Thinking About Investing in Monster Beverage (MNST)? Know This!

Consumer Staples sector company Monster Beverage posted a 0.57% performance today, while the S&P 500 returned -0.21%.

22 analysts are following Monster Beverage and have set target prices ranging from $88.0 to $125.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of buy. At today's prices, MNST is trading -5.1% away from its average analyst target price of $110.29 per share.

Over the last year, MNST's share price has increased by 26.75%, which represents a difference of 40.87% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $105.45 per share whereas its 52 week low is $79.16. Monster Beverage's average free cash flow over the last four years has been $1,036,894,400.0, but they have been decreasing at an average rate of -6.02%. This may prove a challenge to the long term sustainability of the stock's upwards trend.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations (k) Capital Expenditures (k) Free Cash Flow (k) YoY Growth
2022-12-31 $887,699 $188,726 $698,973 -36.36%
2021-12-31 $1,155,741 $57,453 $1,098,288 -15.31%
2020-12-31 $1,364,163 $67,272 $1,296,891 29.25%
2019-12-31 $1,113,762 $110,398 $1,003,364 -7.69%
2018-12-31 $1,161,881 $74,925 $1,086,956 n/a
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