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

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

Monster Beverage shares 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 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 authorized a share 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 stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $988.73 million. Monster Beverage had a net margin of 25.86% and a return on equity of 25.47%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.40 earnings per share. View Monster Beverage's Earnings History.

Monster Beverage is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 27th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Monster Beverage.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Monster Beverage's shares. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Monster Beverage's share price to reach $63.3333 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.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Monster Beverage in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 4 hold ratings, 10 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Monster Beverage.

Press coverage about MNST stock has been trending neutral recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Monster Beverage earned a news sentiment score of 0.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Some companies that are related to Monster Beverage include Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB (FMX), Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), 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), BRITVIC PLC/S (BTVCY), Cott (COT), Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated (COKE), Celsius (CELH), Golfgear International (MCHA) and Leading Brands (LBIX).

Monster Beverage's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (7.07%), Vanguard Group Inc. (5.58%), BlackRock Inc. (4.36%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (4.34%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.24%) and TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.30%). 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 Jennison Associates LLC, TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Franklin Resources Inc., AXA, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, Wells Fargo & Company MN, FMR LLC and Janus Henderson Group PLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alliancebernstein L.P., Glenmede Trust Co. NA, Capital World Investors, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., WINTON GROUP Ltd, Loomis Sayles & Co. L P and Morgan Stanley. 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 $57.44.

Monster Beverage has a market capitalization of $31.84 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.

The official website for Monster Beverage is http://www.monsterbevcorp.com.

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]