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

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

Shares of Monster Beverage split before market open on Thursday, November 10th 2016. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, October 14th 2016. The newly minted shares were payable 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 has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 1.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 8th. The company reported $0.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate 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 firm's revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $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.

16 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Monster Beverage's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect Monster Beverage's share price to reach $63.6667 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Monster Beverage.

16 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 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Monster Beverage.

Monster Beverage saw a decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 6,999,287 shares, a decrease of 16.4% from the July 13th total of 8,370,412 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,142,640 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Monster Beverage's Current Options Chain.

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).

Media stories about MNST stock have been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. Accern identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Monster Beverage earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company an impact score of 46.12 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View Recent Headlines for Monster Beverage.

Monster Beverage's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.02%), 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 Voya Investment Management LLC (0.99%). Company insiders that own Monster Beverage stock include 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 Hilton H Schlosberg, Mark J Hall, Norman Epstein, Rodney C Sacks, Sydney Selati and Thomas J Kelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Monster Beverage.

MNST stock was acquired 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 $62.17.

Monster Beverage has a market capitalization of $33.54 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]