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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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Celsius$1.36B9.71$145.07M$0.37137.86
Monster Beverage$7.49B8.40$1.51B$1.6140.05

Celsius has a beta of 1.34, suggesting that its stock price is 34% 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 target price of $61.95, suggesting a potential upside of 21.45%. Monster Beverage has a consensus target price of $65.19, suggesting a potential upside of 1.10%. Given Celsius' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Celsius is more favorable than Monster Beverage.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Celsius
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Monster Beverage
2 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Celsius7.91% 36.88% 10.24%
Monster Beverage 20.54%27.46%21.35%

61.0% of Celsius shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Celsius shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.8% of Monster Beverage shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Monster Beverage had 12 more articles in the media than Celsius. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Monster Beverage and 15 mentions for Celsius. Monster Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat Celsius' score of 1.07 indicating that Monster Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Celsius
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Monster Beverage
22 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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MNST vs. The Competition

MetricMonster BeverageBEVERAGES IndustryStaples SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$62.47B$42.54B$15.80B$10.51B
Dividend YieldN/A2.81%3.15%4.57%
P/E Ratio40.0518.1717.7226.62
Price / Sales8.402.3948.17112.55
Price / Cash36.1322.3114.7261.85
Price / Book10.5211.637.426.45
Net Income$1.51B$1.40B$674.86M$271.57M
7 Day Performance-3.07%0.06%1.04%2.61%
1 Month Performance2.61%-4.05%1.65%7.28%
1 Year Performance22.94%11.45%-2.57%29.60%

Monster Beverage Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MNST
Monster Beverage
3.4092 of 5 stars
$64.48
+0.8%
$65.19
+1.1%
+23.2%$62.47B$7.49B40.056,558Positive News
CELH
Celsius
4.2764 of 5 stars
$56.07
-3.0%
$61.95
+10.5%
+55.5%$14.46B$1.67B151.541,073Positive News
KDP
Keurig Dr Pepper
4.7783 of 5 stars
$26.75
-1.8%
$38.38
+43.5%
-30.3%$36.34B$15.35B23.8829,400Positive News
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High Trading Volume
PEP
PepsiCo
4.5379 of 5 stars
$140.64
-2.0%
$158.67
+12.8%
-17.6%$192.55B$91.85B25.62319,000Trending News
COKE
Coca-Cola Consolidated
1.6983 of 5 stars
$121.77
-0.2%
N/A-12.7%$10.58B$6.95B18.1717,000Positive News
FIZZ
National Beverage
1.2496 of 5 stars
$38.62
-1.4%
$39.00
+1.0%
-19.5%$3.62B$1.20B19.411,681High Trading Volume
KO
CocaCola
4.7494 of 5 stars
$66.22
-1.2%
$76.93
+16.2%
-7.0%$284.99B$47.06B23.4869,700Positive News
KOF
Coca Cola Femsa
4.5077 of 5 stars
$87.23
+1.7%
$105.50
+20.9%
-4.8%$146.61B$288.81B15.28116,719Positive News
CCEP
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
2.1719 of 5 stars
$88.70
-1.1%
$92.40
+4.2%
+10.9%$40.89B$22.12B18.2541,800Positive News
FMX
Fomento Economico Mexicano
2.1127 of 5 stars
$94.34
+2.2%
$101.63
+7.7%
-2.1%$33.75B$42.88B32.09388,999
PRMB
Primo Brands
4.2149 of 5 stars
$22.47
-6.5%
$36.18
+61.0%
N/A$8.39B$5.15B-204.3013,700Positive News

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