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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, 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	$6.90B	1.78	$408.38M	$69.85	20.15
Monster Beverage	$7.49B	7.16	$1.63B	$1.49	37.03

Is COKE or MNST more profitable?

Monster Beverage has a net margin of 21.66% compared to Coca-Cola Consolidated's net margin of 9.18%. Coca-Cola Consolidated's return on equity of 49.88% beat Monster Beverage's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coca-Cola Consolidated	9.18%	49.88%	13.37%
Monster Beverage	21.66%	23.31%	18.48%

Do analysts rate COKE or MNST?

Monster Beverage has a consensus price target of $56.47, suggesting a potential upside of 2.36%. Given Monster Beverage's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48

Do institutionals and 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, COKE or MNST?

Coca-Cola Consolidated has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Monster Beverage has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer COKE or MNST?

In the previous week, Monster Beverage had 50 more articles in the media than Coca-Cola Consolidated. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Monster Beverage and 8 mentions for Coca-Cola Consolidated. Coca-Cola Consolidated's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Monster Beverage's score of 0.74 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Monster Beverage	20 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	20 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COKE or MNST?

Monster Beverage received 681 more outperform votes than Coca-Cola Consolidated when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.41% 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 959 71.41%	Underperform Votes 384 28.59%

Summary

Monster Beverage beats Coca-Cola Consolidated on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.