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) Return on assets

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 6.84%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.29% (fiscal 2020) to 9.12% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is below the Discount Stores industry median of 7.60% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.45%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2026 6.84% (0.05)
FY2025 6.89% 0.00
FY2024 6.89% 1.23
FY2023 5.66% (0.29)
FY2022 5.95% 0.20
FY2021 5.75% 0.46
FY2020 5.29% (0.54)
FY2019 5.83% (0.38)
FY2018 6.21% (1.77)
FY2017 7.98% (0.52)

Against its own ten years

Low 5.29% High 9.12%
Ten-year median 6.53%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 11.8%
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 11.1%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 9.39%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 7.82%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 7.81%
TGT Target Corporation compare 7.38%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 6.84%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 5.34%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare −5.56%
Discount Stores industry median 7.60%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.45%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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