MNST vs. CELH, KDP, PEP, COKE, FIZZ, KO, KOF, CCEP, FMX, and PRMB
Should you be buying Monster Beverage stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Monster Beverage include Celsius (CELH), Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), PepsiCo (PEP), Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE), National Beverage (FIZZ), CocaCola (KO), Coca Cola Femsa (KOF), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), Fomento Economico Mexicano (FMX), and Primo Brands (PRMB). These companies are all part of the "consumer staples" sector.
Monster Beverage vs. Its Competitors
Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH) and Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and profitability.
Monster Beverage has a net margin of 20.54% compared to Celsius' net margin of 7.91%. Celsius' return on equity of 36.88% beat Monster Beverage's return on equity.
Monster Beverage has higher revenue and earnings than Celsius. Monster Beverage is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Celsius, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Celsius has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Celsius currently has a consensus price target of $63.15, suggesting a potential upside of 1.73%. Monster Beverage has a consensus price target of $66.05, suggesting a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Celsius' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Monster Beverage.
In the previous week, Monster Beverage had 10 more articles in the media than Celsius. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Monster Beverage and 33 mentions for Celsius. Monster Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Celsius' score of 0.87 indicating that Monster Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
61.0% of Celsius shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Celsius shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Monster Beverage shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Monster Beverage beats Celsius on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:MNST) was last updated on 10/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
