Currently, there are 973.08M common shares owned by the public and among those 691.12M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.24% and 17.38% over the past three months. MNST shares are trading 10.37% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 6.93% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $43.32 and touched a high of $60.34 over the same period. MNST has an average intraday trading volume of 6.67 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 -0.10%, 5.26%, and 11.52% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: MNST) shares accounts for 66.40% of the company’s 973.08M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $56.45B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.61. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 39.10, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.48. The company has a PEG of 3.29 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 1.65% over the week and 2.53% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) will achieve an EPS of 0.46 for the current quarter, 0.47 for the next quarter and 2.06 for current fiscal year. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is 0.44 while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of 0.44. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was 0.42 a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 13.19%, and 10.85% over the next financial year. EPS should grow at an annualized rate of 11.88% 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 April 17, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $57-$62. Jefferies coverage for the Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) stock in a research note released on April 16, 2025 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $71. Citigroup was of a view on April 14, 2025 that the stock is Buy, while Wells Fargo gave the stock Overweight rating on April 02, 2025, issuing a price target of $60- $65. UBS on their part issued Neutral rating on March 03, 2025.
