AKO-A vs CELH vs MNST Stock Comparison

Andina Bottling, Celsius Holdings and Monster Beverage Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AKO-A Andina Bottling Co Inc
$23.61 -9.1% 1M +17.2% 1Y
Market cap
$3.72B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$1.87T
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
4 wins
CELH Celsius Holdings, Inc.
$28.00 +0.0% 1M -55.0% 1Y
Market cap
$7.13B
P/E
118.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.05B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
2 wins
MNST Monster Beverage Corp
$45.44 +5.4% 1M -34.8% 1Y
Market cap
$89.07B
P/E
41.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.22B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
3 wins

Head to Head

9 decided of 12

Andina Bottling leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Andina Bottling 4, Monster Beverage 3, Celsius Holdings 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAKO-ACELHMNSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.72B $7.13B $89.07B MNST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.0x 118.8x 41.9x MNST
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 20.4x 37.9x CELH
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +73.6% +82.9% +20.4% CELH
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -7.2% 2.0% 23.1% MNST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 7.7% — –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield — 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +17.2% -55.0% -34.8% AKO-A
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.0%/yr -3.0%/yr +1.4%/yr AKO-A
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 53.0% 63.9% 73.6% AKO-A
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 75/100 63/100 62/100 AKO-A

Percentile Scorecard

AKO-ACELHMNST

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAKO-ACELHMNST
Valuation 95 #3 of 38 54 #18 of 38 16 #32 of 38
Growth 63 #13 of 33 88 #5 of 33 69 #11 of 33
Profitability 67 #11 of 31 60 #13 of 31 97 #2 of 31
Financial Health – 64 #14 of 37 94 #3 of 37
Shareholder Returns – 50 #12 of 23 32 #16 of 23
Overall 75 63 62
  • AKO-A ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • CELH ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • MNST ranked among 41 companies in Beverages

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAKO-ACELHMNSTSPY
1 month -9.1%+0.0%+5.4% -0.2%
3 months +3.8%-4.9%-53.5% +3.9%
6 months +1.5%-14.2%-41.1% +8.2%
Year to date +1.3%-38.8%-40.7% +12.9%
1 year +17.2%-55.0%-34.8% +12.3%
3 years +141.4%-47.4%-8.9% +87.4%
3 years, per year +34.2%-19.3%-3.1% +23.3%
5 years +118.8%-14.1%+7.0% +67.9%
5 years, per year +17.0%-3.0%+1.4% +10.9%
10 years +8.0%+3,900.0%+90.3% +261.1%
10 years, per year +0.8%+44.6%+6.6% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureAKO-ACELHMNSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 53.0%63.9%73.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.0%70.6%106.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.191.060.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.32-0.86-0.47 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-77.9%-58.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.4%-55.0%-54.5% -1.2%
52-week high $26.96$62.22$99.94 $779.14
52-week low $20.29$23.77$41.62 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAKO-ACELHMNST
P/E now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 26.1x 119.0xmedian 26.1x 41.8xmedian 26.1x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.6x 2.3xmedian 1.6x 9.7xmedian 1.6x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 14.0x 29.6xmedian 14.0x 30.5xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 5.1xmedian 18.1x 15.3xmedian 18.1x 42.4xmedian 18.1x
P/B now vs peer median —median 2.6x 5.9xmedian 2.6x 9.5xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 2.07 3.53median 2.07 2.50median 2.07

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAKO-ACELHMNST
Revenue $1.87T $3.05B $9.22B
Gross profit $738.40B $1.49B $5.12B
Operating income $506.45B $160.31M $2.69B
Net income $166.68B $129.12M $2.13B
Free cash flow – $462.77M $2.10B
EPS (diluted) – $0.23 $1.08
Cash & equivalents – $631.23M $2.19B
Total debt – $667.85M –
Shares (diluted) – 256.93M 1.98B
Enterprise value $3.72B $4.74B $77.32B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAKO-ACELHMNST
P/E 0.0x 119.0x 41.8x
P/FCF 5.1x 15.3x 42.4x
P/Operating cash flow – 13.9x 39.8x
P/S 0.0x 2.3x 9.7x
P/B – 5.9x 9.5x
P/Tangible book – -39.4x 11.2x
EV/EBITDA – 29.6x 30.5x
EV/EBIT 0.0x 44.5x 31.8x
EV/Revenue 0.0x 2.3x 9.3x
EV/FCF – 15.4x 40.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 14.0x 38.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 3.53 2.50

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAKO-ACELHMNST
Revenue growth (1Y) 73.6% 82.9% 20.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 47.4% 11.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.5% 76.4% 21.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 51.1% 13.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.1% -7.5% 30.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 62.2% 13.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 6.0% -2.0% 35.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 21.9% 46.9% 14.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – -36.7% 34.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 33.7% 16.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 115.8% 9.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 66.0% 13.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 119.5% 13.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 67.5% 15.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAKO-ACELHMNST
Gross margin 39.4% 48.8% 55.5%
EBITDA margin – 7.9% 30.5%
Operating margin 27.0% 5.3% 29.2%
Pretax margin 11.7% 4.6% 30.1%
Net margin -7.2% 2.0% 23.1%
FCF margin – 15.2% 22.8%
Operating cash flow margin – 16.7% 24.3%
Return on equity – 10.5% 23.5%
Return on assets – 2.5% 19.1%
Return on invested capital – 7.7% –
Return on capital employed – 3.9% 28.6%
Asset turnover – 0.6x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.9x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.1% 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAKO-ACELHMNST
Debt / assets – 12.9% –
Debt / equity – 0.6x –
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.2x –
Debt / FCF – 1.4x –
Liabilities / assets – 76.8% 17.7%
Equity / assets – 23.2% 82.3%
Interest coverage – 3.0x –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.8x 3.7x
Quick ratio – 1.3x 3.1x
Cash ratio – 0.6x 2.0x
Altman Z-score – 2.04 29.84

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAKO-ACELHMNST
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield – 1.0% 0.1%
Shareholder yield – 1.0% 0.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAKO-ACELHMNST
Forward P/E – 20.4xFY2026 37.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $1.37FY2026 $1.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +2.2%FY2026 +16.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – +21.2% +5.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $3.30BFY2026 $10.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +30.9%FY2026 +23.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – +0.2% +2.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAKO-ACELHMNST
Held by institutions 0.1% 65.3% 67.5%
Institutions holding 16 540 1,359
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% +5.3% +2.9%
Institutions buying 4 296 738
Institutions selling 5 179 456
Buyers to sellers 0.80 1.65 1.62

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

AKO-ACELHMNST
AKO-A 1.00 0.06 0.06
CELH 0.06 1.00 0.10
MNST 0.06 0.10 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, AKO-A, CELH and MNST?

Monster Beverage (MNST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) $3.72B, Celsius Holdings (CELH) $7.13B, Monster Beverage (MNST) $89.07B.

Which stock is cheaper, AKO-A, CELH and MNST?

Monster Beverage (MNST) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 0.0x, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 118.8x, Monster Beverage (MNST) 41.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Celsius Holdings (CELH) is cheapest (Celsius Holdings (CELH) 20.4x, Monster Beverage (MNST) 37.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Celsius Holdings (CELH) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +73.6%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) +82.9%, Monster Beverage (MNST) +20.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Monster Beverage (MNST) has the highest net margin (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) -7.2%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 2.0%, Monster Beverage (MNST) 23.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Andina Bottling (AKO-A) returned the most: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.2%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) -55.0%, Monster Beverage (MNST) -34.8%. Over five years, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) compounded fastest (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.0%/yr, Celsius Holdings (CELH) -3.0%/yr, Monster Beverage (MNST) +1.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) has been the steadiest (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 53.0%, Celsius Holdings (CELH) 63.9%, Monster Beverage (MNST) 73.6%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, AKO-A, CELH and MNST?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Andina Bottling (AKO-A) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.