Meet the Roaring Kitty of Beyond Meat: ’I Would Feel Guilty Selling’

Dimitri Semenikhin, known online as Capybara Stocks, has become the unlikely face of the Beyond Meat meme stock movement. The 28-year-old Russian expat in Dubai began posting his trades on Reddit as a personal exercise—a way to pressure-test his investment theses. His $3 million bet on BYND catapulted him into the spotlight, drawing comparisons to Keith Gill's role in the GameStop saga.

Semenikhin rejects the Roaring Kitty parallels, calling them exaggerated. Yet the market's response speaks volumes: retail investors are once again rallying behind an individual trader's conviction. Beyond Meat's recent volatility mirrors the 2021 meme stock frenzy, though Semenikhin insists his approach is fundamentally different.

The phenomenon underscores retail investors' growing influence in equity markets—a trend that began with crypto communities and now permeates traditional finance. As with crypto pumps, social media narratives are proving capable of moving established stocks.