Consumer Defensive
Live Price
Offline$91.34
-0.35% today
1Y Change
+46.85%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) is a Consumer Defensive stock with a market cap of $75.42B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $91.34 and up 46.8% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +10.7%, EPS growth of +30.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +10.7%, EPS +30.0%, free cash flow +21.2% with operating margin 29.2% and ROIC 21.7%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 39.6 and price/sales 9.1. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MNST price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Consumer Defensive peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+10.7% vs +1.7% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+29.2% vs +6.6% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
39.6 vs 14.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 14, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +10.7% and EPS at +30.0%, with operating margin around 29.2%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -1.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 2 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 14, 2026 | โ | +1.5% | +0.6% | +8.2% |
2026 Feb 26, 2026 | +5.4% | -1.6% | -11.5% | -16.9% |
2025 Nov 6, 2025 | +17.0% | +5.2% | +7.2% | +11.2% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MNST
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Relative to SPY
MNST Max Drawdown
-17.70%
Trailing 1Y
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Trailing 1Y
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Company Overview
Monster Beverage Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in development, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and Other. It offers carbonated energy drinks, non-carbonated, ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, juice cocktails, single-serve juices and fruit beverages, ready-to-drink dairy and coffee drinks, energy drinks, sports drinks and single-serve still waters, and sodas that are considered natural, sparkling juices, and flavored sparkling beverages. The company sells its products to bottlers, full-service beverage distributors, as well as sells directly to retail grocery and speciality chains, wholesalers, club stores, mass merchandisers, convenience chains, drug stores, foodservice customers, value stores, e-commerce retailers, and the military; and concentrates and/or beverage bases to authorized bottling and canning operations. It provides its products under the Monster Energy, Monster Energy Ultra, Monster Rehab, Monster Energy Nitro, Java Monster, Muscle Monster, Espresso Monster, Punch Monster, Juice Monster, Monster Hydro Energy Water, Monster Hydro Super Sport, Monster HydroSport Super Fuel, Monster Super Fuel, Monster Dragon Tea, Reign Total Body Fuel, and Reign Inferno Thermogenic Fuel, as well as NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother, Nalu, Ultra Energy, Play and Power Play (stylized), Relentless, BPM, BU, Gladiator, Samurai, Live+, Predator, Fury, and True North brands. The company was formerly known as Hansen Natural Corporation and changed its name to Monster Beverage Corporation in January 2012. Monster Beverage Corporation was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Corona, California.
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