Beyond Meat’s (BYND) public float has increased to 65% of shares outstanding after the lock-up expiry versus 15% at the initial public offering, which makes the shares more investable now, Bernstein analyst Alexia Howard tells investors in a research note. The stock’s risk/reward is skewed towards the upside, especially if plant-based meat becomes more price competitive versus regular meat as African Swine Fever in China drives global protein prices up, contends Howard. She believes a key question is whether McDonald’s (MCD) will partner with Beyond Meat in the U.S., and that such an event could add $168M, or 60%, to Beyond Meat’s fiscal 2019 sales guidance of $265M-$275M. The analyst thinks the fair multiple for Beyond Meat is 8 to 10 times sales. This implies a fair value of $84 to $104 per share in her base case and $105 to $130 per share assuming the McDonald’s partnership materializes. Howard keeps an Outperform rating on Beyond Meat with a $106 price target. The stock closed Tuesday up $9.30, or 12%, to $83.89.