Monster Beverage vs Constellation Brands
MNST and STZ side by side, both in beverages. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MNST and STZ compare
Monster Beverage is the larger company, worth 2.0 times as much as Constellation Brands ($46.4B against $23.1B).
Monster Beverage grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.4% versus −4.3% for Constellation Brands).
Constellation Brands pays a dividend yielding 2.3%; Monster Beverage does not pay one.
Constellation Brands scores higher on the StockData Score (14 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 | MNST | STZ |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $46.4B | $23.1B |
| Share price | $47.34 | $135.33 |
| Change, 1 year | 42.2% | 3.3% |
| Change, 5 years | 107% | −39.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.48 | 0.54 |
| Employees | 6,891 | 9,400 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.9× | – |
| P/S | 5.0× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/B | 5.0× | 2.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.3× | 10.4× (better) |
| P/FCF | 22.1× | 12.6× (better) |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 8.0% (better) |
| Fair value | $45.02 | $220.98 |
| Margin of safety | −5.2% | 38.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.4% (better) | −4.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 12.5% (better) | 1.2% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 57.4% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 34.2% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 55.5% (better) | 52.7% |
| Operating margin | 29.2% | 30.2% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 20.9% |
| FCF margin | 22.8% (better) | 20.0% |
| Return on equity | – | 23.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 37.2% (better) | 12.3% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 1.20 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 3.20 |
| Interest coverage | – | 8.1× |
| Current ratio | 3.73 (better) | 1.00 |
| Altman Z-score | 17.16 (better) | 2.80 |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.3% |
| Payout ratio | – | 36.8% |
| Buyback yield | 0.14% | 3.4% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.14% | 5.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 136% | 84.8% |
| Held by insiders | 42.7% | 16.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$36.2M | −$1.0M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.1% | 6.7% |
Go deeper
- MNST stock overview
- MNST income statement
- MNST valuation and score
- STZ stock overview
- STZ income statement
- STZ valuation and score
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