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KO vs MNST
Side-by-side comparison of Coca-Cola Company (KO) and Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both KO and MNST operate in Beverages (Production/Distribution) (Consumer Staples), so they compete in similar markets.
- KO is the larger of the two at $391.96B, about 2.8x MNST ($140.43B).
- Over the past year, KO is up 29.9% and MNST is up 52.1% - MNST leads by 22.2 points.
- KO has been more active in the news (21 items in the past 4 weeks vs 6 for MNST).
- Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
- Company
- Coca-Cola Company
- Monster Beverage Corporation
- Price
- $91.10+0.62%
- $47.80+0.65%
- Market cap
- $391.96B
- $140.43B
- 1M return
- +12.34%
- +2.22%
- 1Y return
- +29.88%
- +52.13%
- Industry
- Beverages (Production/Distribution)
- Beverages (Production/Distribution)
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 21
- 6
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 25
Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company, a beverage company, manufactures, markets, and sells various nonalcoholic beverages worldwide. The company provides sparkling soft drinks; water, enhanced water, and sports drinks; juice, dairy, and plantÂbased beverages; tea and coffee; and energy drinks. It also offers beverage concentrates and syrups, as well as fountain syrups to fountain retailers, such as restaurants and convenience stores. The company sells its products under the Coca-Cola, Diet Coke/Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Fanta, Fresca, Schweppes, Sprite, Thums Up, Aquarius, Ciel, Dasani, glacéau smartwater, glacéau vitaminwater, Ice Dew, I LOHAS, Powerade, Topo Chico, AdeS, Del Valle, fairlife, innocent, Minute Maid, Minute Maid Pulpy, Simply, Ayataka, Costa, dogadan, FUZE TEA, Georgia, Gold Peak, HONEST TEA, and Kochakaden brands. It operates through a network of independent bottling partners, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers, as well as through bottling and distribution operators. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Monster Beverage Corporation
Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and distributes energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and Other. The company offers carbonated energy drinks, non-carbonated dairy based coffee and energy drinks, non-carbonated energy teas and shakes, non-carbonated energy drinks, and ready-to-drink packaged energy drinks primarily to bottlers and beverage distributors, as well as sells directly to retail grocery and specialty chains, wholesalers, club stores, mass merchandisers, convenience chains, drug stores, foodservice customers, value stores, e-commerce retailers, and the military; and concentrates and/or beverage bases to bottling and canning operations. Monster Beverage Corporation sells its products under the Monster Energy, Monster Energy Ultra, Monster Rehab, Monster MAXX, Java Monster, Muscle Monster, Espresso Monster, Punch Monster, Juice Monster, Monster Hydro, Caffé Monster, Reign Total Body Fuel, Reign Inferno Thermogenic Fuel, NOS, Full Throttle, Burn, Mother, Nalu, Ultra Energy, Play and Power Play, Relentless, BPM, BU, Gladiator, Samurai, Live+, Predator, and Fury brands. The company was formerly known as Hansen Natural Corporation and changed its name to Monster Beverage Corporation in January 2012. Monster Beverage Corporation was incorporated in 1990 and is headquartered in Corona, California.
Latest KO
- Executive Vice President Quan Nancy exercised 50,000 shares at a strike of $50.44 and sold $4,519,260 worth of shares (50,000 units at $90.39) (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- The Coca-Cola Company Announces Participation in Barclays Global Consumer Conference
- President INSWA Ray Sanket sold $861,367 worth of shares (9,958 units at $86.50), decreasing direct ownership by 14% to 62,105 units (SEC Form 4)
- Europe OU President Ortega Luisa sold $4,827,894 worth of shares (55,755 units at $86.59) and exercised 40,160 shares at a strike of $52.40, decreasing direct ownership by 34% to 30,386 units (SEC Form 4) (withholding tax)
- President and CFO Murphy John exercised 152,483 shares at a strike of $44.48 and sold $13,313,580 worth of shares (152,483 units at $87.31) (SEC Form 4) to satisfy tax liability
- Chairman Quincey James exercised 527,087 shares at a strike of $45.44 and sold $47,468,615 worth of shares (527,087 units at $90.06) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4) (for withholding tax)
- SEC Form 10-Q filed by Coca-Cola Company
- President, Latin America OU Pietracci Bruno exercised 75,727 shares at a strike of $54.67 and sold $6,788,624 worth of shares (75,727 units at $89.65) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan (SEC Form 4) to cover withholding tax
- Goldman reiterated coverage on Coca-Cola with a new price target
- Wells Fargo reiterated coverage on Coca-Cola with a new price target
Latest MNST
- UBS reiterated coverage on Monster Beverage with a new price target
- RBC Capital Mkts reiterated coverage on Monster Beverage with a new price target
- Evercore ISI reiterated coverage on Monster Beverage with a new price target
- Monster Beverage Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Monster Beverage Reports 2026 Second Quarter Financial Results
- Monster Beverage to Report Financial Results for 2026 Second Quarter on August 6, 2026
- Monster Energy Athletes Claim Victory and Podium Spots on Day 1 of X Games New Orleans 2026
- Monster Beverage downgraded by Deutsche Bank with a new price target
- Stifel reiterated coverage on Monster Beverage with a new price target
- UBS reiterated coverage on Monster Beverage with a new price target