Jim Cramer on Monster Beverage: “Buy It Into the Tsunami, It’ll Work”

Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) was among the stocks Jim Cramer highlighted during Mad Money, as he noted the rotation into defensive sectors. Cramer made some notably positive comments on the company and the stock, as he remarked:

When I wrote How to Make Money in Any Market, I studied the next stock called Monster Beverage, which is one of the greatest growth stories of all time since its inception as Hansen Natural at the end of 1985. This stock’s put in some of the most incredible gains ever. Defensive, small juice energy drink maker, going global, it works. Buy it into the tsunami. It’ll work. It will.

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Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) develops, markets, and distributes a wide variety of energy drinks, sodas, juices, coffee beverages, and alcoholic beverages, such as craft beers and hard seltzers, under several brand names. During the episode aired on June 27, 2025, a caller mentioned that they had offloaded their cost basis and asked what to do next with the remaining position. Cramer replied:

The answer is you own it. Do you know that Monster, since 1990s, has actually been the best performing stock. I mean, it’s unbelievable how good… Of course, NVIDIA… but Monster since 1990[s]. If you look at that timeframe, I gotta tell you something, that is just one smoking hot stock, and I would not walk away from that to save my life.

It is worth noting that since the above comment was aired, Monster Beverage Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MNST) stock has gained nearly 48%.

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