Hansen Natural Corp (MNST) Earnings Report Preview For Thursday's Release
Hansen Natural (NASDAQ:MNST) is scheduled to release last fiscal quarter's results after the closing bell on February 23, 2012. Let's take a look at how Hansen Natural has done in recent quarters.
Who They Are:
Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops, markets, sells, and distributes beverages in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1985 and is based in Corona, California. Monster Beverag trades an average of 1.4 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $9.3 Billion.
52 Week High: $55.59
52 Week Low: $26.64
Book Value: $5.33
Float Short: 1.64%
What To Expect:
On average, 7 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.08 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.44. A surprise above $0.36 per share will top the estimated per share earnings.
Analyst estimates range between $0.34 and $0.38 per share.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Hansen Natural. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The P/E ratio has trended lower, as the current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 36.7, while the forward P/E ratio is now 28.44. It will be interesting to see if pricing is currently at a discount, or if the market has been correct to price in lower growth expectations.
In the last month, the stock has increased in price 0.90%, with a one year change of 87.36%.
The stock has done well as compared to the overall market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is 7.51%.
The company has rising revenue year-over-year of $1.30 billion for 2010 vs. $1.14 billion for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $212.03 million for 2010 vs. $208.72 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $347.81 million for 2010 vs. $337.31 million for 2009. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
The short interest is relatively low at 1.64%.
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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