Currently, there are 973.08M common shares owned by the public and among those 691.33M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 1.09% and 3.76% over the past three months. MNST shares are trading 6.11% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance down to -4.36% lower. It has a 12-month low price of $43.32 and touched a high of $61.22 over the same period. MNST has an average intraday trading volume of 6.18 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 6.78%, 9.85%, and 9.21% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: MNST) shares accounts for 66.25% of the company’s 973.08M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $54.27B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.69. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 37.59, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.48. The company has a PEG of 3.25 and a Quick Ratio of 2.65 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.07. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 2.12% over the week and 2.44% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 12.99%, and 10.77% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 11.57% over the next five years, compared to 8.01% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the MNST, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. UBS stated their Neutral rating for the stock in a research note on March 03, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $53-$57. Morgan Stanley coverage for the Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) stock in a research note released on February 28, 2025 offered a Overweight rating with a price target of $60. JP Morgan was of a view on February 28, 2025 that the stock is Neutral, while Deutsche Bank gave the stock Buy rating on February 28, 2025, issuing a price target of $60- $61. Citigroup on their part issued Buy rating on February 28, 2025.
