Monster Beverage (MNST) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $64.48 +0.50 (+0.78%) Closing price 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$64.46 -0.03 (-0.04%) As of 07:54 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock Monster Beverage Short Interest DataMonster Beverage (MNST) has a short interest of 19.69 million shares, representing 2.20% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a 10.80% increase in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 3.3, indicating that it would take 3.3 days of the average trading volume of 5.11 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest19,690,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest17,770,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month+10.80%Dollar Volume Sold Short$1.23 billionShort Interest Ratio3.3 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 31, 2025Outstanding Shares976,430,000 sharesShort Percent of Float2.20%Today's Trading Volume4,188,950 sharesAverage Trading Volume5,109,083 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average82% Short Selling Monster Beverage? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for Monster Beverage and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartMNST Short Interest Over TimeMNST Days to Cover Over TimeMNST Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time Monster Beverage Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/31/202519,690,000 shares $1.23 billion +10.8%2.2%3.3 $62.41 8/15/202517,770,000 shares $1.15 billion -3.4%N/A2.9 $64.64 7/31/202518,400,000 shares $1.08 billion -11.6%2.1%3 $58.75 7/15/202520,820,000 shares $1.23 billion +12.7%N/A3.8 $58.94 6/30/202518,470,000 shares $1.16 billion +13.9%2.1%3.1 $62.64 6/15/202516,210,000 shares $1.02 billion +11.3%1.8%2.8 $63.06 5/31/202514,560,000 shares $927.04 million -9.2%1.6%2.5 $63.67 5/15/202516,030,000 shares $999.15 million -7.4%1.8%2.6 $62.33 4/30/202517,310,000 shares $1.04 billion -9.0%N/A2.8 $60.12 4/15/202519,030,000 shares $1.12 billion +10.6%2.1%2.9 $58.64 Get the Latest News and Ratings for MNST and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for Monster Beverage and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/31/202517,200,000 shares $1.01 billion -17.7%1.9%2.5 $58.52 3/15/202520,900,000 shares $1.15 billion -0.3%2.3%3.3 $55.09 2/28/202520,960,000 shares $1.15 billion -5.8%2.3%3.4 $54.65 2/15/202522,240,000 shares $1.10 billion +5.3%2.5%4 $49.25 1/31/202521,120,000 shares $1.03 billion -9.8%N/A3.6 $48.71 1/15/202523,410,000 shares $1.15 billion +4.4%N/A4.2 $49.26 12/31/202422,420,000 shares $1.18 billion +2.8%N/A4.3 $52.56 12/15/202421,820,000 shares $1.15 billion +6.2%N/A3.9 $52.76 11/30/202420,540,000 shares $1.13 billion +2.4%N/A3.6 $55.13 11/15/202420,050,000 shares $1.04 billion -3.5%N/A3.4 $52.00 10/31/202420,770,000 shares $1.09 billion -8.7%N/A3.5 $52.68 10/15/202422,740,000 shares $1.20 billion -0.7%N/A3.7 $52.62 9/30/202422,910,000 shares $1.20 billion -6.8%N/A3.7 $52.17 9/15/202424,580,000 shares $1.25 billion -12.0%N/A3.8 $50.83 8/31/202427,920,000 shares $1.32 billion +29.4%N/A3.7 $47.13 8/15/202421,580,000 shares $1.01 billion -6.9%N/A2.2 $46.99 7/31/202423,170,000 shares $1.19 billion -0.9%N/A2.3 $51.45 7/15/202423,380,000 shares $1.17 billion +2.4%N/A2.4 $49.86 6/30/202422,830,000 shares $1.14 billion -29.4%N/A2.3 $49.95 6/15/202432,320,000 shares $1.55 billion +24.3%N/A3.4 $48.03 5/31/202426,010,000 shares $1.35 billion +66.5%N/A3.1 $51.92 5/15/202415,620,000 shares $847.23 million +17.7%N/A2.7 $54.24 4/30/202413,270,000 shares $709.28 million +8.8%N/A2.4 $53.45 4/15/202412,200,000 shares $660.14 million -14.0%N/A2.3 $54.11 3/31/202414,180,000 shares $840.59 million +13.7%N/A2.7 $59.28 3/15/202412,470,000 shares $753.81 million -8.9%N/A2.4 $60.45 2/29/202413,690,000 shares $809.08 million +2.8%N/A2.5 $59.10 2/15/202413,320,000 shares $748.18 million +18.7%N/A2.5 $56.17 1/31/202411,220,000 shares $617.32 million +5.5%N/A2.1 $55.02 1/15/202410,640,000 shares $628.29 million -10.1%N/A1.9 $59.05 12/31/202311,830,000 shares $681.53 million -9.2%N/A2 $57.61 12/15/202313,030,000 shares $717.82 million +4.3%N/A2.2 $55.09 11/30/202312,490,000 shares $688.82 million -9.1%N/A2.1 $55.15 11/15/202313,740,000 shares $761.47 million +0.2%N/A2.5 $55.42 10/31/202313,720,000 shares $701.09 million +7.1%N/A2.6 $51.10 10/15/202312,810,000 shares $611.29 million +2.6%N/A2.6 $47.72 9/30/202312,490,000 shares $661.35 million +14.8%N/A2.6 $52.95 9/15/202310,880,000 shares $610.80 million -5.3%N/A2.4 $56.14 8/31/202311,490,000 shares $659.64 million -6.7%N/A2.7 $57.41 8/15/202312,320,000 shares $717.15 million +2.0%N/A2.8 $58.21 7/31/202312,080,000 shares $694.48 million +5.6%N/A2.6 $57.49 7/15/202311,440,000 shares $655.63 million +1.4%N/A2.6 $57.31 6/30/202311,280,000 shares $647.92 million +13.9%N/A2.7 $57.44 6/15/20239,900,000 shares $582.12 million +1.3%N/A2.4 $58.80 5/31/20239,770,000 shares $572.72 million -10.0%N/A2.3 $58.62 5/15/202310,860,000 shares $648.56 million -0.7%N/A2.6 $59.72 4/30/202310,940,000 shares $612.64 million +1.3%N/A2.7 $56.00 4/15/202310,800,000 shares $567.65 million +5.3%N/A2.8 $52.56 3/31/202310,260,000 shares $554.14 million +110.3%N/A2.5 $54.01 3/15/20234,880,000 shares $249.73 million +1.7%1.3%2.5 $51.18 2/28/20234,800,000 shares $488.45 million +36.0%1.3%2.5 $101.76 2/15/20233,530,000 shares $370.99 million +3.8%1.0%1.8 $105.10 1/31/20233,400,000 shares $353.87 million +0.6%0.9%1.7 $104.08 1/15/20233,380,000 shares $345.03 million -13.3%0.9%1.5 $102.08 12/30/20223,900,000 shares $395.97 million -7.8%1.1%1.7 $101.53 12/15/20224,230,000 shares $421.52 million -11.5%1.2%1.7 $99.65 11/30/20224,780,000 shares $491.67 million +10.4%1.3%1.9 $102.86 11/15/20224,330,000 shares $424.95 million -18.0%1.2%1.7 $98.14 10/31/20225,280,000 shares $494.84 million -38.8%1.4%2.1 $93.72 10/15/20228,620,000 shares $753.39 million +23.3%2.3%3.4 $87.40 9/30/20226,990,000 shares $607.85 million +3.0%1.9%2.7 $86.96 9/15/20226,790,000 shares $593.24 million +16.7%1.8%2.6 $87.37 8/31/20225,820,000 shares $516.99 million -5.7%1.6%2.1 $88.83 8/15/20226,170,000 shares $566.34 million +2.5%1.7%2.2 $91.79 7/31/20226,020,000 shares $599.71 million -19.2%1.6%2 $99.62 7/15/20227,450,000 shares $723.77 million +61.6%2.0%2.4 $97.15 6/30/20224,610,000 shares $427.35 million -12.2%1.2%1.5 $92.70 6/15/20225,250,000 shares $461.32 million +2.9%1.4%1.7 $87.87 5/31/20225,100,000 shares $454.51 million -21.1%1.4%1.7 $89.12 5/15/20226,460,000 shares $574.23 million +35.4%1.7%2 $88.89 4/30/20224,770,000 shares $408.69 million +4.8%1.3%1.5 $85.68 4/15/20224,550,000 shares $375.78 million +22.6%1.2%1.5 $82.59 3/31/20223,710,000 shares $296.43 million +2.8%1.0%1.3 $79.90 3/15/20223,610,000 shares $271.04 million -25.3%1.0%1.3 $75.08 2/28/20224,830,000 shares $407.65 million +5.9%1.3%1.8 $84.40 2/15/20224,560,000 shares $377.48 million +26.7%1.2%1.8 $82.78 1/31/20223,600,000 shares $312.19 million +4.1%1.0%1.5 $86.72 1/15/20223,460,000 shares $311.09 million +2.4%0.9%1.5 $89.91 12/31/20213,380,000 shares $324.62 million -9.9%0.9%1.5 $96.04 12/15/20213,750,000 shares $342.04 million -3.1%1.0%1.6 $91.21 11/30/20213,870,000 shares $324.23 million -13.0%1.0%1.8 $83.78 11/15/20214,450,000 shares $413.85 million -18.4%1.2%2.2 $93.00 10/29/20215,450,000 shares $463.25 million +18.7%1.5%3 $85.00 10/15/20214,590,000 shares $392.81 million -5.9%1.2%2.5 $85.58 9/30/20214,880,000 shares $433.49 million +18.2%1.3%3 $88.83 9/15/20214,130,000 shares $392.93 million -9.0%1.1%2.5 $95.14 8/31/20214,540,000 shares $442.97 million +0.9%1.2%2.7 $97.57 8/13/20214,500,000 shares $441.54 million +2.5%1.2%2.5 $98.12 7/30/20214,390,000 shares $414.06 million -8.4%N/A2.2 $94.32 7/15/20214,790,000 shares $448.44 million -6.1%1.3%2.5 $93.62 6/30/20215,100,000 shares $465.89 million -1.9%1.4%2.6 $91.35 6/15/20215,200,000 shares $479.39 million -7.3%1.4%2.7 $92.19 5/28/20215,610,000 shares $528.85 million -0.7%1.5%2.8 $94.27 5/14/20215,650,000 shares $505.51 million +19.7%1.5%2.7 $89.47 4/30/20214,720,000 shares $462.28 million -4.5%1.3%2.3 $97.94 4/15/20214,940,000 shares $468.31 million -12.4%1.3%2.5 $94.80 3/31/20215,640,000 shares $511.49 million +2.7%1.5%2.7 $90.69 3/15/20215,490,000 shares $488.28 million +15.6%1.5%2.6 $88.94 2/26/20214,750,000 shares $405.41 million -5.0%1.3%2.4 $85.35 2/12/20215,000,000 shares $449.70 million -3.3%1.3%2.7 $89.94 1/29/20215,170,000 shares $458.73 million -8.2%1.4%2.7 $88.73 1/15/20215,630,000 shares $514.36 million +1.1%1.5%2.7 $91.36 12/31/20205,570,000 shares $509.43 million -3.5%1.5%2.7 $91.46 12/15/20205,770,000 shares $510.18 million -13.2%1.6%2.7 $88.42 11/30/20206,650,000 shares $559.60 million -13.9%1.8%3.1 $84.15 11/15/20207,720,000 shares $648.63 million +2.8%2.1%3.5 $84.02 10/30/20207,510,000 shares $582.33 million +11.9%2.0%3.5 $77.54 10/15/20206,710,000 shares $555.59 million +29.3%1.8%3.2 $82.80 9/30/20205,190,000 shares $416.24 million -7.5%1.4%2.5 $80.20 MNST Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is Monster Beverage's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of Monster Beverage shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 31st, traders have sold 19,690,000 shares of MNST short. 2.20% of Monster Beverage's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on Monster Beverage's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for Monster Beverage? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. MNST shares currently have a short interest ratio of 3.0. Learn More on Monster Beverage's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting Monster Beverage? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of Monster Beverage: Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, LMR Partners LLP, Hudson Bay Capital Management LP, Group One Trading LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, BNP Paribas Financial Markets, Balyasny Asset Management L.P., Bank of America Corp DE, Jane Street Group LLC, Volterra Technologies LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Maven Securities LTD, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Delta Accumulation LLC, Hsbc Holdings PLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Mirae Asset Securities USA Inc., and Twin Tree Management LP. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for Monster Beverage? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 2.20% of Monster Beverage's floating shares are currently sold short. Is Monster Beverage's short interest increasing or decreasing? Monster Beverage saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 19,690,000 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the previous total of 17,770,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. How does Monster Beverage's short interest compare to its competitors? 2.20% of Monster Beverage's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies in the sector of "consumer staples" compare to Monster Beverage: Celsius Holdings Inc. (7.46%), Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc (2.47%), PepsiCo, Inc. (1.65%), Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (2.01%), National Beverage Corp. (13.68%), CocaCola Company (The) (0.86%), Coca Cola Femsa S.A.B. de C.V. (0.90%), Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (1.93%), Fomento Economico Mexicano S.A.B. de C.V. (0.52%), Primo Brands Corporation (4.37%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ($73.23 billion), Invesco QQQ ($29.52 billion), iShares Russell 2000 ETF ($20.82 billion), iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF ($10.76 billion), Palo Alto Networks, Inc. ($9.37 billion), Strategy Inc ($7.58 billion), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF ($6.78 billion), SPDR S&P Biotech ETF ($6.72 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($6.37 billion), and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF ($6.29 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short Monster Beverage stock? Short selling MNST is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from Monster Beverage as its price is falling. MNST shares are trading up $0.50 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against Monster Beverage? A short squeeze for Monster Beverage occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock appreciates in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of MNST, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is Monster Beverage's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including MNST, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 31 2025. More Short Interest Resources from MarketBeat Related Companies Celsius Short Interest Keurig Dr Pepper Short Interest PepsiCo Short Interest Coca-Cola Consolidated Short Interest National Beverage Short Interest CocaCola Short Interest Coca Cola Femsa Short Interest Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Short Interest Fomento Economico Mexicano Short Interest Primo Brands Short Interest Short Interest Tools Stocks to Short Largest Short Interest Positions Short Interest Increases Short Interest Decreases Short Interest Reporting Dates This page (NASDAQ:MNST) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTrump’s national nightmare is herePorter Stansberry and Jeff Brown say a new U.S. national emergency is already underway — and it could trigger ...Porter & Company | SponsoredHe Called Nvidia at $1.10. Now, He Says THIS Stock Will…The original Magnificent Seven returned 16,894%—turning $7K into $1.18 million. 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