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— Fundamental Stock Analysis and Report Card

Consumer Defensive : Beverages - Non-Alcoholic

Located in Corona, CA, US. Monster Beverage Corporation is a global entity primarily involved in the innovation, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy beverages and concentrates. Its business operations are categorized into three main divisions: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and a segment designated as "Other." The company boasts an extensive product portfolio, encompassing a wide array of carbonated energy drinks, alongside various non-carbonated options. These include ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, diverse juice cocktails, single-serving juices, and fruit beverages. Additionally, their offerings extend to ready-to-drink dairy and coffee-based concoctions, specialized sports drinks, single-serve still waters, and a selection of sodas described as natural, sparkling juices, and flavored sparkling beverages. Monster Beverage distributes its products through a comprehensive network, supplying bottlers and full-service beverage distributors. They also engage in direct sales to a multitude of retail outlets, including grocery and specialty chains, wholesalers, club stores, mass merchandisers, convenience stores, pharmacies, foodservice clients, value retailers, e-commerce platforms, and military establishments. Furthermore, the company provides concentrates and beverage bases to its authorized bottling and canning partners. Under its corporate umbrella, the company manages a vast collection of brands. Notable examples include the Monster Energy line (e.g., Monster Energy, Monster Energy Ultra, Monster Rehab, Monster Energy Nitro), Java Monster, Muscle Monster, Espresso Monster, Punch Monster, Juice Monster, and the Monster Hydro series (Energy Water, Super Sport, Super Fuel). Other significant brands feature Monster Dragon Tea, Reign Total Body Fuel, Reign Inferno Thermogenic Fuel, NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother, Nalu, Ultra Energy, Play and Power Play (stylized), Relentless, BPM, BU, Gladiator, Samurai, Live+, Predator, Fury, and True North. Founded in 1985 under its previous name, Hansen Natural Corporation, the company rebranded to Monster Beverage Corporation in January 2012. Its corporate headquarters are located in Corona, California.

Growth

Revenue, earnings and profitability.

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Revenue History

Earnings History

Margins

Gross Margin TTM
55.47%
EBITDA Margin TTM
31.57%
Net Margin TTM
23.11%
Earnings Per Share TTM
2.08
Statements

Income & Cash Flow analysis.

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Monster Beverage Corporation
Select Period:
Q1 2026
Total ($)
Q1 2026
Margin (%)
Revenue
2.4b
+498.7m
+26.9%
Gross Income
1.3b
+245.4m
+23.4%
55%
-1.5pp
-2.7%
EBITDA
779.1m
+172.3m
+28.4%
33%
+0.4pp
+1.2%
Operating Income
730.0m
+160.2m
+28.1%
31%
+0.3pp
+1.0%
Net Income
569.5m
+126.5m
+28.6%
24%
+0.3pp
+1.3%
Earnings Per Share
0.58
+0.1
+28.9%
Operating Cash Flow
605.0m
+97.4m
+19.2%
26%
-1.7pp
-6.1%
Free Cash Flow
584.4m
+105.8m
+22.1%
25%
-1.0pp
-3.8%
Research & Development
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Recommendations

What are the analysts saying?

Analyst Consensus aggregates Wall Street recommendations into buy/hold/sell counts, while the Fundamental Scorecard grades the company on six financial ratios (P/B, P/E, D/E, ROA, ROE, DCF) plus an overall score. The two measure different things and can point in different directions.

Analyst Consensus
Fundamental Scorecard
Recent Upgrades & Downgrades