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) Return on invested capital

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PriceSmart, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 12.8%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 9.28% (fiscal 2019) to 18.1% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 58% of that period. That is in line with the Discount Stores industry median of 13.1% and above the Consumer Defensive sector median of 0.96%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 12.8% (0.21)
FY2025 13.0% (0.39)
FY2024 13.4% 0.83
FY2023 12.5% 0.75
FY2022 11.8% (0.74)
FY2021 12.5% 1.32
FY2020 11.2% 1.91
FY2019 9.28% (1.44)
FY2018 10.7% (2.34)
FY2017 13.1% (2.69)

Against its own ten years

Low 9.28% High 18.1%
Ten-year median 12.6%
Current reading's percentile 58

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation compare 35.3%
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. compare 26.0%
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. compare 19.2%
TGT Target Corporation compare 13.6%
WMT Walmart Inc. compare 13.5%
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. 12.8%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. compare 12.5%
DG Dollar General Corporation compare 12.4%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. compare 2.61%
Discount Stores industry median 13.1%
Consumer Defensive sector median 0.96%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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