PRICESMART INC (PSMT)
Consumer Staples · Warehouse club and discount retail · NASDAQ
A membership-based warehouse club retailer serving Central and South America and the Caribbean with efficient operations and sustained revenue growth.
What PRICESMART INC does
PriceSmart, Inc. operates a membership-based warehouse club retail model primarily serving Central and South American markets, as well as the Caribbean. The company generates revenue through net merchandise sales, membership fees, and other income. It operates physical warehouse club locations and generates net margin of approximately 2.82%, demonstrating efficient operations in its core discount retail business.
Themes: ["warehouse club retail","Latin America and Caribbean expansion","membership model","discount retail"]
Fundamentals
- Price$188.26 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$5.9B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+84.5% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E37.59 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+2.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Gross margin+17.6% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+12.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.13 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+8.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+9.0% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.79 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +0.7%; 1-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Foreign currency exposure and translation adjustments affecting international operations and financial reporting","Operating leverage sensitivity to merchandise sales volume and inventory management across multiple Latin American and Caribbean markets","Interest expense and debt servicing obligations on long-term debt as expansion capital is deployed"]
Competitors & peers
- Costco (COST)
- Sam's Club (Walmart subsidiary)
- Walmart (WMT)
- Grupo Carrefour
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.