Monster Beverage and Coca-Cola Beat the S&P 500 Over the Last 5 Years. Here's Whether the Next 5 Years Will Look the Same.

Key Points Monster Beverage's energy drinks have been driving strong sales growth. Coca-Cola has been producing steady sales and earnings gains. 10 stocks we like better than Monster Beverage › Monster Beverage 's (NASDAQ: MNST) and Coca-Cola 's (NYSE: KO) stocks outperformed the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) over the last five years, through Sept. 17. Monster Beverage saw its shares gain 88.1%, while Coca-Cola's stock produced a total return , including dividends, of 87.3%. During this time, the S&P 500 returned 85.1%. For shareholders of both companies, that's good news. But everyone wants to forecast the future. Missed AI’s "Act 1"? Act 2 Could Be 15x Bigger. Most investors think they missed the AI boat because they didn't buy Nvidia in 2005.