Monster Beverage (MNST) Competitors

PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP) and Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PEP or MNST?

PepsiCo received 153 more outperform votes than Monster Beverage when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 71.05% of users gave Monster Beverage an outperform vote while only 67.15% of users gave PepsiCo an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PepsiCo	Outperform Votes 1120 67.15%	Underperform Votes 548 32.85%
Monster Beverage	Outperform Votes 967 71.05%	Underperform Votes 394 28.95%

Is PEP or MNST more profitable?

Monster Beverage has a net margin of 21.66% compared to PepsiCo's net margin of 10.43%. PepsiCo's return on equity of 58.87% beat Monster Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PepsiCo	10.43%	58.87%	11.28%
Monster Beverage	21.66%	23.31%	18.48%

Which has more risk and volatility, PEP or MNST?

PepsiCo has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PEP or MNST?

PepsiCo currently has a consensus target price of $160.69, suggesting a potential upside of 21.89%. Monster Beverage has a consensus target price of $60.81, suggesting a potential downside of 3.54%. Given PepsiCo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PepsiCo is more favorable than Monster Beverage.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PepsiCo	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.16
Monster Beverage	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the media prefer PEP or MNST?

In the previous week, PepsiCo had 64 more articles in the media than Monster Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 82 mentions for PepsiCo and 18 mentions for Monster Beverage. Monster Beverage's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat PepsiCo's score of 1.17 indicating that Monster Beverage is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PepsiCo	60 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Monster Beverage	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals believe in PEP or MNST?

73.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of PepsiCo shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.3% of Monster Beverage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, PEP or MNST?

PepsiCo has higher revenue and earnings than Monster Beverage. PepsiCo is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monster Beverage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PepsiCo	$91.52B	1.97	$9.58B	$6.80	19.39
Monster Beverage	$7.45B	8.25	$1.63B	$1.52	41.47

Summary

Monster Beverage beats PepsiCo on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.