WCG Wealth Advisors LLC Invests $866,000 in Monster Beverage Corporation $MNST

WCG Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNSTFree Report) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 11,290 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $866,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Monster Beverage by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 67,980,692 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,212,080,000 after purchasing an additional 497,108 shares during the period. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Monster Beverage by 8.0% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 37,719,091 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,538,872,000 after acquiring an additional 2,789,273 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Monster Beverage by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 19,625,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,509,369,000 after acquiring an additional 330,766 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Monster Beverage by 6.3% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 11,675,603 shares of the company’s stock valued at $785,885,000 after acquiring an additional 692,192 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in Monster Beverage during the 4th quarter valued at $691,104,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 72.36% of the company’s stock.

Monster Beverage Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ MNST opened at $89.55 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $80.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $78.60. The firm has a market cap of $87.58 billion, a PE ratio of 43.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.95 and a beta of 0.54. Monster Beverage Corporation has a twelve month low of $58.09 and a twelve month high of $90.44.

Monster Beverage (NASDAQ:MNSTGet Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Friday, May 8th. The company reported $0.58 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.53 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $2.32 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.16 billion. Monster Beverage had a return on equity of 26.86% and a net margin of 23.11%.Monster Beverage’s revenue was up 22.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.47 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that Monster Beverage Corporation will post 2.31 earnings per share for the current year.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on MNST shares. Argus boosted their price objective on Monster Beverage from $95.00 to $100.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, March 3rd. Wall Street Zen cut Monster Beverage from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on Monster Beverage from $86.00 to $88.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Monster Beverage from $85.00 to $94.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 27th. Finally, TD Cowen dropped their price objective on Monster Beverage from $88.00 to $80.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 20th. Fourteen investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $89.05.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Monster Beverage

In other Monster Beverage news, CFO Thomas J. Kelly sold 7,000 shares of Monster Beverage stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $87.81, for a total transaction of $614,670.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 62,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,492,778.93. The trade was a 10.06% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Mark J. Hall sold 54,000 shares of Monster Beverage stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $85.81, for a total value of $4,633,740.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 299,246 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $25,678,299.26. This trade represents a 15.29% 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 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 8.10% of the company’s stock.

About Monster Beverage

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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.

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