Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) vs PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP)

Monster Beverage Corporation and PepsiCo, Inc. are both Beverages Non Alcoholic companies. PepsiCo, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $174.5B against $83.6B — 2.1× the size. PepsiCo, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 16.9× against 39.5×. Monster Beverage Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 20.4% against 5.62%. Monster Beverage Corporation has the higher net margin (23.1% vs 10.8%) and the higher return on invested capital (28.3% vs 16.6%). Across the 22 metrics below, Monster Beverage Corporation leads on 13 and PepsiCo, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric MNST PEP Beverages Non Alcoholic median
P/E 39.50 16.86 21.29
P/S 9.14 1.81 1.65
P/B 9.00 7.89 4.58
Price to free cash flow 40.40 33.55 20.78
EV/EBITDA 28.86 11.09 11.71
EV/Sales 8.79 2.14 2.05
Earnings yield 2.53% 5.93% 3.53%
Free cash flow yield 2.48% 2.98% 4.40%

Profitability

Metric MNST PEP Beverages Non Alcoholic median
Gross margin 55.55% 53.96% 41.13%
Operating margin 29.16% 14.82% 13.39%
Net margin 23.08% 10.78% 8.35%
Free cash flow margin 22.63% 10.02% 8.38%
Return on equity 25.70% 51.19% 23.98%
Return on assets 21.16% 9.61% 8.96%
Return on invested capital 28.26% 16.57% 14.10%

Growth

Metric MNST PEP Beverages Non Alcoholic median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.37% 5.62% 10.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 30.20% (13.67%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.52% 5.94% 10.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.21% 2.96% 10.26%

Health

Metric MNST PEP Beverages Non Alcoholic median
Debt to equity 0.00 1.91 0.00
Current ratio 3.73 0.93 1.30
Net debt to EBITDA (1.09) 2.09 0.08

Dividend

Metric MNST PEP Beverages Non Alcoholic median
Dividend yield — 2.84% 3.00%
Payout ratio 0.00 0.83 0.03

Size

Metric MNST PEP Beverages Non Alcoholic median
Market cap 83.59b 174.47b 3.40b

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