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$44.00-1.59%as of Sep 22, 2026
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$44.00
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$43.85 – $44.61
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-12.3%
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in 44 days

Monster Beverage's -0.1% session move was essentially flat while the S&P 500 rose 1.1% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.7%; the read is mostly market-noise, but the stock's 41.3 PE and 3.56 PEG keep the setup sensitive to any shift in growth or margin expectations.

MNST

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP

As of Sep 17, 2026

64/100

Worth keeping an eye onHealth Score

Why it moved

MNST finished -0.1% even as the S&P 500 rose 0.1% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 0.1%, so the broader tape does not explain the stock's behavior. The beverage peers were mixed — KO +0.2%, PEP -0.5%, KDP -1.2%, and COKE +0.2% — which points to a mild sector-relative move rather than a clear company-specific shock. The intraday path also looked restrained, opening at $44.78, reaching $44.81, dipping to $44.23, and closing at $44.51; that is a small fade, not a disorderly sell-off.

Is this normal volatility

This looks like ordinary volatility, not a deterioration signal. The business still shows revenue +20.4% YoY (TTM), latest quarter +20.2% YoY, EPS +34.6% YoY (TTM), gross margin +55.5%, operating margin +29.2%, and net margin +23.1%, so the fundamental trend is intact. The valuation is still demanding at PE 41.3, forward PE 39.5, and PEG 3.56 — a PEG of 3.56 means investors are paying 3.56x the growth rate, so strong growth is already priced in and the shares can react sharply to any disappointment. Beta 0.53 also says the name is typically less volatile than the market, so a near-flat session is well within its usual range of motion.

Earnings preview

The next earnings date is 2026-11-05. The facts here do not provide a current consensus revenue or EPS forecast, so I cannot quote expected growth or margin targets for the print. The market will mainly be looking for whether revenue growth near the recent +20.2% YoY pace can hold, whether EPS can keep up with the TTM +34.6% YoY trend, and whether margins can stay near gross +55.5%, operating +29.2%, and net +23.1%. Prior post-earnings reaction data is not available in the facts, so I cannot characterize the stock's historical reaction pattern around results.

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