Monster Beverage Corp
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $46.77, Monster Beverage Corp (MNST) is priced for +5.6% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 3, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
• Monster Beverage is essentially a pure-play energy-drink company, with the Monster Energy segment making up the bulk of sales, distributed in approximately ⟦"158 countries and territories worldwide"⟧ largely through the Coca-Cola system, and earning a near-30% operating margin. • The trajectory is the story: first-quarter net sales rose 26.9% to $2.35 billion, operating income grew 28.1% to $730 million, and international sales jumped 44.9% to reach about 45% of the total. [Source: Monster Q1
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1,193 institutional managers reported holding MNST in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 62% of the company; the top 10 hold 30%. 121 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 22.3M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 2% of shares outstanding (4 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
MNST has cut its share count 7.5% over the past five years, spending $5.47B on repurchases. It pays no dividend. Cash returned over the past three years: $4.61B in repurchases.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
No open-market insider buys on file at MNST over the trailing three years. Absence is a fact about the company, not a signal. 11 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
MNST's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-02 | -3.1% | +13.2% |
| 2023-05-06 | +2.3% | -6.4% |
| 2023-08-05 | -4.4% | -9.3% |
| 2024-03-01 | +5.3% | -6.5% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
MNST's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-06 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01); 2026-07-08 (items 8.01, 9.01); 2026-06-04 (items 5.02); 2026-05-15 (items 5.07, 8.01, 9.01); 2026-05-07 (items 2.02, 7.01, 9.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 3, 2026
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