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

162.31 0.25 −0.15%
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) Gross margin

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 17.7%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.7% (fiscal 2016) to 17.8% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 27.3% and below the Consumer Defensive sector median of 34.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 17.7% 0.32
FY2025 17.4% 0.11
FY2024 17.2% 0.03
FY2023 17.2% 0.46
FY2022 16.8% (1.06)
FY2021 17.8% 1.16
FY2020 16.7% 0.27
FY2019 16.4% 0.27
FY2018 16.1% 0.20
FY2017 15.9% 0.23

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 17.6% (0.10)
May 2026 17.7% (0.02)
Feb 2026 17.7% 0.05
Nov 2025 17.7% 0.25
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Against its own ten years

Low 15.7% High 17.8%
Ten-year median 16.7%
Current reading's percentile 93

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 41.6%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 38.7%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 31.2%
TGT Target Corporation compare 29.3%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 25.2%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 18.2%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 17.7%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 16.5%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 12.8%
Discount Stores industry median 27.3%
Consumer Defensive sector median 34.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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