Best Buy Co Inc vs Monster Beverage Corp — how do they compare? Best Buy Co Inc trades at $83.5 (market cap $17.55B), while Monster Beverage Corp trades at $45.53 (market cap $89.20B). The key difference: Monster Beverage Corp is far larger — about 5.1× Best Buy Co Inc's market cap, and Best Buy Co Inc pays a 4.61% dividend while Monster Beverage Corp pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| BBY | MNST | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $17.55B | $89.20B |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $90.17 | $49.97 |
52-Week Low | $55.52 | $30.86 |
Enterprise Value | $19.93B | $87.49B |
Dividend Yield | 4.61% | — |
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With $51.8 billion in fiscal 2022 sales, Best Buy is the largest pure-play consumer electronics retailer in the U.S., with roughly 10.6% share of the aggregate market and north of 40% share of offline sales, per our calculations, CTA industry, and Euromonitor data. The firm generates the bulk of its sales in-store, with mobile phones and tablets, computers, and appliances representing its three largest categories. Recent investments in e-commerce fulfillment, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have seen the U.S. e-commerce channel roughly double from prepandemic levels, with management estimating that it will represent a mid-30% proportion of sales moving forward.
Read more on BBY →Monster Beverage is a leader in the energy drink subsegment of the beverage industry. The Monster trademark anchors the portfolio, and notable offerings include Monster Energy and Monster Ultra. The firm has also started to incubate new trademarks for emerging enclaves of the energy space, like Reign in performance energy. It is primarily a brand owner, outsourcing most of its manufacturing processes to third-party copackers. It primarily uses the Coca-Cola bottling system for distribution after a strategic agreement in which Coke became Monster's largest shareholder (nearly 20%) and that also included the exchange of certain businesses between the two firms. Most of Monster's revenue is generated in the United States, though international geographies are increasing in the mix.
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