Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
Monster Beverage Corporation MNST
$42.94 +1.90% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $83.99B
Strong growthHigh qualityStrong trendExpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 6 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +8.4%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $1.08, up 34.8% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $9.22B, up 20.4% from a year earlier, accelerating from 18.1% a quarter earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 13%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 21%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 23%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 23%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 7%
- Gross marginTop 19%
- Operating marginTop 3%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 12%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 10%
- Interest coverTop 1%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 39%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 22%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 20%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 2%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 46%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 16%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 15%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 20%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 24%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 47%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 46%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 7%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 16%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 12%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 10%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.1% | 20.4% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 36.2% | 34.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 55.2% | 55.5% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 26.9% | 29.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 24.0% | 22.8% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.4% | 18.1% | ↑ | Top 13% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 34.8% | 36.2% | ↓ | Top 21% |
| Gross margin | 55.5% | 55.2% | ↑ | Top 19% |
| Operating margin | 29.2% | 26.9% | ↑ | Top 3% |
| Net margin | 23.1% | 20.5% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 22.8% | 24.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 21.3% | — | Top 7% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.5% | — | Top 23% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.05×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -1.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 1.5%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +4.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.74×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1920.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.08%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.08%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.3%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 6
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $98.22
- Target vs current price
- +128.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 44
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 52%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | +3.2% | -0.3% | -2.6% | -5.9% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +10.1% | -1.6% | +11.3% | +14.7% | +21.2% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +3.3% | +1.5% | -8.0% | -14.3% | +1.1% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +17.0% | -2.3% | +3.8% | +7.9% | +20.8% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | +8.2% | +2.2% | +7.8% | +6.7% | +11.9% |
| May 8, 2025 | +7.0% | -0.7% | +0.7% | +4.0% | -0.3% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | -5.0% | +0.5% | +7.2% | +11.8% | +21.7% |
| Nov 8, 2024 | -7.0% | -1.1% | +2.2% | -4.5% | -15.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.30 | $0.29 | +3.2% | $2.54B |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.29 | $0.26 | +10.1% | $2.35B |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.25 | $0.24 | +3.3% | $2.13B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.28 | $0.24 | +17.0% | $2.20B |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.26 | $0.24 | +8.2% | $2.11B |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.23 | $0.22 | +7.0% | $1.85B |
| Feb 27, 2025 | $0.19 | $0.20 | -5.0% | $1.81B |
| Nov 8, 2024 | $0.20 | $0.22 | -7.0% | $1.88B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 39.6× | 39.6× | 48th | Bottom 39% |
| P/E (forward) | 37.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.5× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| EV / Sales | 8.87× | — | — | Bottom 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 2.50% | — | — | Bottom 22% |
| Earnings yield | 2.53% | — | — | Bottom 39% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 28.0× – 48.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +27.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +34.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +3.6%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +1.3%
- RSI (14)
- 42.9
- Relative volume
- 0.75×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 25.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 69th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.35
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -26.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2021 | Mar 8, 2022 | -26.6% | 145 days | 98 days (Jul 28, 2022) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | Aug 8, 2024 | -26.0% | 102 days | 184 days (May 5, 2025) |
| May 16, 2023 | Oct 12, 2023 | -20.7% | 103 days | 104 days (Mar 13, 2024) |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -17.7% | 22 days | 33 days (May 15, 2026) |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Sep 30, 2026 | -16.7% | 53 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $83.99B
- P/E (TTM)
- 39.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $1.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $9.22B
- 52-week range
- $32.94 – $50.17
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.54B | $6.31B | $7.14B | $7.49B | $8.29B |
| Gross profit | $3.11B | $3.17B | $3.79B | $4.05B | $4.63B |
| Operating income | $1.80B | $1.58B | $1.95B | $1.93B | $2.42B |
| Net income | $1.38B | $1.19B | $1.63B | $1.51B | $1.91B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.65 | $0.56 | $0.77 | $0.75 | $0.97 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.88B | $1.81B | $1.85B | $2.11B | $2.20B | $2.13B | $2.35B | $2.54B |
| Net income | $370.9M | $270.7M | $443.0M | $488.8M | $524.5M | $449.2M | $569.5M | $584.5M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.19 | $0.14 | $0.23 | $0.25 | $0.27 | $0.23 | $0.29 | $0.30 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.16B | $887.7M | $1.72B | $1.93B | $2.10B |
| Capital expenditure | -$57.5M | -$212.2M | -$234.7M | -$264.1M | -$132.3M |
| Free cash flow | $1.10B | $675.5M | $1.48B | $1.66B | $1.97B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $31.9M | -$707.0M | -$528.7M | -$3.69B | $60.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $3.42B
- Total assets
- $11.38B
- Total liabilities
- $2.02B
- Total debt
- $0
- Net debt
- -$2.19B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $9.36B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 1990 | $1.00 | Dec 21, 1990 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 42,323,759
- Days to cover
- 4.52
- Change vs previous report
- -3.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 11, 2026
- 2-for-1
- Mar 28, 2023
- 2-for-1
- Nov 10, 2016
- 3-for-1
- Feb 16, 2012
- 2-for-1
- Jul 10, 2006
- 4-for-1