CORONA, Calif. (AP) _ Monster Beverage Corp. (MNST) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $273.4 million.

On a per-share basis, the Corona, California-based company said it had profit of 51 cents.

The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 68 cents per share.

The energy drink maker posted revenue of $1.66 billion in the period, topping Street forecasts. Seven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $1.61 billion.

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