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Monster Beverage (Monster Beverage) Graham Number

: $13.43 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Graham Number is a figure that measures a stock's fundamental value by taking into account the company's earnings per share and book value per share. The Graham number is the upper bound of the price range that a defensive investor should pay for the stock. According to the theory, any stock price below the Graham number is considered undervalued, and thus worth investing in.

As of today (2024-04-16), the stock price of Monster Beverage is $54.755. Monster Beverage's graham number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13.43. Therefore, Monster Beverage's Price to Graham Number ratio for today is 4.08.

The historical rank and industry rank for Monster Beverage's Graham Number or its related term are showing as below:

MNST' s Price-to-Graham-Number Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.02   Med: 5.17   Max: 6.82
Current: 4.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Price to Graham Number ratio of Monster Beverage was 6.82. The lowest was 4.02. And the median was 5.17.

MNST's Price-to-Graham-Number is ranked worse than
91.67% of 72 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 1.515 vs MNST: 4.08

Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation. It is a very conservative way of valuing a stock.


Monster Beverage Graham Number Historical Data

The historical data trend for Monster Beverage's Graham Number 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.

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Monster Beverage Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Graham Number
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.17 8.83 10.68 10.29 13.38

Monster Beverage Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Graham Number Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.26 11.19 12.30 12.67 13.43

Competitive Comparison

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Monster Beverage's Price-to-Graham-Number, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Graham-Number 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 Price-to-Graham-Number Distribution

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

* The bar in red indicates where Monster Beverage's Price-to-Graham-Number falls into.



Monster Beverage Graham Number Calculation

Graham Number is a concept based on Ben Graham's conservative valuation of companies.

Monster Beverage's Graham Number for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5* Tangible Book per Share *EPS without NRI)
=sqrt of (22.5*5.169*1.54)
=13.38

Monster Beverage's Graham Number for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Graham Number
=sqrt of (22.5*Tangible Book per Share*EPS without NRI (TTM))
=sqrt of (22.5*5.169*1.55)
=13.43

* 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  (NAS:MNST) Graham Number Explanation

Ben Graham actually did not publish a formula like this. But he wrote in The Intelligent Investor (1948 version) regarding to the criteria for purchases:

Current price should not be more than 15 times average earnings of the past three years.

Current price should not be more than 1.5 times the book value last reported. However, a multiplier of earnings below 15 could justify a correspondingly higher multiplier of assets. As a rule of thumb we suggest that the product of the multiplier times the ratio of price to book value should not exceed 22.5. (This figure corresponds to 15 times earnings and 1.5 times book value. It would admit an issue selling at only 9 times earnings and 2.5 times asset value, etc.)

Unlike valuation methods such as DCF or Discounted Earnings, the Graham number does not take growth into the valuation. Unlike the valuation methods based on book value alone, it takes into account the earnings power. Therefore, the Graham Number is a combination of asset valuation and earnings power valuation.

In general, the Graham number is a very conservative way of valuing a stock. It cannot be applied to companies with negative book values.

Monster Beverage's Price to Graham number Ratio for today is calculated as

Price to Graham number=Share Price (Today)/Graham number (Q: Dec. 2023 )
=54.755/13.43
=4.08

* 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.


Be Aware

Please keep these in mind:

1. Graham Number does not take growth into account. Therefore it underestimates the values of the companies that have good earnings growth. We feel that if the earnings per share grows more than 10% a year, Graham Number underestimates the value.
2. Graham Number punishes the companies that have temporarily low earnings. Therefore, an average of earnings makes more sense in the calculation of Graham Number.
3. Graham Numbers underestimates companies that are light with book.


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Monster Beverage (Monster Beverage) Business Description

Address
1 Monster Way, Corona, CA, USA, 92879
Monster Beverage is a leader in the energy drink subsegment of the nonalcoholic beverage market, generating two thirds of revenue in the U.S. 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, 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 copackers 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 with a 19.5% stake.
Executives
Guy Carling officer: President of EMEA 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Thomas J Kelly officer: VP-Hansen Beverage Company MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION, 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Mark Vidergauz director C/O MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION, 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Ana Demel director 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Mark J Hall officer: Senior VP, Hansen Bev Co MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION, 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
James L Dinkins director C/O THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, ONE COCA-COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA 30313
Steven G Pizula director 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Emelie Tirre officer: President of the Americas 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Gary P Fayard director ONE COCA COLA PLAZA, ATLANTA GA 30313
Tiffany M. Hall director 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Jeanne P Jackson director 537 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, #306, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92660
Hilton H Schlosberg director, officer: Vice Chairman and President C/O MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP, 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Rodney C Sacks director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O HANSEN NATURAL CORP, 550 MONICA CIRCLE, SUITE 201, CORONA CA 92880
Sydney Selati director 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879
Benjamin Polk director C/O MONSTER BEVERAGE CORPORATION, 1 MONSTER WAY, CORONA CA 92879

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