Monster Beverage Corporation

MNST

Beverages - Non-Alcoholic · Consumer Defensive

Price

$97.50

-2.44 (-2.44%)

Market Cap

$95.36B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Share count falling — buybacks

−8.1% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.07B (2021) → 984.5M (2025)

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, sp

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+26.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Revenue accelerating

EPS Growth

+28.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (2%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

28.4%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$2.0B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Revenue accelerating

Monster Beverage Corporation grew revenue 27% year-over-year and the growth rate is speeding up. That's the kind of momentum growth investors look for — the question is whether margins can follow.

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Quality

Gross Margin

55.0%

Healthy — 55.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

31.0%

Excellent — 31.0% operating margin

ROCE

8.4%

Below par — 8.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+18.1%

Fast-growing sales (18.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

+36.8%

Earnings growing fast (36.8% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

108%

Turns 108% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

23.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (23.6%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

N/A

Data not available

Interest Cover

992.14x

Comfortably covers interest (992.1x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

46.9x

Expensive — P/E 46.9

P/E over 35. The market is pricing in heavy, sustained growth.

P/E vs Forward

+14.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (46.9 → 32.6)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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