Monster Beverage Corp MNST
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Monster Beverage Corp is a large-cap company in the Consumer Defensive sector (Beverages - Non-Alcoholic), with a market value of $84.1B, based in the USA.
It employs about 5,773 people and has been listed since Aug 18, 1995.
Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in 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. It offers carbonated 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, energy drinks, sports drinks and single-serve still waters, and sodas that are considered natural, sparkling juices, and flavored sparkling beverages.
Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 39.8 versus 25.7 for 3 direct peers — relatively expensive.
Revenue is growing 20% a year — the market is paying ahead for that growth. If it slows, the high multiple becomes the risk.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 33.7 — they expect higher earnings.
The average analyst price target is 50.24, 17% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 58% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 23 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (14 vs 1).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 20% a year.
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.4% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLP -1.9%).
This week's news
- Can Keurig Dr Pepper's Innovation Pipeline Reignite Coffee Growth? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Market Chatter: PepsiCo, Monster Beverage Sue India Food Regulator Over Energy Drink Tag Ban finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Can Innovation Help PepsiCo Outpace Industry Headwinds? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-30
- KO vs. MNST: Which Beverage Stock Has the Stronger Growth Story? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-29
- 1 Profitable Stock to Own for Decades and 2 We Brush Off finance.yahoo.com · 2026-09-28
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.