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) Net margin

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 2.83%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.27% (fiscal 2019) to 3.14% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 3.02% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.92%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2026 2.83% 0.02
FY2025 2.81% (0.02)
FY2024 2.83% 0.38
FY2023 2.45% (0.12)
FY2022 2.57% (0.10)
FY2021 2.67% 0.32
FY2020 2.35% 0.08
FY2019 2.27% (0.08)
FY2018 2.35% (0.68)
FY2017 3.03% (0.02)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 2.55% (0.06)
May 2026 2.61% (0.67)
Feb 2026 3.28% 0.38
Nov 2025 2.90% 0.46
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Against its own ten years

Low 2.27% High 3.14%
Ten-year median 2.74%
Current reading's percentile 81

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 9.79%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 8.03%
TGT Target Corporation compare 4.08%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 3.90%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 3.04%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 3.00%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 2.83%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 2.61%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare −1.87%
Discount Stores industry median 3.02%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.92%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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