Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST)Consumer Defensive | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic | Corona, United States | NasdaqGS
75.27 USD
-1.96
(-2.538%) ⇩
(April 21, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 75.96 +0.69 (0.917%) ⇧ (April 21, 2026, 7:54 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:26 p.m. EDT
Monster (MNST) presents a classic 'perfect beta' defensive compounder: massive profitability (26% ROE, 31% operating margin), pristine balance sheet (minimal debt), and accelerating earnings growth (+66% YoYoE), yet it trades at a 52-week technical discount below its 200-day moving average. The options chain confirms a consensus bullish view, with buyers aggressively targeting upside into $80-$85 while sellers ignore moderate downside risks. The only headwind is the lack of dividends, but for a growth stock with $1.94/share trailing EPS, dividend exposure is a non-factor. The technical breakdown below the 50-day average is an attractive high-probability entry for a 12-18 month horizon. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.057091 |
| AutoTheta | 0.088569 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.148488 |
| MSTL | 0.153836 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 27.65 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.292 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.07 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Last Dividend Date | 1990-11-07 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.8 |
| Revenue per Share | 8.499 |
| Market Cap | 73,634,430,976 |
| Trailing P/E | 38.80 |
| Forward P/E | 29.67 |
| Beta | 0.51 |
| Profit Margins | 22.97% |
| Website | https://www.monsterbevcorp.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:26 p.m. EDT: Speculators are signaling a strong bullish bias into 2026. Call Interest (OI) scales dramatically with distance (OTM skew), peaking at the 80.00 and 85.00 strikes for May/June expirations. This aligns with the highest Open Interest levels across all expirations. However, significant bullish volume at the 85.00 strike for both May and June shows aggressive positioning for upside >5%. Conversely, put activity is heavily skewed to deep OTM strikes (60s and below) rather than protective puts near the money, suggesting naked speculation rather than hedging. Implied Volatility remains low (0.26-0.35 ATM) across all expirations, indicating low pricing of downside risk but high pricing of the favorable outcome.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 1990-11-08 | 0.005208 | 12.4991 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.3028003 |
| Address1 | 1 Monster Way |
| All Time High | 87.38 |
| All Time Low | 0.006185 |
| Ask | 75.36 |
| Ask Size | 5 |
| Audit Risk | 8 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.1 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 4,782,620 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 5,980,519 |
| Average Volume | 5,980,519 |
| Average Volume10Days | 4,782,620 |
| Beta | 0.509 |
| Bid | 75.21 |
| Bid Size | 5 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 8.439 |
| City | Corona |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 75.27 |
| Current Ratio | 3.703 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 77.11 |
| Day Low | 75.1 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.8 |
| Display Name | Monster Beverage |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,143,200 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,143,200 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.666 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.659 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | 2,658,503,936 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.32051998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 26.682 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 8.552 |
| Enterprise Value | 70,935,240,704 |
| Eps Current Year | 2.25128 |
| Eps Forward | 2.5368 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.94 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 77.5738 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -2.3038025 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.029698204 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 30.28003 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 87.38 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -12.110001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.13859008 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 57.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 17.409996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.30089864 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 57.86 - 87.38 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 502,986,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 698,769,003 |
| Forward Eps | 2.5368 |
| Forward P E | 29.67124 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,514,921,344 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 5,773 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.55848 |
| Gross Profits | 4,632,195,072 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.28488 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.69138 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 978,270,735 |
| Industry | Beverages - Non-Alcoholic |
| Industry Disp | Beverages - Non - Alcoholic |
| Industry Key | beverages-non-alcoholic |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 658,022,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.005208 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,679,961,600 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | 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 four segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, Alcohol Brands, and Other. It offers carbonated non-carbonated energy drinks, 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. In addition, the company provides its products under the Monster Energy, Monster Energy Ultra, Rehab Monster, Monster Energy Nitro, Java Monster, Punch Monster, Juice Monster, Monster Tour Water, Reign Total Body Fuel, Reign Storm, Bang Energy, NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother, Nalu, Ultra Energy, Play and Power Play, Relentless, BPM, BU, Samurai, Live+, Predator, and Fury brands. Further, it offers craft beers, flavored malt beverages,and hard seltzers under the Jai Alai IPA, Florida Man IPA, Dale's Pale Ale, Wild Basin Hard Seltzers, Dallas Blonde, Deep Ellum IPA, Perrin Brewing Company Black Ale, Hop Rising Double IPA, Wasatch Apricot Hefeweizen, The Beast, and Beast Tea, Blind Lemon, and Blinder Lemon brands. The company engages in the concentrates and/or beverage bases to authorized bottling, and canning operations. It sells its products to full-service beverage bottlers/distributors, retail grocery and specialty chains, wholesalers, club stores, mass merchandisers, convenience and gas chains, food service customers, value stores, e-commerce retailers, and the military. 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. |
| Long Name | Monster Beverage Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 73,634,430,976 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_343729 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 1,905,432,064 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 75,523,682,079 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 23 |
| Open | 76.945 |
| Operating Cashflow | 2,098,177,024 |
| Operating Margins | 0.31315002 |
| Overall Risk | 7 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 2.23 |
| Phone | 951 739 6200 |
| Post Market Change | 0.69000244 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.91670316 |
| Post Market Price | 75.96 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,815,682 |
| Previous Close | 77.23 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 33.43431 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 8.919303 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 8.877668 |
| Profit Margins | 0.22973 |
| Quick Ratio | 3.028 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.07692 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -1.96001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -2.53788 |
| Regular Market Day High | 77.11 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 75.1 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 75.1 - 77.11 |
| Regular Market Open | 76.945 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 77.23 |
| Regular Market Price | 75.27 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,801,601 |
| Regular Market Volume | 5,480,595 |
| Return On Assets | 0.17958 |
| Return On Equity | 0.26815 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.176 |
| Revenue Per Share | 8.499 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 1 |
| Shares Outstanding | 977,906,022 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0234 |
| Shares Short | 22,893,734 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 23,289,703 |
| Short Name | Monster Beverage Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0327 |
| Short Ratio | 4.16 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | MNST |
| Target High Price | 100.0 |
| Target Low Price | 64.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 85.54957 |
| Target Median Price | 85.0 |
| Total Cash | 2,765,200,896 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.827 |
| Total Debt | 66,007,000 |
| Total Revenue | 8,294,343,168 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 1.94 |
| Trailing P E | 38.798965 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 2.2286 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 71.18245 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.0875473 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.05742353 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 5,480,595 |
| Website | https://www.monsterbevcorp.com |
| Zip | 92,879 |