Monster Beverage Corporation

NasdaqGS:MNST Stock Report

Market Cap: US$49.5b

Monster Beverage Valuation

Is MNST undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MNST when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MNST ($51.72) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($69.61)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MNST is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MNST?

Key metric: As MNST is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MNST. This is calculated by dividing MNST's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MNST's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio31.3x
EarningsUS$1.61b
Market CapUS$49.50b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MNST's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MNST vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.6x
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper
19.3x6.3%US$43.9b
KOF Coca-Cola FEMSA. de
15.4x12.0%US$16.5b
PRMB Primo Brands
81x107.5%US$11.5b
PEP PepsiCo
22.7x9.1%US$210.2b
MNST Monster Beverage
31.3x11.4%US$49.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MNST is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the peer average (34.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MNST's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Beverage Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ASII Accredited Solutions
0.5xn/aUS$1.33m
VWES.Q Vintage Wine Estates
n/an/aUS$5.99k
No more companies available in this PE range
MNST 31.3xIndustry Avg. 18.2xNo. of Companies3PE01632486480+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MNST is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the Global Beverage industry average (18.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MNST's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MNST PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio31.3x
Fair PE Ratio26.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MNST is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (31.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (26.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MNST forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$51.72
US$55.29
+6.9%
9.6%US$63.00US$40.00n/a25
Dec ’25US$55.13
US$55.29
+0.3%
9.3%US$63.00US$40.00n/a25
Nov ’25US$52.30
US$54.72
+4.6%
10.4%US$63.00US$40.00n/a25
Oct ’25US$51.59
US$54.60
+5.8%
10.6%US$63.00US$40.00n/a25
Sep ’25US$47.13
US$54.58
+15.8%
10.6%US$63.39US$40.00n/a25
Aug ’25US$51.38
US$58.66
+14.2%
10.0%US$70.00US$46.00n/a25
Jul ’25US$49.90
US$60.02
+20.3%
9.7%US$70.00US$46.00n/a26
Jun ’25US$51.92
US$62.18
+19.8%
8.6%US$70.00US$46.00n/a25
May ’25US$53.54
US$62.54
+16.8%
8.5%US$69.00US$46.00n/a25
Apr ’25US$57.74
US$63.90
+10.7%
6.3%US$69.00US$52.00n/a25
Mar ’25US$58.79
US$63.70
+8.3%
7.5%US$72.00US$50.00n/a25
Feb ’25US$55.94
US$62.86
+12.4%
7.4%US$72.00US$50.00n/a25
Jan ’25US$57.61
US$61.38
+6.5%
6.8%US$72.00US$50.00n/a25
Dec ’24US$55.22
US$61.10
+10.6%
6.9%US$72.00US$50.00US$55.1324
Nov ’24US$51.65
US$60.31
+16.8%
8.4%US$72.00US$48.00US$52.3024
Oct ’24US$52.95
US$62.51
+18.1%
7.0%US$72.00US$48.00US$51.5924
Sep ’24US$56.55
US$62.66
+10.8%
7.0%US$72.00US$48.00US$47.1324
Aug ’24US$57.71
US$62.04
+7.5%
6.8%US$67.00US$48.00US$51.3823
Jul ’24US$57.44
US$61.82
+7.6%
6.7%US$67.00US$48.00US$49.9023
Jun ’24US$59.36
US$61.34
+3.3%
6.7%US$67.00US$48.00US$51.9223
May ’24US$56.84
US$56.17
-1.2%
8.2%US$62.50US$43.00US$53.5423
Apr ’24US$54.01
US$54.92
+1.7%
8.5%US$62.50US$43.00US$57.7424
Mar ’24US$49.60
US$54.45
+9.8%
9.3%US$62.50US$42.50US$58.7923
Feb ’24US$52.02
US$53.20
+2.3%
9.9%US$62.50US$42.50US$55.9422
Jan ’24US$50.77
US$51.84
+2.1%
10.0%US$62.50US$41.50US$57.6123
Dec ’23US$51.63
US$50.84
-1.5%
8.6%US$60.00US$41.50US$55.2223

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 00:13
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Monster Beverage Corporation is covered by 51 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John StaszakArgus Research Company
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Andrew StrelzikBMO Capital Markets Equity Research