PriceSmart, Inc.

PSMT Consumer Defensive Discount Stores

PriceSmart, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended August 2026) was $5.9 billion, up 11.5% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+13.9%
EPS
+18.6%
Free cash flow
+74.7%
Total debt
−14.8%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

162.92 0.36 +0.22%
Market cap
$5.0B
P/E
30.1×
Fwd P/E
30.9×
Dividend yield
0.86%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
5.97
Beneish M
−2.73
Dividend safety
80/100

PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) Current ratio

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 1.2×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.2× (fiscal 2019) to 1.4× (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 1.0× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.5×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2026 1.2× (7.67%)
FY2025 1.3× 9.63%
FY2024 1.2× (11.47%)
FY2023 1.4× 3.55%
FY2022 1.3× 2.17%
FY2021 1.3× 6.24%
FY2020 1.2× 1.89%
FY2019 1.2× (13.55%)
FY2018 1.4× (0.58%)
FY2017 1.4× 0.81%

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Aug 2026 1.2× (2.99%)
May 2026 1.3× (1.31%)
Feb 2026 1.3× (3.03%)
Nov 2025 1.3× (0.55%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.2× High 1.4×
Ten-year median 1.3×
Current reading's percentile 33

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 2.2×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 1.2×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 1.2×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 1.1×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 1.1×
TGT Target Corporation compare 1.0×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 0.8×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 0.7×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 0.7×
Discount Stores industry median 1.0×
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.5×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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