Coca-Cola Consolidated vs Monster Beverage
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I put Coca-Cola Consolidated and Monster Beverage side by side, using each one’s latest annual report. Here is what stands out:
- Monster Beverage is the larger business, with $8.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $7.2B for Coca-Cola Consolidated.
- Monster Beverage grew revenue faster (10.7%, against 4.8%).
- Monster Beverage kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (29.2% operating margin, against 13.2%).
- Monster Beverage turned more of its sales into free cash flow (23.7% FCF margin, against 8.6%).
- Coca-Cola Consolidated earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (39.7%, against 36.1%).
Who comes out ahead
Of the 9 measures where higher (or lower) is clearly better, how many each company leads.
Coca-Cola Consolidated
COKE
2/9
Return on capitalReturn on equity
Monster Beverage
MNST
7/9
Revenue growth5-year growthGross marginOperating marginNet marginFCF marginNet debt / EBITDA
Side by side
Best in the row
| Latest fiscal year | COKE FY25 | MNST FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | — | $45.9B |
| Revenue | $7.2B | $8.3B |
| Free cash flow | $620M | $2.0B |
| Net income | $571M | $1.9B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 4.8% | 10.7% |
| 5-year growth | 7.6% | 12.5% |
| Share count change | — | −2.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 39.7% | 55.9% |
| Operating margin | 13.2% | 29.2% |
| Net margin | 7.9% | 23.0% |
| FCF margin | 8.6% | 23.7% |
| Return on capital | 39.7% | 36.1% |
| Return on equity | 168.3% | 26.8% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $2.5B | −$2.8B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.2x | −1.1x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $2.7B | $104M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | — | 21.5x |
| Piotroski F-score | — | 9 |
Ten years
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Operating margin
Free cash flow
Return on capital
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.