Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) Stock

About Monster Beverage Corporation

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.

Monster Beverage Corporation is led by CEO Hilton H. Schlosberg, employs 6,891 people, headquartered in Corona, US, publicly traded since 1985.

Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) stock trades at $97.23 with a market capitalization of $95.09B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 41.48, price-to-book of 9.62, price-to-sales of 9.69. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $58.09 and $99.81, and currently trades 2.6% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, Monster Beverage Corporation generates a return on equity (ROE) of 26.65% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 29.31%, an operating margin of 29.34%, a net profit margin of 23.11%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Monster Beverage Corporation reported annual revenue of $8.3B, net profit of $1.9B, revenue has compounded at 12.5% a year over the last five years, profit at 6.2% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 3.70, total assets of $10.0B, $2.1B in cash and equivalents.

MNST has an average daily trading volume of 5,794,786 shares, a beta of 0.54 (less volatile than the overall market).

Official website: www.monsterbevcorp.com