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

162.06 0.50 −0.31%
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) Debt to equity

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 31 August 2026 was 0.1×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.1× (fiscal 2026) to 0.2× (fiscal 2020) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 0.4× and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.1× (26.98%)
FY2025 0.2× 29.38%
FY2024 0.1× (8.06%)
FY2023 0.1× (10.19%)
FY2022 0.1× 5.59%
FY2021 0.1× (40.33%)
FY2020 0.2× 94.58%
FY2019 0.1× (9.99%)
FY2018 0.1× (9.87%)
FY2017 0.2× (8.54%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Aug 2026 0.1× (11.48%)
May 2026 0.1× 4.86%
Feb 2026 0.1× (12.98%)
Nov 2025 0.1× (9.60%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.1× High 0.2×
Ten-year median 0.1×
Current reading's percentile 8

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 0.0×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 0.1×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 0.2×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 0.3×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 0.5×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 0.5×
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 0.9×
TGT Target Corporation compare 0.9×
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 2.4×
Discount Stores industry median 0.4×
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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