NASDAQ:MNST - Monster Beverage Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Monster Beverage trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MNST."

Monster Beverage's stock split on Thursday, November 10th 2016. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, October 14th 2016. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 9th 2016. An investor that had 100 shares of Monster Beverage stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

Monster Beverage declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which permits the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.47 by $0.02. The company earned $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.03 billion. Monster Beverage had a net margin of 25.27% and a return on equity of 24.39%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.39 earnings per share. View Monster Beverage's Earnings History.

Monster Beverage is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November, 14th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Monster Beverage.

17 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for Monster Beverage's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Monster Beverage's share price to reach $64.1875 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Monster Beverage.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Monster Beverage in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Monster Beverage.

Some companies that are related to Monster Beverage include Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB (FMX), Coca-Cola European Partners (CCE), Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), COCA-COLA HBC A/ADR (CCHGY), National Beverage (FIZZ), Embotelladora Andina SA ADR Series B (AKO.B), Embotelladora Andina SA ADR Series A (AKO.A), Cott (COT), Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated (COKE), Celsius (CELH), Golfgear International (MCHA) and Leading Brands (LBIX).

Headlines about MNST stock have trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Monster Beverage earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View Recent Headlines for Monster Beverage.

Monster Beverage's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (7.15%), BlackRock Inc. (4.24%), Jennison Associates LLC (1.87%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.29%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.05%). Company insiders that own Monster Beverage stock include Emelie Tirre, Harold C Taber Jr, Hilton H Schlosberg, Mark J Hall, Norman Epstein, Rodney C Sacks, Sydney Selati and Thomas J Kelly. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Monster Beverage.

MNST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Jennison Associates LLC, Waddell & Reed Financial Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Wells Fargo & Company MN and First Trust Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Monster Beverage company stock in the last year include Emelie Tirre, Hilton H Schlosberg, Mark J Hall, Norman Epstein, Rodney C Sacks and Thomas J Kelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Monster Beverage.

MNST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Voya Investment Management LLC, Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, Millennium Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., American Century Companies Inc., Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Monster Beverage.

Shares of MNST can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MNST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.39.

Monster Beverage has a market capitalization of $32.89 billion and generates $3.37 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $820.67 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.46 on an earnings per share basis. Monster Beverage employs 2,114 workers across the globe.

Monster Beverage's mailing address is 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA, 92879. The company can be reached via phone at 909-739-6200 or via email at [email protected]