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Monster Beverage (Monster Beverage) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 38.99 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-16), Monster Beverage's share price is $54.67. Monster Beverage's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.40. Hence, Monster Beverage's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 38.99.

The historical rank and industry rank for Monster Beverage's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

MNST' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 24.59   Med: 40.53   Max: 95.6
Current: 39

During the past 13 years, Monster Beverage's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 95.60. The lowest was 24.59. And the median was 40.53.

MNST's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
80.82% of 73 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 16.25 vs MNST: 39.00

Monster Beverage's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.30. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $1.40.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Monster Beverage was 121.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 5.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 1.70% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, Monster Beverage's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 184.40% per year. The lowest was -26.00% per year. And the median was 22.70% per year.


Monster Beverage Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Monster Beverage's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 34.61 38.15 46.85 80.20 41.09

Monster Beverage Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 80.20 52.85 45.88 40.33 41.09

Competitive Comparison

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Monster Beverage's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Monster Beverage Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Monster Beverage's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=54.67/1.402
=38.99

Monster Beverage's Share Price of today is $54.67.
Monster Beverage's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.40.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Monster Beverage  (NAS:MNST) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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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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