What if you invested in Monster Beverage in 1995?
MNST · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Monster Beverage in 1995
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $27,382(+2638.2%)
The S&P 500 returned $27,382 on the same $1,000. Monster Beverage beat the market by $4,894,025.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Monster Beverage starting January 1995
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $0.02 | $1,000 | - |
| 1996 | $0.01 | $400 | -60% |
| 1997 | $0.01 | $567 | +41.7% |
| 1998 | $0.02 | $850 | +50% |
| 1999 | $0.05 | $2,433 | +186.3% |
| 2000 | $0.05 | $2,400 | -1.4% |
| 2001 | $0.04 | $2,167 | -9.7% |
| 2002 | $0.04 | $2,219 | +2.4% |
| 2003 | $0.04 | $2,293 | +3.4% |
| 2004 | $0.09 | $4,800 | +109.3% |
| 2005 | $0.43 | $21,814 | +354.4% |
| 2006 | $1.83 | $93,655 | +329.3% |
| 2007 | $3.17 | $162,519 | +73.5% |
| 2008 | $3.21 | $164,525 | +1.2% |
| 2009 | $2.79 | $142,935 | -13.1% |
| 2010 | $3.20 | $164,055 | +14.8% |
| 2011 | $4.72 | $241,667 | +47.3% |
| 2012 | $8.71 | $445,915 | +84.5% |
| 2013 | $7.98 | $408,752 | -8.3% |
| 2014 | $11.32 | $579,421 | +41.8% |
| 2015 | $19.49 | $997,986 | +72.2% |
| 2016 | $22.50 | $1,152,271 | +15.5% |
| 2017 | $21.30 | $1,090,574 | -5.4% |
| 2018 | $34.12 | $1,746,710 | +60.2% |
| 2019 | $28.62 | $1,465,363 | -16.1% |
| 2020 | $33.30 | $1,704,982 | +16.4% |
| 2021 | $43.42 | $2,222,876 | +30.4% |
| 2022 | $43.36 | $2,220,060 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | $52.04 | $2,664,482 | +20% |
| 2024 | $55.02 | $2,817,060 | +5.7% |
| 2025 | $48.71 | $2,493,984 | -11.5% |
| 2026 | $80.76 | $4,134,965 | +65.8% |
What this return means
$1,000 put into Monster Beverage (MNST) in 1995 turned into $4,921,407. That is a +492,041% total return, or roughly 4,921x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 30.9% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 31.6 years. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $27,382 instead, leaving Monster Beverage ahead by around $4,894,025. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2005 at +354.4%, and the worst was 1996 at -60.0%. At its lowest point the position was down about 60% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Monster Beverage at the close of every month from January 1995 through June 2026 means 378 buys and $37,800 contributed over about 31.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$45,545,244
+120,390% on $37,800 in
Same $37,800, all in at the start
$181,666,800
+480,500% on $37,800 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $136,121,556. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $0.08 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from MNST split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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