The Vita Coco Company, Inc. vs Monster Beverage Corp, two Beverages stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COCO and MNST diverge most: on net margin, COCO reads 12.6% and MNST reads 23.1%; on operating margin, COCO reads 18.7% and MNST reads 31.0%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's COCO price has a different growth bar priced in than MNST (+33.1% implied for COCO vs +27.9% for MNST); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What COCO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What MNST's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | COCO | MNST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $73.16 | $97.47 |
| Market cap | $4.4B | $96.3B |
| Sector | Beverages | Beverages |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +33.1% | +27.9% |
| P/E | 53.0 | — |
| P/B | 12.56 | 11.04 |
| P/S | 6.72 | 10.95 |
| EV/EBITDA | 43.4 | 36.1 |
| Revenue growth | +23.0% | +18.1% |
| Gross margin | 40.0% | 55.0% |
| Operating margin | 18.7% | 31.0% |
| Net margin | 12.6% | 23.1% |
| Return on equity | 23.5% | 23.3% |
| Return on assets | 17.0% | 18.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 22.4% | 22.4% |
| FCF yield | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 3.65 | 3.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 9.12 | 8.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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