secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Monster Beverage Corp (MNST)
CIK:        0000865752
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-057188
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Monster Beverage Q1 net sales up 27% to $2.35B; EPS $0.58, operating income +28%
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- Net sales $2.35B (+26.9% YoY); operating income $730M (+28.1%); net income $569.5M (+28.6%).
- Diluted EPS $0.58 (+27.6% YoY); non-GAAP adjusted EPS also $0.58.
- US energy drink category grew 10.7% in 13 weeks; Monster brand $ share 29.6% (up 0.8 pts) in C&G 4-week.
- Competitor trends: Alani Nu +95%, Ghost +19%; Celsius -2.6%, Bang -22.6%, Reign -15.9%.
- International growth: Canada TNA energy +15.8%; EMEA category +10.5%; Latin America category +15.6%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465926057188/0001104659-26-057188-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/865752/000110465926057188/tm2613885d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-057188

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