Key Considerations Before Investing in MNST Stock

By Harris Dyer • Saturday, September 14 15:07 • Permanent Link

Monster Beverage logged a 1.8% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $50.83 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. MNST's trading volume is 3,779,733 compared to the stock's average volume of 6,564,675.

Monster Beverage trades -6.63% away from its average analyst target price of $54.44 per share. The 23 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $40.0 to $63.0, and on average have given Monster Beverage a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying MNST should be aware of the facts below:

Monster Beverage's current price is 209.6% above its Graham number of $16.42, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Monster Beverage has moved -9.7% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 26.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 1.6, Monster Beverage has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 31.8 while the S&P 500 average is 28.21
MNST has a forward P/E ratio of 26.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $1.91 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.27 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Monster Beverage is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 8.52 compared to its sector average of 3.05
Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in development, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally.
Based in Corona, the company has 5,254 full time employees and a market cap of $49.79 Billion.

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