Monster Beverage MNST
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At close: Nov 4, 2026 · 4:00 PM EST

Monster Beverage (MNST) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Updated

Monster Beverage (MNST) posted Operating Expenses of $679.19 million for Q2 2026, up 24.7% from $544.79 million a year earlier and up 20.6% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Monster Beverage (MNST) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at Monster Beverage was $2.43 billion, up 12.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $2.21 billion, up 4.4% from FY2024.

  • Annual Operating Expenses has increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 15.2% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Monster Beverage's Operating Expenses was $2.12 billion in FY2024 (+15.1%), $1.84 billion in FY2023 (+15.8%), $1.59 billion in FY2022 (+21.3%) and $1.31 billion in FY2021 (+20.2%).
  • The Q2 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q2 2009.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last five quarters, with growth averaging 11.7% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q2 2022, with growth of 30.9%; the weakest was Q1 2025, with a decline of 1.4%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $563.39 million (Q1 2026), $640.7 million (Q4 2025) and $549.13 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Coca Cola 415.05 Bn 401.36 Bn 8.45 Bn 3.98 Bn
2 Coca Cola Femsa Sab De Cv 195.63 Bn 195.63 Bn 2.15 Bn 1.51 Bn
3 Pepsico 194.97 Bn 152.73 Bn 13.75 Bn 9.49 Bn
4 Monster Beverage 95.69 Bn 83.94 Bn 1.42 Bn 679.19 Mn
5 Diageo 54.44 Bn 34.51 Bn - -
6 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners 53.15 Bn 45.82 Bn - 1.63 Bn
7 Keurig Dr Pepper 50.27 Bn 46.32 Bn 3.07 Bn 2.40 Bn
8 Ambev 43.18 Bn 27.99 Bn 2.14 Bn 281.32 Mn
9 Constellation Brands 25.00 Bn 24.55 Bn 1.39 Bn 538.20 Mn
10 Brown Forman 14.15 Bn 12.83 Bn 549.00 Mn 185.00 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 679.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 563.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 640.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 549.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 544.79 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 478.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 621.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 519.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 492.34 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 485.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 504.41 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 473.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 450.42 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 412.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 389.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 415.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 406.91 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 377.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 354.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 344.69 Mn
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