Monster Beverage Corporation $MNST Stake Lifted by Natixis Advisors LLC

Posted by Francis Steltz on Jun 3rd, 2026

Natixis Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST – Free Report) by 10.9% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,047,322 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 201,629 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Monster Beverage were worth $156,969,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC grew its stake in Monster Beverage by 136.7% during the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 355 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 205 shares during the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Monster Beverage by 508.1% during the 3rd quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 377 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 315 shares during the last quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in Monster Beverage by 1,338.7% during the 2nd quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 446 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 415 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management bought a new position in Monster Beverage during the 3rd quarter worth $36,000. Finally, KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp bought a new position in Monster Beverage during the 3rd quarter worth $45,000. 72.36% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Mark J. Hall sold 54,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.81, for a total transaction of $4,633,740.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 299,246 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $25,678,299.26. This represents a 15.29% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Emelie Tirre sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.74, for a total value of $857,400.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 71,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,152,959.62. This represents a 12.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 159,700 shares of company stock valued at $13,730,462 over the last three months. Insiders own 8.10% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Rothschild & Co Redburn upgraded Monster Beverage from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $76.00 to $90.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on Monster Beverage from $86.00 to $88.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their price objective on Monster Beverage from $92.00 to $90.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price target on Monster Beverage from $87.00 to $97.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut Monster Beverage from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 9th. Fourteen equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $89.05.

Read Our Latest Stock Report on MNST

Monster Beverage Stock Up 1.2%

Shares of Monster Beverage stock opened at $89.10 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $87.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.54. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $79.04 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.15. Monster Beverage Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $58.09 and a fifty-two week high of $89.86.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNST – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May 8th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.05. Monster Beverage had a return on equity of 26.86% and a net margin of 23.11%.The business had revenue of $2.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.16 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.47 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 22.6% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts anticipate that Monster Beverage Corporation will post 2.31 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Monster Beverage announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Friday, May 15th that authorizes the company to buyback $500.00 million in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 0.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Monster Beverage Profile

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Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ: MNST) is an American beverage company best known for its Monster Energy brand of energy drinks. The company’s product portfolio centers on carbonated energy beverages and a range of complementary ready-to-drink offerings, including energy coffees, hydration beverages and other flavored functional drinks. Monster markets multiple sub-brands and flavor variants to address different consumer segments and consumption occasions.

Originally organized around the Hansen’s Natural line of juices and sodas, the company pivoted toward the energy drink category and formally adopted the Monster Beverage name in the early 2010s to reflect its strategic focus.