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MNST vs SAM

Side-by-side comparison of Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) and Boston Beer Company Inc. (SAM): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both MNST and SAM operate in Beverages (Production/Distribution) (Consumer Staples), so they compete in similar markets.
  • MNST is the larger of the two at $45.14B, about 8.6x SAM ($5.23B).
  • Over the past year, MNST is up 33.7% and SAM is down 1.2% - MNST leads by 34.9 points.
  • MNST has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 4 for SAM).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceMNST+33.72%SAM-1.18%
2025-04-28+0.00%2026-04-24
MetricMNSTSAM
Company
Monster Beverage Corporation
Boston Beer Company Inc.
Price
$78.20+0.81%
$235.31-1.98%
Market cap
$45.14B
$5.23B
1M return
+6.84%
+5.04%
1Y return
+33.72%
-1.18%
Industry
Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Beverages (Production/Distribution)
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
8
4
Recent ratings
25
25
MNST

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.

SAM

Boston Beer Company Inc.

The Boston Beer Company, Inc. produces and sells alcohol beverages primarily in the United States. The company's flagship beer is Samuel Adams Boston Lager. It offers various beers, hard ciders, and hard seltzers under the Samuel Adams, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head, Angel City, Coney Island, Concrete Beach brand names. The company markets and sells its products to a network of approximately 400 wholesalers in the United States, as well as international wholesalers, importers, or other agencies that in turn sell to retailers, such as grocery stores, club stores, convenience stores, liquor stores, bars, restaurants, stadiums, and other retail outlets. It also sells in products in Canada, Europe, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, the Pacific Rim, Mexico, and Central and South America. The Boston Beer Company, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.