NASDAQ
43.40USD
+0.31 (+0.72%)
We have scored 55 news catalysts on Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) over the past 12 months. The biggest single-day move next to one of them came Mar 5, 2026, when MNST closed −2.4%: “Monster Beverage's Stock Falls 9% Post Q4 Earnings: What to Know?”. Coverage across the window leans positive (average ticker sentiment +0.46). Most of the impact sits in sector consumer and price momentum.
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Market cap
84.9B
P/E
—
EPS
—
Beta
0.52
52W range
31.505-50.17
Day range
42.88–43.52
Open
43.45
Prev close
43.09
Volume
7M
Avg volume
14M
Dividend
0.00
IPO
1985-12-09
Analysts publish price targets on MNST, and they disagree. Where the share price actually sits among them shows which of their arguments the market is buying — and which it is ignoring.
8 analyst price targets from $95 to $105
as of 2026-09-13
The market is 56% below the median target — more cautious than the analysts.
The reconstruction
Daily OHLCV with SMA overlays and session pivots. Draw your levels and trendlines on it, or ask the AI analyst what the price is reacting to.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors, derived from what the news actually says about Monster Beverage Corporation — not a sector bucket. Click an edge to see the articles that established the link.
Suppliers, customers, partners and competitors of Monster Beverage Corporation, taken from what the news actually said about them rather than from a sector bucket. The count is how many articles established each link.
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Monster Beverage Corporation is a global entity primarily involved in the innovation, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy beverages and concentrates. Its business operations are categorized into three main divisions: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and a segment designated as "Other." The company boasts an extensive product portfolio, encompassing a wide array of carbonated energy drinks, alongside various non-carbonated options. These include ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, diverse juice cocktails, single-serving juices, and fruit beverages. Additionally, their offerings extend to ready-to-drink dairy and coffee-based concoctions, specialized sports drinks, single-serve still waters, and a selection of sodas described as natural, sparkling juices, and flavored sparkling beverages. Monster Beverage distributes its products through a comprehensive network, supplying bottlers and full-service beverage distributors. They also engage in direct sales to a multitude of retail outlets, including grocery and specialty chains, wholesalers, club stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, pharmacies, foodservice clients, value retailers, e-commerce platforms, and military establishments. Furthermore, the company provides concentrates and beverage bases to its authorized bottling and canning partners. Under its corporate umbrella, the company manages a vast collection of brands. Notable examples include the Monster Energy line (e.g., Monster Energy, Monster Energy Ultra, Monster Rehab, Monster Energy Nitro), Java Monster, Muscle Monster, Espresso Monster, Punch Monster, Juice Monster, and the Monster Hydro series (Energy Water, Super Sport, Super Fuel). Other significant brands feature Monster Dragon Tea, Reign Total Body Fuel, Reign Inferno Thermogenic Fuel, NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother, Nalu, Ultra Energy, Play and Power Play (stylized), Relentless, BPM, BU, Gladiator, Samurai, Live+, Predator, Fury, and True North. Founded in 1985 under its previous name, Hansen Natural Corporation, the company rebranded to Monster Beverage Corporation in January 2012. Its corporate headquarters are located in Corona, California.
At $43.40, the stock sits at the very bottom of all eight published analyst targets ($95–$105), meaning the market has entirely rejected the bull case and is pricing in a severe growth shortfall or margin compression that the professional consensus does not share.
What the disagreement turns on
Can Monster Beverage sustain its 40%+ international revenue growth and stabilize its gross margins, or will competition from Celsius and input cost inflation force growth down to the 10–12% rate the current price assumes? Unit volume data is wired and can track the growth trajectory, but retail pricing data—the key to margin recovery—is not, so the margin question cannot be settled with the tools available.
The price pays for
It declines to pay for
Written by a language model from the published models, the reported segments and a reverse-DCF — not a recommendation, and not a house view.
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