AKO-A vs COKE vs MNST Stock Comparison

Andina Bottling, Coca-Cola Consolidated and Monster Beverage Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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AKO-A Andina Bottling Co Inc
$25.29 +6.9% 1M +13.0% 1Y
Market cap
$3.99B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$978.62B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
MNST Monster Beverage Corp
$47.83 +10.6% 1M -29.5% 1Y
Market cap
$90.63B
P/E
42.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.22B
Div. yield
–
Non-Alcoholic Beverages Consumer Staples
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Coca-Cola Consolidated leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Coca-Cola Consolidated 7, Monster Beverage 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAKO-ACOKEMNSTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $3.99B $11.89B $90.63B MNST
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 0.0x 20.4x 42.6x COKE
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS — 18.7x 39.9x COKE
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +2.3% +10.2% +20.4% MNST
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months -20.0% 7.5% 23.1% MNST
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 13.6% 35.9% — COKE
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.0x 1.7x — COKE
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +13.0% +57.7% -29.5% COKE
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +17.9%/yr +37.4%/yr +0.9%/yr COKE
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 51.4% 38.0% 73.6% COKE
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 45/100 57/100 60/100 MNST

Percentile Scorecard

AKO-ACOKEMNST

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-ACOKEMNST
Valuation 92 #4 of 37 83 #7 of 37 14 #32 of 37
Growth 9 #30 of 33 34 #22 of 33 69 #11 of 33
Profitability 47 #18 of 33 75 #9 of 33 94 #3 of 33
Financial Health 32 #26 of 38 24 #29 of 38 97 #2 of 38
Shareholder Returns – 70 #8 of 24 26 #18 of 24
Overall 45 57 60
  • AKO-A ranked among 41 companies in Beverages
  • COKE 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-ACOKEMNSTSPY
1 month +6.9%+9.2%+10.6% -5.9%
3 months +9.4%+12.9%-49.2% -4.6%
6 months +11.9%+19.6%-37.0% +0.2%
Year to date +8.5%+38.6%-37.6% +7.5%
1 year +13.0%+57.7%-29.5% +8.2%
3 years +128.0%+219.9%-14.8% +68.3%
3 years, per year +31.6%+47.4%-5.2% +19.0%
5 years +127.2%+389.9%+4.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year +17.9%+37.4%+0.9% +9.4%
10 years +13.4%+1,411.8%+112.2% +251.5%
10 years, per year +1.3%+31.2%+7.8% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAKO-ACOKEMNSTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 51.4%38.0%73.6% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 66.5%42.4%106.5% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.15-0.180.32 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.251.52-0.40 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -28.6%-35.6%-58.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.2%-2.0%-52.1% -5.9%
52-week high $26.96$216.91$99.94 $779.14
52-week low $20.29$134.74$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-ACOKEMNST
P/E now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 24.4x 20.6xmedian 24.4x 44.0xmedian 24.4x
P/S now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 1.7x 1.5xmedian 1.7x 10.2xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 15.0x 11.3xmedian 15.0x 32.1xmedian 15.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 21.3x 21.7xmedian 21.3x 44.7xmedian 21.3x
P/B now vs peer median 0.0xmedian 2.6x -35.3xmedian 2.6x 10.0xmedian 2.6x
PEG now vs peer median —median 1.16 0.93median 1.16 2.63median 1.16

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-ACOKEMNST
Revenue $978.62B $7.79B $9.22B
Gross profit $395.25B $3.03B $5.12B
Operating income $506.45B $1.02B $2.69B
Net income $105.41B $583.49M $2.13B
Free cash flow $1.39B $552.19M $2.10B
EPS (diluted) – $8.76 $1.08
Cash & equivalents $307.72B $311.91M $2.19B
Total debt $2.45T $2.51B –
Shares (diluted) – 66.64M 1.98B
Enterprise value -$1.18T $10.89B $78.89B

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-ACOKEMNST
P/E 0.0x 20.6x 44.0x
P/FCF 2.9x 21.7x 44.7x
P/Operating cash flow 4.5x 13.7x 41.9x
P/S 0.0x 1.5x 10.2x
P/B 0.0x -35.3x 10.0x
P/Tangible book 0.0x -11.0x 11.7x
EV/EBITDA 4.0x 11.3x 32.1x
EV/EBIT 4.0x 13.9x 33.6x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 1.8x 9.8x
EV/FCF 1,456x 25.7x 43.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 2,275x 16.3x 40.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – 0.93 2.63

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAKO-ACOKEMNST
Revenue growth (1Y) 2.3% 10.2% 20.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -13.2% 5.7% 11.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 2.4% 7.6% 21.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -12.3% 5.9% 13.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 13.1% 10.3% 30.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 11.9% 7.3% 13.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 5.6% -4.7% 35.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 4.6% 9.0% 14.0%
EPS growth (1Y) – 24.0% 34.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – 22.2% 16.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 22.7% -2.0% 9.0%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -84.6% 2.8% 13.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 6.4% -7.6% 13.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -85.9% 0.9% 15.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAKO-ACOKEMNST
Gross margin 40.4% 38.9% 55.5%
EBITDA margin 51.8% 16.2% 30.5%
Operating margin 51.8% 13.1% 29.2%
Pretax margin 13.8% 10.2% 30.1%
Net margin -20.0% 7.5% 23.1%
FCF margin 0.1% 7.1% 22.8%
Operating cash flow margin 0.1% 11.2% 24.3%
Return on equity 7.6% – 23.5%
Return on assets 2.9% 12.9% 19.1%
Return on invested capital 13.6% 35.9% –
Return on capital employed 17.3% 31.4% 28.6%
Asset turnover 0.3x 1.7x 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 1.5x 1.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – 1.5%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAKO-ACOKEMNST
Debt / assets 64.8% 54.7% –
Debt / equity 1.7x -7.4x –
Net debt / EBITDA 4.0x 1.7x –
Debt / FCF 1,768x 4.6x –
Liabilities / assets 62.5% 107.4% 17.7%
Equity / assets 37.5% -7.4% 82.3%
Interest coverage 18.7x – –
Current ratio 1.6x 1.3x 3.7x
Quick ratio 0.6x 0.3x 3.1x
Cash ratio 0.6x 0.2x 2.0x
Altman Z-score 1.30 3.87 31.23

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAKO-ACOKEMNST
Dividend yield – 0.5% –
Net buyback yield – 21.8% 0.1%
Shareholder yield – 22.3% 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-ACOKEMNST
Forward P/E – 18.7xFY2027 39.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year – $11.38FY2027 $1.20FY2026
EPS growth, next FY – +42.6%FY2027 +16.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after – – +5.8%
Revenue, next fiscal year – $9.03BFY2027 $10.20BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY – +24.9%FY2027 +23.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after – – +2.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAKO-ACOKEMNST
Held by institutions 0.1% 62.2% 67.5%
Institutions holding 16 612 1,362
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.0% +11.8% +3.0%
Institutions buying 4 323 741
Institutions selling 5 184 456
Buyers to sellers 0.80 1.76 1.63

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-ACOKEMNST
AKO-A 1.00 0.04 0.07
COKE 0.04 1.00 0.19
MNST 0.07 0.19 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Monster Beverage (MNST) is the largest by market capitalisation: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) $3.99B, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) $11.89B, Monster Beverage (MNST) $90.63B.

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

Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 0.0x, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 20.4x, Monster Beverage (MNST) 42.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) is cheapest (Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 18.7x, Monster Beverage (MNST) 39.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Monster Beverage (MNST) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +2.3%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) +10.2%, Monster Beverage (MNST) +20.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Monster Beverage (MNST) has the highest net margin (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) -20.0%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 7.5%, Monster Beverage (MNST) 23.1%). On return on invested capital, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) leads (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 13.6%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 35.9%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) returned the most: Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +13.0%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) +57.7%, Monster Beverage (MNST) -29.5%. Over five years, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) compounded fastest (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) +17.9%/yr, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) +37.4%/yr, Monster Beverage (MNST) +0.9%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) has been the steadiest (Andina Bottling (AKO-A) 51.4%, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) 38.0%, 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, COKE 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, Coca-Cola Consolidated (COKE) leads on 7. 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.