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MNST — structural market context

Monster Beverage Corporation

Structural market context from public regulatory and market data, shown with its as-of dates. Descriptive only: nothing on this page is a recommendation, a prediction, or advice to buy or sell any security.

What changed

As of the close on Oct 22. Each line shows the earlier value, the later value and their dates.

Price

Close $47.30 (Oct 22) vs $46.63 (Oct 21): +1.44%.

Volume

0.90× its 20-session average (9.6M) on Oct 22.

Includes pre- and post-market trading.

Short interest

Short interest 45.4M shares (settlement Sep 30) vs 42.3M (Sep 15).

No new publication in this window. Latest: settlement Sep 30, published Oct 10.

Fails-to-deliver

Latest file (settlements Sep 15–Sep 30, published Oct 16): 1 day with fails, largest 4K shares on Sep 18.

Previous file (settlements Sep 1–Sep 14, published Sep 30): 2 days with fails, largest 29K shares on Sep 3.

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Analyst rating actions

2 rating actions recorded.

Citigroup — Rating maintained — Oct 22

Stifel Nicolaus — Price target change — Oct 22

Insider filings (Form 4)

None recorded in this window.

MNST events and their magnitude

Latest SEC filing in the event study

Form 4 · other · filed 2026-10-09 · View on sec.gov ↗

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MNST short interest & days to cover

SHARES SHORT
45.4M
% OF FLOAT
3.3%
DAYS TO COVER
4.3
CHANGE VS PRIOR
+7.3%

FINRA consolidated short interest, reported twice a month and published ~2 weeks after each settlement date. % of float uses reported free float. · as of 2026-09-30 (23d ago)

MNST fails-to-deliver (FTD)

Settlement dateFailed sharesPrice
2026-09-18 · 35d4K$44.51
2026-09-03 · 50d29K$44.42
2026-09-01 · 52d1K$45.92

SEC fails-to-deliver files, published twice a month with ~6 weeks of delay.

MNST analyst ratings

FirmActionRatingPublished
CitigroupholdBuy2026-10-22
Stifel Nicolausprice_target—2026-10-22
Piper SandlerholdOverweight2026-10-19
Piper Sandlerprice_target—2026-10-19
Exane BNP ParibasholdNeutral2026-09-28

Rating actions as published by the firms, from public feeds. They are not graded here.

Frequently asked questions

What is MNST's short interest?
As of the FINRA settlement date 2026-09-30, MNST had 45.4M shares sold short — 3.3% of its float, with 4.3 days to cover at average volume. FINRA publishes this data roughly two weeks after each twice-monthly settlement, so it is inherently delayed. A short-interest figure describes an aggregate position; it does not predict what the stock will do.
What do analysts say about MNST?
The most recent action: Citigroup hold to Buy on 2026-10-22. Rating actions are shown as published by the firms; they are not graded here.
Is this page telling me to buy or sell MNST?
No. Everything on this page is descriptive, structural market context from public data, shown with its as-of dates. TradeAI News does not issue directional recommendations, price predictions, or buy/sell advice — for any ticker.
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