COCA COLA CO vs Monster Beverage Corp, two Food & Beverage stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where KO and MNST diverge most: on debt / equity, KO reads 0.01 and MNST reads 0.00; on revenue growth, KO reads +5.2% and MNST reads +18.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's KO price has a different growth bar priced in than MNST (+8.3% implied for KO vs +28.5% for MNST); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What KO's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What MNST's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | KO | MNST |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $83.48 | $97.37 |
| Market cap | $360.1B | $96.2B |
| Sector | Food & Beverage | Food & Beverage |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +8.3% | +28.5% |
| P/E | 26.3 | — |
| P/B | 10.08 | 11.03 |
| P/S | 7.31 | 10.94 |
| EV/EBITDA | 22.5 | 36.1 |
| Revenue growth | +5.2% | +18.1% |
| Gross margin | 63.0% | 55.0% |
| Operating margin | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| Net margin | 27.8% | 23.1% |
| Return on equity | 38.3% | 23.3% |
| Return on assets | 13.2% | 18.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 34.6% | 22.4% |
| FCF yield | 3.5% | 2.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.36 | 3.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.81 | 8.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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