranges traditional investing norms and
forces Wall Street to keep an eye on the crowd.
Thanks for listening to the meme Stock Tracker podcast, and
don't forget to subscribe for the latest updates on the
wildest corners of the market.