Monster BeverageMNST
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 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
60% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 5 [Q4 2024] → 8 (+3) [Q1 2025]
40% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 133 | Existing positions closed: 95
9% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $33.4B [Q4 2024] → $36.4B (+$3B) [Q1 2025]
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 947 [Q4 2024] → 965 (+18) [Q1 2025]
6% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 365 | Existing positions reduced: 344
1.3% less ownership
Funds ownership: 65.76% [Q4 2024] → 64.46% (-1.3%) [Q1 2025]
33% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $180M | Put options by funds: $269M
Research analyst outlook
10 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
10 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Chris Carey | 11%upside $70 | Overweight Maintained | 13 Jun 2025 |
Morgan Stanley Dara Mohsenian | 11%upside $70 | Overweight Maintained | 12 Jun 2025 |
Stifel Matthew Smith | 15%upside $72 | Buy Reinstated | 12 Jun 2025 |
Roth MKM Sean McGowan | 11%downside $56 | Neutral Maintained | 14 May 2025 |
CICC | 3%upside $65 | Outperform Upgraded | 12 May 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 7 articles about MNST published over the past 30 days
