Insider trade

Director sold ~$10.1M of MNST shares in the open market

Traded Dec 12, 2025 · Filed Dec 16, 2025

Monster BeverageMNST

~$10.1M
Reported value · 137K sh @ $73.58: 286K
Holds after · shares reported: +17.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.7%, $36.99 → $43.51 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

A board member of Monster Beverage sold $10.1M of Monster Beverage shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 12, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 16, 2025

DirectorIndirect holding$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$10,095,470

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

36 days after results of Nov 6, 2025, 76 days before results of Feb 26, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $36.99 on Dec 12, 2025, within 3% of its 52-week high, after an 11% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $23.08 (Feb 5, 2025) to $37.98 (Dec 1, 2025), 93% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $33.29 on Oct 30, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+4.2%	+2.8%	+1.3%
30 days	+5.2%	+3.0%	+2.1%
90 days	+4.4%	−0.1%	+4.5%
180 days	+25.4%	+12.4%	+13.0%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000865752-25-000123
Filed / recorded: Dec 16, 2025, 10:50 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Monster Beverage Corp
Issuer CIK: 865752
Ticker: MNST
Reporting person: Rodney C Sacks
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 12, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 137,204
Price per share: $73.58
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 286,228
Ownership form: Indirect — By Hilrod Holdings XXVI, L.P.
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $73.50 to $73.70. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
Reporting person (i) is one of the general partners of each of Brandon Limited Partnership No. 1, Brandon Limited Partnership No. 2, Hilrod Holdings XV, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XVIII, L.P., Hilrod Holdings XXIII, L.P. and Hilrod Holdings XXVI, L.P. and (ii) disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.