Monster Beverage (MNST) Competitors

Coca-Cola Consolidated (NASDAQ:COKE) and Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST) are both large-cap consumer staples companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.

Which has more risk and volatility, COKE or MNST?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer COKE or MNST?

In the previous week, Coca-Cola Consolidated had 2 more articles in the media than Monster Beverage. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated and 2 mentions for Monster Beverage. Coca-Cola Consolidated's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Monster Beverage's score of 0.22 indicating that Coca-Cola Consolidated is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coca-Cola Consolidated	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Monster Beverage	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings & valuation, COKE or MNST?

Monster Beverage has higher revenue and earnings than Coca-Cola Consolidated. Coca-Cola Consolidated is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Monster Beverage, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coca-Cola Consolidated	$6.78B	1.59	$408.38M	$57.46	21.40
Monster Beverage	$7.41B	6.92	$1.63B	$1.56	33.78

Do analysts rate COKE or MNST?

Monster Beverage has a consensus target price of $56.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.83%. Given Monster Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Monster Beverage is more favorable than Coca-Cola Consolidated.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coca-Cola Consolidated	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Monster Beverage	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is COKE or MNST more profitable?

Monster Beverage has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 7.81%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 46.94% beat Monster Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Consolidated	7.81%	46.94%	13.27%
Monster Beverage	21.66%	23.31%	18.48%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COKE or MNST?

Monster Beverage received 677 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Consolidated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave Monster Beverage an outperform vote while only 62.90% of users gave Coca-Cola Consolidated an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coca-Cola Consolidated	Outperform Votes 278 62.90%	Underperform Votes 164 37.10%
Monster Beverage	Outperform Votes 955 71.59%	Underperform Votes 379 28.41%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of COKE or MNST?

48.2% of Coca-Cola Consolidated shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Monster Beverage shares are held by institutional investors. 7.8% of Monster Beverage shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Monster Beverage beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.