Monster Beverage (STU:MOB) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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STU:MOB Monster Beverage Corp STU:MOB
97 GF Score
Price €38.98
GF Value €35.32
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Monster Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Monster Beverage's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €0 Mil. Monster Beverage's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €0 Mil. Monster Beverage's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,748 Mil. Monster Beverage's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 0.00.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Monster Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Monster Beverage was 0.19. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.19.

STU:MOB's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry.
Industry Median: 1.14
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Monster Beverage  (STU:MOB) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.

Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

Monster Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Monster Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Monster Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Monster Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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STU:MOB vs KDP, COCSF, COKE: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Monster Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Monster Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA vs Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Monster Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Monster Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Monster Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Monster Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / 2306.9474276339
=0.00

Monster Beverage's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / 2748.2458224987
=0.00

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Monster Beverage (STU:MOB) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Monster Beverage stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €38.98 is trading 10.3% above its estimated GF Value™ of €35.32. GuruFocus considers Monster Beverage to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for STU:MOB:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €35.32 vs. price of €38.98 (10.3% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 97/100 with 1 warning sign

No single metric tells the full story. See the STU:MOB stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Monster Beverage Business Description

Address 1 Monster Way, Corona, CA, USA, 92879
Monster Beverage is a leader in the energy drink category within the nonalcoholic ready-to-drink beverage market, generating two-thirds of revenue in the US and Canada. The well-known Monster trademark includes brands such as Monster Energy, Monster Ultra, Java Monster, and Juice Monster. The firm also owns other energy drink brands, such as Reign, NOS, Burn, Bang, and Mother, and brews and distributes beers and flavored malt beverages following the acquisition of a craft brewer in 2022. Monster controls branding and innovation but outsources beverage manufacturing and packaging to co-packers and finished goods distribution to bottlers in the global Coca-Cola system (pursuant to a 20-year agreement inked in 2015). Coke is the largest shareholder of Monster, owning a 20% stake.
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