Monster Beverage Corp (NASDAQ: MNST) is 10.08% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $43.32 and a high of $60.09 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The MNST stock was last observed hovering at around $58.58 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.72%.
Currently trading at $57.86, the stock is 2.88% and 10.86% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 4.46 million and changing -1.23% at the moment leaves the stock 12.62% off its SMA200. MNST registered -2.46% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of 11.98%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $52.1934 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $51.37585.
The stock witnessed a 11.44% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 10.19%, and is 0.96% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.45% over the week and 1.98% over the month.
Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) has around 6558 employees, a market worth around $56.31B and $7.49B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 38.99 and Fwd P/E is 28.54. Profit margin for the company is 20.14%. Distance from 52-week low is 33.56% and -3.71% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (23.67%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 12.81% this year.
Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) Top Institutional Holders
1388.0 institutions hold shares in Monster Beverage Corp (MNST), with institutional investors hold 96.46% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 973.08M, and float is at 691.12M with Short Float at 3.02%. Institutions hold 68.70% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 65.65 million shares valued at $3.28 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 6.3786% of the MNST Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 52.45 million shares valued at $2.62 billion to account for 5.0956 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. which holds 42.93 million shares representing 4.1711% and valued at over $2.14 billion, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 3.1158 of the shares totaling 32.07 million with a market value of $1.6 billion.
Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by KELLY THOMAS J, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that KELLY THOMAS J sold 10,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 14 ’25 at a price of $55.27 per share for a total of $0.55 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 72273.0 shares.
Monster Beverage Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 14 ’25 that HALL MARK J (Director) sold a total of 21,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 14 ’25 and was made at $55.00 per share for $1.16 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.3 million shares of the MNST stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 13 ’25, HALL MARK J (Director) disposed off 12,000 shares at an average price of $54.50 for $0.65 million. The insider now directly holds 296,846 shares of Monster Beverage Corp (MNST).
