{"id":8873,"date":"2025-05-04T10:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/05\/04\/what-are-wall-street-analysts-17\/"},"modified":"2025-05-04T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:27:00","slug":"what-are-wall-street-analysts-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/05\/04\/what-are-wall-street-analysts-17\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are Wall Street Analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"layout__region nsdq-l-grid__item syndicated-article-body\">\n<section class=\"jupiter22-c-article-body\">\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"body__content\">\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) is a leading American beverage company headquartered in Corona, California. Originally founded as Hansen&#8217;s in 1935, the company rebranded to Monster Beverage in 2012 to reflect its focus on energy drinks. With a market cap of\u00a0$58.6 billion, Monster operates through Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, Alcohol Brands, and Other segments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">Shares of the beverage giant have surpassed the broader market over the past year. MNST stock has\u00a0surged 12.5%\u00a0over the past 52 weeks and 14.3% on a YTD basis. In comparison, the S&#038;P 500 Index ($SPX)\u00a0has\u00a0returned 12.3% over the past year but has dropped 3.3% in 2025.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-sgQ\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-1\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-sgQ')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-sgQ');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>     <span>More Top Stocks Daily: <\/span> Go behind Wall Street\u2019s hottest headlines with Barchart\u2019s Active Investor newsletter.  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">Narrowing the focus, Monster has also outperformed the Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF\u2019s (FTXG)\u00a06.8% decline\u00a0over the past 52 weeks and a marginal dip this year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:782\/522;\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/SANDP\/92c101e1174fc8b769ee252f2cfae4ab\/koux28nrydebjudl.png\" width=\"782\" height=\"522\"><figcaption>   www.barchart.com  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">Monster Beverage continues to demonstrate resilience as a defensive play within the food and beverage sector, outperforming amidst broader market weakness. On Apr. 3,\u00a0shares advanced over 1%, reflecting heightened investor interest in stable, non-cyclical businesses with recession-resistant fundamentals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">For the current year ending in December 2025,\u00a0analysts predict MNST\u2019s EPS to climb 13.6% year over year to $1.84. However, the company has missed analysts\u2019 consensus estimates in each of the past four quarters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">Among the 20 analysts covering the stock, the consensus rating is a \u201cModerate Buy.\u201d That\u2019s based on 10 \u201cStrong Buy\u201d ratings, one \u201cModerate Buy,\u201d seven \u201cHold,\u201d and two \u201cStrong Sell.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-oXs\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-2\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-oXs')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-oXs');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\">  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"aspect-ratio:786\/716;\" src=\"https:\/\/barchart-news-media-prod.aws.barchart.com\/SANDP\/92c101e1174fc8b769ee252f2cfae4ab\/nt1je5t1e46xnmyi.png\" width=\"786\" height=\"716\"><figcaption>   www.barchart.com  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">This configuration is less bullish than a month ago, when the stock had 11 \u201cStrong Buy\u201d ratings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">On April 23, Truist Financial Corporation\u00a0(TFC) analyst Bill Chappell raised the price target for Monster Beverage from $40 to $50 but maintained a \u201cSell\u201d rating.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:0cm;\">While MNST currently hovers above its mean price target of $59.03, its Street-high of $71 suggests an 18.2% upside potential from current price levels.<\/p>\n<p><i> On the date of publication, Kritika Sarmah did not have (either directly or indirectly) positions in any of the securities mentioned in this article. All information and data in this article is solely for informational purposes. For more information please view the Barchart Disclosure Policy here. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> More news from Barchart <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This 'Buy on Bad News' Stock Is a Bargain With its 6.38% Yield<\/li>\n<li>Analysts Say Microsoft Stock Offers a \u2018Safe Harbor\u2019 for Tech Investors. Should You Buy MSFT Now?<\/li>\n<li>FOMC, Earnings and Other Key Things to Watch this Week<\/li>\n<li>A Tesla Insider Just Bought Stock for the First Time in Years. Should You Buy TSLA Stock, Too?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"ads__inline\">\n<div id=\"js-dfp-tag-WYc\"  class=\"btf-bodymidpagetwothirdswidth-3\">          <script type=\"text\/javascript\">         googletag.cmd.push(function() {             \/\/ Check if ID matches ID in the window.adsList array before calling googletag.display             function isAdInAdsList(id) {             for (var i = 0; i < window.adsList.length; i++) {                 if (window.adsList[i].id === id) {                     return true;                 }             }             return false;         }         if (isAdInAdsList('js-dfp-tag-WYc')) {             googletag.display('js-dfp-tag-WYc');         }         });     <\/script> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"body__disclaimer\">The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>        <script type=\"text\/javascript\">   \/\/ add oddAd class to every odd instance of body .ads__inline for different placeholder styles   let articleAds = document.querySelectorAll('.ads__inline');   for (let i = 0, len = articleAds.length; i < len; i++) {     \/\/ Do the below only if the curent count is less than 12     if ((i < 12) &#038;&#038; (i % 2 === 0)) {       articleAds[i].className += ' oddAd';     }   } <\/script>                                               <\/p>\n<div class=\"jupiter22-c-tags jupiter22-c-tags-default\">\n<h3 class=\"jupiter22-c-tags-title\">         Tags       <\/h3>\n<div class=\"jupiter22-c-tags-container\">Stocks<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monster Beverage Corporation (MNST) is a leading American beverage company headquartered in Corona, California. 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