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Monster Beverage

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Monster Beverage has retired 19.5% of its shares since 2015, from 2,435,038,044 to 1,959,051,764.

19.5%retired since 2015
7.4%last 5 years
-0.3%last 12 months
2Bshares today
Shares outstanding, 1999 to todaysplit adjusted, from SEC filings
2.4B shares, 20152B200020052010201520202025
1999, 1,922,726,0162026-07-31, 1,959,051,764
A share bought in 2002
1.0× more of Monster Beverage today, without buying another share. It was one of 1,962,854,976 shares then. It is one of 1,959,051,764 now.
Every filing we read27 fiscal years, split adjusted
Fiscal yearDateShares outstandingFiling
19992000-03-021,922,726,01610-Kcover page
20002001-03-021,928,640,57610-Kcover page
20012002-03-111,930,176,57610-Kcover page
20022003-03-031,962,854,97610-Kcover page
20032004-03-112,006,096,06410-Kcover page
20042005-02-232,099,556,28810-Kcover page
20052006-02-102,141,472,57610-Kcover page
20062007-05-162,161,418,97610-Kcover page
20072008-02-072,239,026,98410-Kcover page
20082009-02-062,169,647,18410-Kcover page
20092009-12-312,115,816,00010-K
20102011-02-222,136,126,33610-K
20112012-02-242,091,712,10410-K
20122013-02-251,986,550,32010-K
20132014-02-242,002,525,96810-K
20142015-02-172,040,195,86410-K
20152016-02-042,435,038,04410-K
20162017-02-102,266,477,37210-K
20172018-02-122,265,610,99210-K
20182019-02-202,172,592,67610-K
20192020-02-202,147,584,56810-K
20202021-02-192,112,548,14410-K
20212022-02-162,117,435,44010-K
20222023-02-162,089,637,43210-K
20232024-02-152,081,272,47010-K
20242025-02-141,946,317,79210-K
20252026-02-131,956,541,46810-K

Source: all 10-K filings of Monster Beverage on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.

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Monster Beverage buybacks, answered

Is Monster Beverage buying back its stock?

Only enough to stand still. The share count is roughly flat over the last twelve months, at 1,959,051,764 as of July 31, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 7.4%.

How many shares has Monster Beverage bought back?

Net of every new share it issued, Monster Beverage has 476.0 million fewer shares than at its 2015 peak. That is 19.5% of the company.

How many shares does Monster Beverage have outstanding?

1,959,051,764 shares, as of July 31, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2015 peak it had 2,435,038,044.

What do Monster Beverage's buybacks mean for a shareholder?

Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Monster Beverage stock in 2015 owns 1.2 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.

How does Monster Beverage compare with other cannibal stocks?

Monster Beverage ranks No. 221 of 251 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Mattel (19.7%), LKQ (19.6%), Eli Lilly (18.9%), Dorman Products (18.7%).

Every answer is computed from Monster Beverage's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.

Superinvestors who own it

Lee AinslieMaverick Capital2,630,260 shares, $252.8M, Q2 2026

From the latest 13F filings. All superinvestors.

Insider buying, last 12 months

No open-market purchases reported in the last 12 months.

The story

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