UBS analyst Stephen Powers upgraded Monster Beverage (MNST) to Buy citing the 12% pullback in shares since the company reported Q1 results. Powers notes consensus estimates have come down amid concerns over the timing of the Coca-Cola (KO) deal closure. The analyst believes Monster's long-term opportunity outweighs the short-term risk at current share levels. He raised his price target for the stock to $154 from $148. The Monster Energy drink maker closed yesterday up 14c to $127.17. Powers coupled the upgrade with a downgrade of Keurig Green Mountain (GMCR) to Neutral.

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Truist downgraded Monster Beverage to Sell from Buy with a price target of $46, down from $65.

JPMorgan analyst Andrea Teixeira downgraded Monster Beverage to Neutral from Overweight with a price target of $59, down from $66, ahead of the company's Q1 earnings report on May 8. While the shares have already sold off, there are limited catalysts to the upside at this point as "long-hoped for potential price increases somehow lost their attractiveness" due to the latest run up in aluminum prices and an already-stretched lower income consumer, the analyst tells investors in a research note. Moreover, the firm says Monster's tracked and untracked channel trends are still challenged and it appears that household penetration and buy rates are pressured.

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