Coca-Cola Consolidated vs Monster Beverage
COKE and MNST side by side, both in beverages. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How COKE and MNST compare
Monster Beverage is the larger company, worth 3.3 times as much as Coca-Cola Consolidated ($46.4B against $14.0B).
Monster Beverage grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.4% versus 10.7% for Coca-Cola Consolidated).
Coca-Cola Consolidated pays a dividend yielding 0.48%; Monster Beverage does not pay one.
Coca-Cola Consolidated scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 10 for Monster Beverage), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | COKE | MNST |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $14.0B | $46.4B |
| Share price | $210.30 | $47.34 |
| Change, 1 year | 64.3% | 42.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 385% | 107% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.53 | 0.48 |
| Employees | 17K | 6,891 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 15 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 21.9× |
| P/S | 1.8× (better) | 5.0× |
| P/B | – | 5.0× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.6× (better) | 15.3× |
| P/FCF | 21.7× (better) | 22.1× |
| FCF yield | 4.6% (better) | 4.5% |
| Fair value | $229.58 | $45.02 |
| Margin of safety | 8.4% (better) | −5.2% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 10.7% | 20.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.6% | 12.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −6.1% | – |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 34.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 55.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | 13.0% | 29.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 7.2% | – |
| FCF margin | 8.4% | 22.8% (better) |
| Return on equity | 97.3% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 39.8% (better) | 37.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.95 | – |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 3.73 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.07 | 17.16 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | – |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.48% | – |
| Payout ratio | 13.9% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.14% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.48% (better) | 0.14% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 62.3% | 136% |
| Held by insiders | 15.9% | 42.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$2.4B | −$36.2M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.9% | 8.1% |
Go deeper
- COKE stock overview
- COKE income statement
- COKE valuation and score
- MNST stock overview
- MNST income statement
- MNST valuation and score
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