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1 Stat That Makes Monster Beverage Hard to Ignore Right Now

Monster Beverage holds a robust financial advantage over sector peers like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Celsius. Spoiler alert: it's a nice, big zero.

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2026-10-02 · 2 min read

Published October 2, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

Ask most beverage giants how much they owe, and the answer arrives with a lot of zeros attached. Ask Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST), and the answer is just a single zero. That's right: Monster holds no long-term debt at all.

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) carries $43.5 billion in long-term debt as of Oct. 2, 2026. PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) has $42.6 billion. Keurig Dr. Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) owes $31.2 billion. Even Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH), the young upstart, has $2.4 billion of debt.

Details

Scaled to market cap, Keurig Dr. Pepper's long-term debt equals 74.2% of its value, Celsius 34.6%, PepsiCo 24.8%, and Coca-Cola 11.7%.

Source

Originally published at www.fool.com.

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