Monster Beverage
MNST
About: 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.
Employees: 6,558
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
149% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 182 | Existing positions closed: 73
47% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 448 | Existing positions reduced: 304
10% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $36.5B [Q1] → $40.1B (+$3.64B) [Q2]
9% more funds holding
Funds holding: 975 [Q1] → 1,066 (+91) [Q2]
1.6% more ownership
Funds ownership: 64.47% [Q1] → 66.07% (+1.6%) [Q2]
13% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 8 [Q1] → 7 (-1) [Q2]
32% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $159M | Put options by funds: $236M
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Citigroup
Filippo Falorni
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$76
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Buy
Maintained
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16 Sep 2025 |
Roth Capital
Sean McGowan
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$60
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Neutral
Maintained
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13 Aug 2025 |
RBC Capital
Nik Modi
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$68
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Outperform
Maintained
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8 Aug 2025 |
UBS
Peter Grom
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$67
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Neutral
Maintained
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8 Aug 2025 |
Wells Fargo
Chris Carey
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$73
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Overweight
Maintained
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8 Aug 2025 |
B of A Securities
Peter Galbo
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$72
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Buy
Maintained
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8 Aug 2025 |
Piper Sandler
Michael Lavery
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$74
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Overweight
Upgraded
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8 Aug 2025 |
Redburn Atlantic
Charlie Higgs
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$60
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Neutral
Downgraded
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9 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 5 articles about MNST published over the past 30 days