You'll be surprised at how this stock has performed over the past year.Let's play a what-if game. Let's imagine that you spent $1,000 on shares of alternative protein company Beyond Meat (BYND 2.36%) a year ago. What would your stake (not steak!) be worth today?Check it out:Time periodAverage annual returnPast 1 year(77.46%)Past 3 years(62.12%)Past 5 years(63.47%) Those parentheses mean those are negative returns. Losses. Your $1,000 would have lost 77.5% of its value in a single year, becoming about $225. ...