MNST options flow: unusual options activity in Monster Beverage Corp.

Updated 28 September 2026, 09:54 ET

Over the last week the tape recorded 8 unusual options prints in Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST), $625K of tracked premium, leaning firmly bullish. Bullish premium was $347K against $75K bearish; $415K went into calls and $210K into puts, a put call ratio of 0.51. The largest print was $162K of MNST 15 Jan 2027 $45 calls on 23 September 2026, swept at ask. The last session with prints, 25 September 2026, added 2 prints and $100K of premium. MNST closed at $43.11 on 25 September 2026, up 1.0%.

This week's unusual flow

Prints from 21 September 2026 to 25 September 2026, 5 sessions. Delayed tier: every print is shown twenty minutes after it executed, and the page is rebuilt after each session.

Net premium is bullish minus bearish premium. The put call ratio is put premium divided by call premium, weighted by money rather than by contract count. Sweeps is the share of prints executed across several exchanges at once. Read the guide: Reading the Pulse.

Largest prints of the week

Size above open interest means the trade opened a position larger than everything that existed in the contract the night before. Above ask and below bid are the most aggressive executions. Read the guide: Size versus open interest.

Where the money is aimed

The most premium, $247K, is aimed at the 15 Jan 2027 expiry; the nearest expiry with unusual prints is 16 Oct 2026.

A print in a contract expiring this week is a view about the next few days, often about a known event; a print months out is a different kind of statement. Read the guide: 0DTE options flow.

The last session, 25 September 2026

Every print in MNST with its full detail, the live tape, one tap filters and saved screeners: open MNST in Options Sentiment Screener.

Price

The live quote and the price chart sit beside the ticker's flow in the app: open MNST in Options Sentiment Screener.

Analysts

The most recent analyst targets on file, from 13 firms, have a median of $50, 17.1% above the last close. The last 90 days brought 1 downgrade.

Calls bought at a strike above the average target are a bet that the analysts are too cautious; puts far below the price in a name they like are protection or a strong disagreement. Read the guide: Reading one ticker's flow.

About Monster Beverage Corp.

Exchange

Nasdaq

Sector

Consumer Staples

Industry

Candy & Soda

Headquarters

CORONA, California

Website

monsterbevcorp.com

Monster Beverage Corporation engages in development, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, and Other. It offers carbonated energy drinks, non-carbonated, ready-to-drink iced teas, lemonades, juice cocktails, single-serve juices and fruit beverages.

In the same sector

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WMT Walmart Inc.COST Costco Wholesale Corp.KO Coca Cola Co.PG Procter & Gamble Co.PM Philip Morris International Inc.PEP PepsiCo Inc.MO Altria Group, Inc.MDLZ Mondelez International, Inc.

Learn

• What unusual options activity means
• Reading one ticker's flow
• Sweeps, blocks and where a trade printed
• Size versus open interest
• Bullish or bearish, how a print's sentiment is inferred
• The conviction score and whale prints