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 created shares were distributed 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 announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, August 8th 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 1.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ:MNST) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 7th. The company reported $0.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.04. The firm earned $1.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $988.73 million. Monster Beverage had a return on equity of 25.47% and a net margin of 25.86%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.40 EPS. 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 1 year price objectives for Monster Beverage's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $77.00. On average, they anticipate Monster Beverage's stock price to reach $63.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% 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, 5 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.

News stories about MNST stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Monster Beverage earned a coverage optimism score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

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), Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) and Leading Brands (LBIX).

Monster Beverage's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (7.07%), BlackRock Inc. (4.36%), Loomis Sayles & Co. L P (4.34%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.24%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (1.30%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.00%). 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 Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd.. 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 $55.77.

Monster Beverage has a market capitalization of $30.13 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]