You'll be surprised at how this stock has performed over the past year. Let's imagine that you spent $1,000 on shares of alternative protein company Beyond Meat (BYND 2.36%) a year ago. Check it out:Time period Average annual return Past 1 year (77.46%) Past 3 years (62.12%) Past 5 years (63.47%)Those parentheses mean those are negative returns. Given all that, should you consider investing in Beyond Meat, now that its stock price is so much lower than it used to be? It's not generating much money, it's carrying a lot of debt, and it's spending a lot of money.