MNST Stock Analysis: Monster Beverage | NASDAQ
Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 88.823m USD | 12M Return: 30.3% | US61174X1090 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 421M
EPS Trend: 70.6%
Qual. Beats: 0
Rev. Trend: 93.4%
Qual. Beats: 4
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Seasonality 11.7 years of data
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Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, Alcohol Brands, and Other.
The company offers a broad beverage portfolio including carbonated and non-carbonated energy drinks, ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, juice cocktails, single-serve juices and fruit beverages, ready-to-drink dairy and coffee drinks, sports drinks, single-serve still waters, and sodas. It also offers craft beers, flavored malt beverages, and hard seltzers through its alcohol brands segment.
Key brands include Monster Energy, Monster Energy Ultra, Rehab Monster, Java Monster, Reign Total Body Fuel, Bang Energy, NOS, and Full Throttle in the energy drink category, along with alcohol brands such as Jai Alai IPA, Florida Man IPA, Dales Pale Ale, Wild Basin Hard Seltzers, and Perrin Brewing Company offerings.
The company sells through a distribution model that includes full-service beverage bottlers and distributors, retail grocery and specialty chains, wholesalers, club stores, mass merchandisers, convenience and gas chains, food service customers, value stores, e-commerce retailers, and the military. Monster Beverage was founded in 1985, is headquartered in Corona, California, and was formerly known as Hansen Natural Corporation before adopting its current name in January 2012.
Monster operates in the highly competitive U.S. non-alcoholic beverage industry, with energy drinks representing its largest growth segment and primary revenue driver. The company utilizes a third-party distribution model, selling its concentrate and finished beverages to authorized bottling and canning partners, which allows it to focus on marketing and brand-building while outsourcing production. Its expansion into alcohol brands through craft beer and hard seltzers represents a strategic move to diversify beyond the energy drink category.
- Energy drink share gains versus Red Bull and Celsius
- International segment revenue grows double digits
- Alcohol brands segment weighs on overall margins
| Net Income: 2.13b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.18 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -2.64 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 50.85% < 20% (prev 41.40%; Δ 9.45% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.20 > 3% & CFO 2.24b > Net Income 2.13b |
| Net Debt (-3.39b) to EBITDA (2.90b): -1.17 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.73 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (1.98b) vs 12m ago 0.46% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 55.55% > 18% (prev 55.18%; Δ 0.36% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 91.68% > 50% (prev 87.73%; Δ 3.94% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 1.26k > 6 (EBIT TTM 2.78b / Interest Expense TTM 2.20m) |
| A: 0.41 (Total Current Assets 6.41b - Total Current Liabilities 1.72b) / Total Assets 11.4b |
| B: 0.92 (Retained Earnings 10.5b / Total Assets 11.4b) |
| C: 0.28 (EBIT TTM 2.78b / Avg Total Assets 10.1b) |
| D: 4.64 (Book Value of Equity 9.36b / Total Liabilities 2.02b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 12.44 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.04 (Receivables 1.90b/1.52b, Revenue 9.22b/7.66b) |
| GMI: 0.99 (GM 55.18% / 55.55%) |
| AQI: 0.93 (AQ_t 0.34 / AQ_t-1 0.37) |
| SGI: 1.20 (Revenue 9.22b / 7.66b) |
| TATA: -0.01 (NI 2.13b - CFO 2.24b) / TA 11.4b) |
| Beneish M = -2.90 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of October 18, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 45.73 with a total of 12,343,897 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +4.79%, over one month by +2.74%, over three months by -6.19% and over the past year by +30.25%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 44.10 (which is 3.6% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
Monster Beverage has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.96. Therefore, it is recommended to buy MNST.
- StrongBuy: 11
- Buy: 3
- Hold: 10
- Sell: 1
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 49.9 | 9% |
P/E Trailing = 41.2182
P/E Forward = 33.67
P/S = 9.6349
P/B = 9.1863
P/EG = 2.2582
Revenue TTM = 9.22b USD
EBIT TTM = 2.78b USD
EBITDA TTM = 2.90b USD
Long Term Debt = unknown (none)
Short Term Debt = unknown (none)
Debt = 30.3m USD (Leases only: 30.3m)
Net Debt = -3.39b USD (calculated: Debt 30.3m - CCE 3.42b)
Enterprise Value = 85.4b USD (88.8b + Debt 30.3m - CCE 3.42b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 1.26k (Ebit TTM 2.78b / Interest Expense TTM 2.20m)
EV/FCF = 40.72x (Enterprise Value 85.4b / FCF TTM 2.10b)
FCF Yield = 2.46% (FCF TTM 2.10b / Enterprise Value 85.4b)
FCF Margin = 22.76% (FCF TTM 2.10b / Revenue TTM 9.22b)
Net Margin = 23.08% (Net Income TTM 2.13b / Revenue TTM 9.22b)
Gross Margin = 55.55% ((Revenue TTM 9.22b - Cost of Revenue TTM 4.10b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 55.95% (prev 54.96%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 7.51 (Enterprise Value 85.4b / Total Assets 11.4b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 7.26% (Interest Expense 2.20m / Debt 30.3m)
Taxrate = 23.36% (648.6m / 2.78b)
NOPAT = 2.13b (EBIT 2.78b * (1 - 23.36%))
Current Ratio = 3.73 (Total Current Assets 6.41b / Total Current Liabilities 1.72b)
Debt / Equity = 0.00 (Debt 30.3m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 9.36b)
Debt / EBITDA = -1.17 (Net Debt -3.39b / EBITDA 2.90b)
Debt / FCF = -1.62 (Net Debt -3.39b / FCF TTM 2.10b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 8.52b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 21.16% (Net Income 2.13b / Total Assets 11.4b)
RoE = 24.96% (Net Income TTM 2.13b / Total Stockholder Equity 8.52b)
RoCE = 28.74% (EBIT 2.78b / Capital Employed (Total Assets 11.4b - Current Liab 1.72b))
RoIC = 23.13% (NOPAT 2.13b / Invested Capital 9.20b)
WACC = 6.28% (E(88.8b)/V(88.9b) * Re(6.28%) + D(30.3m)/V(88.9b) * Rd(7.26%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 6.28% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -63.12 | Cagr: -2.70%
[DCF] Terminal Value 77.82% ; FCFF base≈1.99b ; Y1≈2.27b ; Y5≈3.27b
[DCF] Fair Price = 26.88 (EV 49.3b - Net Debt -3.39b = Equity 52.7b / Shares 1.96b; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 14.02% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 70.63 | EPS CAGR: 10.89% | SUE: 0.16 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: 93.39 | Revenue CAGR: 9.30% | SUE: 1.01 | # QB: 4
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.30 | Chg30d=+0.34% | Revisions=-12% | Analysts=10
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=1.15 | Chg30d=+0.03% | Revisions=+58% | GrowthEPS=+18.7% | GrowthRev=+17.3%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=1.31 | Chg30d=-0.15% | Revisions=+36% | GrowthEPS=+13.5% | GrowthRev=+9.6%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +39% (up=18, down=7)