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NYSE · MNST
Monster Beverage Corporation
Consumer Defensive · Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
$42.67
Up+$0.07 (+0.15%)
Updated Sep 25, 2026, 4:26 PM
SID Score
4.9/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
58/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 70.82B
- P/E ratio
- 41.54
- Dividend yield
- 0.00%
- 52-week range
- $42.19 – $100.34
- Volume
- 9.79M
- Avg. volume
- 5.52M
Price performance
MNST price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
MNST closed at $42.67 after 20 trading sessions, down 8.63% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $42.67
- Period change
- -8.63%
- Period low
- $42.67
- Period high
- $46.86
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | $44.125 | $44.18 | $42.605 | $42.67 | 9.79M |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $44.16 | $44.43 | $43.312 | $43.91 | 9.07M |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $44.14 | $44.85 | $44.135 | $44.27 | 8M |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $44.47 | $44.61 | $43.852 | $44.00 | 10.23M |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $44.655 | $45.075 | $44.36 | $44.71 | 18.53M |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $44.78 | $44.81 | $44.23 | $44.51 | 9.16M |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $44.66 | $45.04 | $44.53 | $44.57 | 8.02M |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $44.00 | $44.94 | $43.86 | $44.63 | 9.59M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $43.512 | $44.41 | $43.512 | $44.20 | 9.01M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $43.45 | $43.515 | $42.885 | $43.40 | 7.02M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $42.73 | $43.525 | $42.52 | $43.09 | 9.47M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $42.86 | $42.9693 | $42.185 | $42.84 | 11.86M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $43.6437 | $43.70 | $43.01 | $43.15 | 8.54M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $43.78 | $44.17 | $43.65 | $43.82 | 12.45M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $44.40 | $44.62 | $43.97 | $44.08 | 8.94M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $45.34 | $45.37 | $44.04 | $44.42 | 10.51M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $45.97 | $46.10 | $44.885 | $44.99 | 7.28M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $46.51 | $46.66 | $45.78 | $45.92 | 12.16M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $47.15 | $47.15 | $46.375 | $46.86 | 5.28M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $46.99 | $47.07 | $46.44 | $46.70 | 7.43M |
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Company profile
Monster Beverage is a leader in the energy drink category within the nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverage market, generating two thirds of revenue in the US and Canada. The well-known Monster trademark includes brands such as Monster Energy, Monster Ultra, Java Monster, and Juice Monster. The firm also owns other energy drink brands, such as Reign, NOS, Burn, Bang and Mother, and brews and distributes beers and flavored malt beverages following the acquisition of a craft brewer in 2022. Monster controls branding and innovation but outsources beverage manufacturing and packaging to copackers and finished goods distribution to bottlers in the global Coca-Cola system (pursuant to a 20-year agreement inked in 2015). Coke is the largest shareholder of Monster with a 19.5% stake.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $78.00
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 15
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Piper Sandler | Overweight | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | RBC Capital | Outperform | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | — |
| Aug 7, 2026 | UBS | Neutral | — |
| Jul 20, 2026 | BMO Capital | Market Perform | — |
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Monster Beverage (MNST) Stock Looks Near Fair Value On Cash Flow
Monster Beverage has delivered a strong share price return in recent years, which raises a simple question for anyone looking at the stock today: Is the current valuation properly supported by the cash the business is expected to generate? Over the past 5 years, Monster Beverage has returned 90.5%, which puts real weight on whether that share price journey is still aligned with its underlying cash flows. The company runs an asset-light model that can convert a meaningful share of revenue...
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