Over the past 52 weeks, one of the most impressive large-cap stocks in the consumer staples sector is Monster Beverage (NASDAQ: MNST). As of the Aug. 19 close, shares are up by approximately 37% during this period. That trounces the approximately 5% total return of the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLP) and the 17% total return of the S&P 500 Index.
In this time frame, Monster is the fourth-best-performing consumer staples stock in the S&P 500. However, big-time appreciation raises a big-time question: can Monster continue outperforming going forward? We’ll seek to answer that question below.
