MNST vs. FMX, CCEP, SBUX, CELH, EL, KDP, STZ, KMB, HSY, and BTI
Should you be buying Monster Beverage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monster Beverage include Fomento Económico Mexicano (FMX), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Starbucks (SBUX), Celsius (CELH), Estée Lauder Companies (EL), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Constellation Brands (STZ), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Hershey (HSY), and British American Tobacco (BTI).
Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) and Fomento Económico Mexicano (NYSE:FMX) are both consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
In the previous week, Monster Beverage had 10 more articles in the media than Fomento Económico Mexicano. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Monster Beverage and 0 mentions for Fomento Económico Mexicano. Monster Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's score of 0.00 indicating that Monster Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fomento Económico Mexicano has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Fomento Económico Mexicano has higher revenue and earnings than Monster Beverage. Fomento Económico Mexicano is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monster Beverage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Monster Beverage shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.7% of Fomento Económico Mexicano shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Monster Beverage has a net margin of 22.83% compared to Fomento Económico Mexicano's net margin of 2.91%. Monster Beverage's return on equity of 20.74% beat Fomento Económico Mexicano's return on equity.
Monster Beverage currently has a consensus target price of $61.32, suggesting a potential upside of 16.35%. Fomento Económico Mexicano has a consensus target price of $135.75, suggesting a potential upside of 16.27%. Given Monster Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Monster Beverage is more favorable than Fomento Económico Mexicano.
Monster Beverage received 617 more outperform votes than Fomento Económico Mexicano when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.06% of users gave Monster Beverage an outperform vote while only 65.77% of users gave Fomento Económico Mexicano an outperform vote.
Summary
Monster Beverage beats Fomento Económico Mexicano on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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