- Prev close
- $45.72
- Day range
- $43.93 – $46.84
- From 52-wk high
- -8.9%
Monster Beverage slipped -1.9% into its November 5 earnings date, but the move looks more like routine positioning than a business setback given 20.4% revenue growth, 34.6% EPS growth, and 29.2% operating margin.
MNST
MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP
As of Nov 5, 2026
56/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreMove looks stock-specific
MNST finished -1.9% while the S&P 500 rose 1.9% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.9%, so the stock clearly lagged a broadly firmer tape. The move is better explained by stock-specific positioning into its November 5 earnings release than by the market, because the index gains were positive and nowhere near large enough to explain the decline on their own.
Routine, but valuation-sensitive
This looks like ordinary volatility for a high-quality but richly priced consumer name, not a sign of fundamental deterioration. Revenue is up 1.9% YoY (TTM) and the latest quarter was +20.2% YoY, EPS is up 1.9% YoY (TTM), and margins are strong at gross +55.5%, operating +29.2%, and net +23.1%; against that, a PE of 44.9 and forward PE of 36.8 leave little room for disappointment, while a PEG of 3.38 — P/E divided by earnings growth — says strong growth is already priced in. The beta of 0.48 also fits a lower-volatility profile, so a 1.9% down session is not unusual in itself, but it does carry more sensitivity because the valuation is rich.
Earnings setup
The next earnings date is 2026-11-05, and the company has already said it will report third-quarter 2026 results after the market closes. The facts do not provide revenue or EPS consensus for the upcoming quarter, and they do not give prior post-earnings reaction data, so I cannot quantify those pieces here. What the market is likely waiting to learn is whether the 20.2% latest-quarter revenue pace can hold, whether the 29.2% operating margin stays near current levels, and whether EPS can keep growing from the current 34.6% YoY TTM rate.
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