PriceSmart, Inc.

PSMT Consumer Defensive Discount Stores

PriceSmart, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $5.3 billion, up 7.25% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to May 2026, revenue grew 12.5%, EPS grew 12.3%, free cash flow fell 76.4% and total debt rose 50.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Revenue growth for ten consecutive years.

169.81 0.14 +0.08%
Market cap
$5.2B
P/E
32.6×
Fwd P/E
31.9×
Dividend yield
0.82%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
5.30
Beneish M
−2.77
Dividend safety
80/100

PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) P/E ratio

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As of 16 October 2026, PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) trades at a P/E ratio of 32.6×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.4× (March 2020) to 38.1× (June 2018); the current reading is higher than 90% of that period. That is above the Discount Stores industry median of 21.5× and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 18.1×.

P/E ratio, daily

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Annual newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
FY2025 22.4× 16.19%
FY2024 19.3× (14.87%)
FY2023 22.6× 20.97%
FY2022 18.7× (29.65%)
FY2021 26.6× 3.19%
FY2020 25.8× 6.24%
FY2019 24.3× (31.53%)
FY2018 35.4× 30.02%
FY2017 27.3× (4.69%)
FY2016 28.6× (0.73%)

Quarterly newest first

Period P/E ratio Change
May 2026 32.9× 5.83%
Feb 2026 31.0× 23.84%
Nov 2025 25.1× 11.94%
Aug 2025 22.4× (1.16%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 16.4× High 38.1×
Ten-year median 26.4×
Current reading's percentile 90

P/E ratio against peers

Company P/E ratio
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare n/m
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 15.1×
TGT Target Corporation compare 15.9×
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 17.4×
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 20.7×
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 22.2×
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 32.6×
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 42.8×
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 47.6×
Discount Stores industry median 21.5×
Consumer Defensive sector median 18.1×
Market median 18.1×

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Price to Earnings Ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar of a company’s annual profit per share.

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