Will Monster Beverage’s Revenue Miss Shock These Top Institutional Shareholders?

Monster Beverage Corporation (NASDAQ:MNST) delivered a profit but missed Wall Street’s expectations. The company also came up short on revenue. The revenue miss is a negative sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are down 4.07 percent.

Will Monster Beverage Corp.‘s shareholders increase their holdings? They reported owning a total of 132.336 million shares on 12/31/2012. The shares closed at $52.84 on 12/31/2012.

Here are the ten largest positions Monster Beverage Corp. as of December 31, 2012.

FMR LLC. held 12,441,554 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $657,411,715. This brought the portfolio total to 0.12%.

Price T. Rowe Associates Inc. /MD/ held 9,244,888 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $488,499,883. This brought the portfolio total to 0.14%.

Vanguard Group Inc. held 8,968,648 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $473,903,362. This brought the portfolio total to 0.06%.

State Street Corp. held 6,556,602 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $346,450,851. This brought the portfolio total to 0.05%.

Morgan Stanley held 5,426,872 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $286,755,917. This brought the portfolio total to 0.17%.

Blackrock Institutional Trust Company N.A. held 5,109,806 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $270,002,150. This brought the portfolio total to 0.06%.

UBS Global Asset Management Americas Inc. held 3,765,794 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $198,984,556. This brought the portfolio total to 0.29%.

Janus capital management LLC. held 3,670,736 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $193,961,691. This brought the portfolio total to 0.21%.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. held 2,796,061 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $147,743,864. This brought the portfolio total to 0.06%.

J.PMorgan Chase & Co. held 2,513,470 shares on 12/31/2012 worth $132,811,755. This brought the portfolio total to 0.05%.

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