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

162.48 2.72 −1.65%
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) Operating margin

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 4.44%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.57% (fiscal 2019) to 5.22% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 67% of that period. That is in line with the Discount Stores industry median of 4.42% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 1.70%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 4.44% 0.03
FY2025 4.41% (0.09)
FY2024 4.50% 0.32
FY2023 4.18% 0.07
FY2022 4.11% (0.26)
FY2021 4.37% 0.69
FY2020 3.68% 0.11
FY2019 3.57% (0.41)
FY2018 3.98% (0.57)
FY2017 4.55% (0.16)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 3.76% (0.67)
May 2026 4.43% (0.61)
Feb 2026 5.04% 0.49
Nov 2025 4.55% 0.59
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Against its own ten years

Low 3.57% High 5.22%
Ten-year median 4.39%
Current reading's percentile 77

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 12.3%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 11.0%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 5.59%
TGT Target Corporation compare 5.59%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 4.44%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 4.39%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 3.85%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 3.76%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 0.64%
Discount Stores industry median 4.42%
Consumer Defensive sector median 1.70%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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