Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) Stock

Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) is a Consumer Staples stock trading at $97.50 (as of 2026-07-17), with a market capitalization of $95.36B and a trailing P/E of 47.1. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Monster Beverage, through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and distributes energy drink beverages and concentrates. It operates in the Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and Other segments, serving bottlers, beverage distributors, and retailers, and it also provides concentrates and/or beverage bases to authorized bottling and canning operations.

Understand Monster Beverage Corporation: how it makes money

Monster Beverage develops, markets, sells, and distributes energy drink beverages and concentrates, making money from net sales of its beverage brands across Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and Other.

The profit model is structurally concentrated in net sales from the Monster Energy Drinks segment, with the remaining contribution coming from its other reportable segments.

Business quality (Strong): High gross and operating margins are supported by a focused energy drink portfolio, but the available segment detail highlights that the Monster Energy Drinks segment is the main driver of net sales, leaving more limited visibility into how much Strategic Brands and Other contribute.

Valuation: At 44× earnings, MNST trades 142% above the Candy & Soda average (18×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Broad product range within beverages: The company offers carbonated energy drinks and a variety of non-carbonated, ready-to-drink beverages (including iced teas, lemonades, juice cocktails, dairy and coffee drinks, sports drinks, still waters, and sodas).
  • Strong profitability: For the latest reported period (2026-03-31), gross margin is 55.0% and operating margin is 31.0%.

Bear case

  • Segment concentration risk: The Monster Energy Drinks segment appears to represent the majority of net sales based on the provided segment net sales figure, which can make results more sensitive to this segment.
  • Limited operational metric disclosure in the provided dataset: No operating KPIs were provided in operational_kpi_candidates, which makes it harder to track the specific operational drivers investors typically monitor beyond margins and net sales.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$97.50
Market Cap$95.36B
P/E Ratio47.1
EV / EBITDA33.4
Price / Book10.93
Price / Sales11.20
FCF Yield3.8%
DCF Value (model)$46.02
DCF Upside vs Price-52.8%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$8.29B
Net Margin23.0%
Revenue Growth (YoY)10.7%
FCF Growth (YoY)18.1%
Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score36.40 (safe)
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E47.1
Sector P/E (Consumer Staples)26.4
Industry P/E (Candy & Soda)23.8
vs Sector78.5%
vs Industry97.6%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderVANGUARD GROUP INC ($5.21B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)10
Company
SectorConsumer Staples
IndustryCandy & Soda
CEOHilton H. Schlosberg
Employees5,527
CountryUS
IPO Date1985-12-09

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Data as of 2026-07-17.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.