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

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 13.70
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 3 — 5 1 — 2 2 — 7 1 — —
Insider Ownership 14.95%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 5,240.00
Revenue 5,691.03
Net Income 160.49
Free Cash Flow 82.36
Net Debt (149.40)
Current Ratio 1.28
Debt/Equity 0.13 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 32.59
Fwd P/E 31.90
P/S ratio 0.90
P/B ratio 3.69
Past 5Y EPS Growth 13.31%
This Y EPS Growth 14.74%
Next Y EPS Growth 14.00%
Next Y revenue growth 10.47% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 15.60% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 89.57%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 92.55%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 81.68%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 91.78%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 64.71%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.27
Annual Dividend Rate 1.40
Annual Dividend Yield 0.82%
total individual payouts
2026 1.40
0.70
0.70
2025 1.26
0.63
0.63
2024 1.16
0.58
1.00
0.58
2023 0.92
0.46
0.46
2022 0.86
0.43
0.43
2021 0.70
0.35
0.35
2020 0.70
0.35
0.35
2019 0.70
0.35
0.35
2018 0.70
0.35
0.35
2017 0.70
0.35
0.35
2016 0.70
0.35
0.35
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 334 227 325 333
Receivables 18 19 17 20
Inventory 471 529 561 623
Other — — — —
877 832 974 1,064
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 453 486 507 557
ST’ Debt 29 44 51 69
Other — — — —
634 680 726 833

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 6.52% 9.62% 9.03%
Cash Flow 9.08% 0.16% 28.96%
Earnings 5.11% 13.15% 11.50%
Book Value 8.21% 8.42% 7.97%

Revenue $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 1,383 1,496 1,482 — —
’25 1,258 1,364 1,317 1,331 5,270
’24 1,166 1,292 1,229 1,226 4,914
’23 1,055 1,142 1,097 1,118 4,412
’22 975 1,039 1,031 1,021 4,066
’21 877 938 895 910 3,620
’20 812 907 800 811 3,329
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 71 62 59 — —
’25 39 88 53 82 261
’24 41 87 38 42 208
’23 30 86 68 73 257
’22 (13) 5 72 58 122
’21 (18) 48 50 47 127
’20 16 73 85 85 259
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 33 18 3 — —
’25 10 53 14 28 106
’24 8 16 1 16 41
’23 7 57 25 27 115
’22 (43) (25) 34 36 1
’21 (39) 22 24 8 14
’20 (21) 40 66 75 159
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Nov Feb May Aug Year
’26 1.29 1.62 1.28 — —
’25 1.21 1.45 1.14 1.02 4.82
’24 1.24 1.31 1.08 0.94 4.57
’23 1.05 1.02 0.94 0.49 3.50
’22 0.98 1.03 0.62 0.75 3.38
’21 0.90 0.92 0.73 0.63 3.18
’20 0.64 0.85 0.41 0.65 2.58
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.6
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to August

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 68.51 78.00 55.53 48.06 41.15 67.91 56.29 60.01 72.15 81.25

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 94.86 94.00 94.45 79.90 95.44 104.90 88.30 82.63 99.23 131.46
People
People Employees 7,835 7,903 8,680 9,000 9,500 10,400 10,600 11,000 12,000 12,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.37 0.38 0.36 0.36 0.35 0.35 0.38 0.40 0.41 0.44
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,905 2,997 3,167 3,224 3,329 3,620 4,066 4,412 4,914 5,270
Gross margin, % 15.68 15.91 16.11 16.38 16.65 17.81 16.75 17.21 17.24 17.35
EBT 131 133 123 111 116 147 156 169 201 206
EBT margin, % 4.52 4.43 3.87 3.45 3.49 4.07 3.85 3.84 4.10 3.92
Net income 89 91 74 73 78 98 105 109 139 148
Depreciation 40 46 53 55 61 65 68 73 83 88
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 97.07 99.82 105.15 106.77 110.02 119.06 132.92 143.41 163.62 175.34
Earnings 2.96 2.98 2.44 2.40 2.58 3.18 3.38 3.51 4.57 4.82
Cash flow 4.75 4.10 3.97 5.64 8.57 4.18 3.98 8.37 6.91 8.69
Capex (2.61) (4.50) (3.24) (4.64) (3.31) (3.71) (3.94) (4.62) (5.56) (5.18)
Free cash flow 2.14 (0.41) 0.73 1.01 5.25 0.47 0.04 3.74 1.36 3.51
Book value 21.32 23.61 25.19 26.44 27.52 30.14 32.40 35.99 37.39 41.50
Shares, m 30 30 30 30 30 30 31 31 30 30
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 28.61 27.27 35.45 24.27 25.78 26.61 18.72 22.64 19.28 22.40
P/S 0.86 0.81 0.83 0.55 0.60 0.71 0.48 0.55 0.54 0.62
P/B 3.92 3.44 3.45 2.20 2.39 2.81 1.95 2.21 2.36 2.60
EV/Sales 0.83 0.80 0.82 0.54 0.55 0.68 0.45 0.51 0.52 0.59
EV/FCF 37.52 (195.35) 117.95 57.22 11.58 170.13 1,344.71 19.62 62.82 29.53
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 142 123 119 170 259 127 122 257 208 261
Capex (78) (135) (97) (140) (100) (113) (120) (142) (167) (156)
Free cash flow 64 (12) 22 30 159 14 1 115 41 106
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 145 147 138 84 131 164 194 243 152 248
Total debt 105 106 103 97 197 130 148 148 138 199
Net debt (95) (57) (24) (23) (149) (126) (104) (186) (89) (126)
Shareholders’ equity 638 709 759 798 833 916 991 1,107 1,123 1,247
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 8.50 7.98 6.21 5.83 5.29 5.75 5.95 5.66 6.81 6.75
ROIC 15.75 13.06 10.72 9.28 11.19 12.51 11.77 12.52 13.35 12.96
ROE 14.73 13.47 10.13 9.40 9.58 11.06 10.96 10.28 12.30 12.23
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Aug 2025 · latest quarter May 2026

Charts ten years each

PriceSmart, Inc. vs peers in Discount Stores (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
WMT Walmart Inc. $935.2B 42.8× 40.9× +5.94% (above 0%: growing) −9.09% (below 0%: shrinking) +15.75% (above 0%: growing) 26.14% 4.99% Compare
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation $433.4B 47.6× 42.9× +11.10% (above 0%: growing) +14.80% (above 0%: growing) +30.72% (above 0%: growing) 12.74% 3.97% Compare
TGT Target Corporation $71.2B 15.9× 14.9× +5.27% (above 0%: growing) +100.49% (above 0%: growing) +141.23% (above 0%: growing) 33.67% 9.65% Compare
DG Dollar General Corporation $29.5B 17.4× 14.1× +5.24% (above 0%: growing) +33.16% (above 0%: growing) −33.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 32.60% 6.81% Compare
DLTR Dollar Tree, Inc. $23.3B 15.1× 15.8× +7.02% (above 0%: growing) +196.70% (above 0%: growing) +4,013.41% (above 0%: growing) 42.91% 14.11% Compare
BJ BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. $13.0B 22.2× 19.8× +15.73% (above 0%: growing) +20.18% (above 0%: growing) +165.90% (above 0%: growing) 17.83% 4.05% Compare
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. $6.1B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +55.49% (above 0%: growing) n/m +1,859.24% (above 0%: growing) 16.75% 1.35% Compare
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. $5.7B 20.7× 17.0× +9.09% (above 0%: growing) +42.00% (above 0%: growing) +19.36% (above 0%: growing) 43.46% 14.63% Compare
PSMT PriceSmart, Inc. $5.2B 32.6× 31.9× +12.49% (above 0%: growing) +12.28% (above 0%: growing) −76.43% (below 0%: shrinking) 17.70% 4.43%
Median of peers $26.4B 20.7× 17.0× +8.06% +33.16% +85.98% 29.37% 5.90%

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PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) key facts

  • Strength: PriceSmart, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended August 2025) was $5.3 billion, up 7.25% from fiscal 2024.
  • PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) is a Discount Stores company in the Consumer Defensive sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, PSMT traded at $169.81, a market capitalization of $5.2 billion.
  • PriceSmart, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share, a yield of 0.82%, with a payout ratio of 26.9%.
  • Return on equity was 12.2% and debt-to-equity 0.13.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.30 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

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