Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and distributes energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and Other. The company offers ready-to-drink packaged energy drinks, carbonated energy drinks, non-carbonated dairy based coffee and energy drinks, non-carbonated energy shakes, and non-carbonated energy drinks primarily to bottlers and full service beverage distributors, as well as sells directly to retail grocery and specialty chains, wholesalers, club stores, drug stores, mass merchandisers, convenience chains, food service customers, and the military; and concentrates and/or beverage bases to authorized bottling and canning operations.
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Industry, Sector and Symbol
Industry Bottled & canned soft drinks
Sub-IndustrySoft Drinks
SectorConsumer Staples
Phone909-739-6200
Debt
Price-To-Earnings
Sales & Book Value
Annual Sales$3.81 billion
Profitability
Miscellaneous
Employees3,142
Next Earnings Date11/6/2019 (Estimated)
OptionableOptionable
Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Monster Beverage's stock symbol?
Monster Beverage trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MNST."
When did Monster Beverage's stock split? How did Monster Beverage's stock split work?
Monster Beverage's stock split on the morning of Thursday, November 10th 2016. The 3-1 split was announced on Friday, October 14th 2016. The newly created 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.
How will Monster Beverage's stock buyback program work?
Monster Beverage declared that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase 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 reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.
How were Monster Beverage's earnings last quarter?
Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August, 7th. The company reported $0.53 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.56 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $1.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.13 billion. Monster Beverage had a return on equity of 28.10% and a net margin of 26.58%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 8.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.48 EPS. View Monster Beverage's Earnings History.
When is Monster Beverage's next earnings date?
What price target have analysts set for MNST?
12 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Monster Beverage's stock. Their predictions range from $52.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Monster Beverage's stock price to reach $64.9167 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Monster Beverage.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Monster Beverage?
12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Monster Beverage in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Monster Beverage.
What are Wall Street analysts saying about Monster Beverage stock?
Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about Monster Beverage stock:
- 1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "Monster Beverage has outpaced the industry in the past year as its energy drinks business continues to witness solid momentum, backed by brand strength and product launches. Further, the company is seeing robust growth in international markets and remains on track to launch products in 2019. Globally, Monster Beverage is optimistic about the alignment with Coca-Cola’s bottlers, which expanded its distribution network. These efforts led to a robust surprise trend for the company, which continued in first-quarter 2019. This marked the fourth straight positive earnings surprise, with the third consecutive sales beat. However, higher input costs and negative geographic mix, along with higher operating expenses, continued to remain headwinds. Additionally, unfavorable foreign currency translation marred the top line." (5/7/2019)
- 2. Jefferies Financial Group Inc analysts commented, "We came away positive from MNST’s NYC Analyst Day as commentary centered on: (i) high expectations for Reign launch (March) in performance segment in response to Bang, (ii) update on." (1/18/2019)
Has Monster Beverage been receiving favorable news coverage?
Headlines about MNST stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Monster Beverage earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Monster Beverage.
Are investors shorting Monster Beverage?
Monster Beverage saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,033,700 shares, an increase of 6.8% from the July 31st total of 11,269,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,910,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 3.1% of the company's shares are short sold. View Monster Beverage's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Monster Beverage's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Monster Beverage include Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB (FMX), Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), Coca-Cola FEMSA (KOF), COCA-COLA HBC A/ADR (CCHGY), Embotelladora Andina SA ADR Series B (AKO.B), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), BRITVIC PLC/S (BTVCY), Embotelladora Andina SA ADR Series A (AKO.A), National Beverage (FIZZ), Cott (COT), Celsius (CELH), Reeds (REED) and Golfgear International (MCHA).
What other stocks do shareholders of Monster Beverage own?
Who are Monster Beverage's key executives?
Monster Beverage's management team includes the folowing people:
- Mr. Rodney Cyril Sacks, Chairman & CEO (Age 69)
- Mr. Hilton H. Schlosberg, Vice Chairman, Pres, COO, CFO & Sec. (Age 66)
- Mr. Thomas J. Kelly, Exec. VP of Fin., Controller & Sec. (Age 65)
- Mr. Guy Carling, Pres of EMEA (Age 42)
- Ms. Emelie Tirre, Pres of the Americas (Age 49)
Who are Monster Beverage's major shareholders?
Monster Beverage's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (5.72%), BlackRock Inc. (4.49%), BlackRock Inc. (4.48%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.67%), Viking Global Investors LP (1.63%) and Renaissance Technologies LLC (1.59%). Company insiders that own Monster Beverage stock include Emelie Tirre, Guy Carling, Harold C Taber Jr, Hilton H Schlosberg, Mark J Hall, Norman Epstein, Rodney C Sacks and Thomas J Kelly. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Monster Beverage.
Which major investors are selling Monster Beverage stock?
MNST stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., USS Investment Management Ltd, Banco Santander S.A., Morgan Stanley, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL, Vanguard Group Inc. and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have sold Monster Beverage company stock in the last year include Emelie Tirre, Guy Carling, Harold C Taber Jr, Mark J Hall and Thomas J Kelly. View Insider Buying and Selling for Monster Beverage.
Which major investors are buying Monster Beverage stock?
MNST stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Viking Global Investors LP, Renaissance Technologies LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC, Natixis, Natixis and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Monster Beverage.
How do I buy shares of 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Monster Beverage's stock price today?
One share of MNST stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.86.
How big of a company is Monster Beverage?
Monster Beverage has a market capitalization of $32.07 billion and generates $3.81 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $993 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.79 on an earnings per share basis. Monster Beverage employs 3,142 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Monster Beverage.
What is Monster Beverage's official website?
How can I contact Monster Beverage?
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]
MarketBeat Community Rating for Monster Beverage (NASDAQ MNST)
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