Company Analysis

PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT)

Nasdaq: PSMT · Retail-Variety Stores · San Diego, CA · filing with the SEC since 1997
Grade4.1
◀ Past 4.1● Present 3.6▶ Future 4.7

The grade of PriceSmart, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.1/10
◀ Past4.125% of the headline
● Present3.645% of the headline
▶ Future4.730% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.1/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2018-10-25.

weight 45% of this tense · 20th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2018-10-25) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.4/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+8.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 64th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.9 billion in fiscal 2017 to $5.9 billion in fiscal 2026, up 8.1% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span8.1%top 45% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 30% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 40% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.0/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.6% a year. 31% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 38 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-08-31, PriceSmart, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.6% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 31% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 38 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-03 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 45% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

3.6/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
2.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 11%: 11¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 44%: owes 44¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 28th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-08-31, PriceSmart, Inc. earned about 11 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 40 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 44 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.6% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitybottom 5% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 25% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 6% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
3.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 36% of 10 in its family; net margin 2.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 36th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $5.9 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 28% by size; a net margin of 2.8% ranks in the bottom 15%; revenue growth of 10% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 35% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$5.88Bbottom 28% of its family
  • net margin2.8%bottom 15% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth10.0%top 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 46% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 54th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Price, David R (CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-09-11, 1.2 years (bottom 19% of its family); the 19 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.9 years (top 17%); 6 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 19 people in charge now (top 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge6 in three years among 19 peopletop 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.9 yearstop 17% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.2 yearsbottom 19% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
2.8/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 28% of 10 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $221 million against debt of $103 million leaves 4.5% of its assets as net cash, top 45% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 1.6% of revenue (bottom 15%); a gross margin of 17.7% (bottom 15%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets4.5%top 45% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue1.6%bottom 15% of its family
  • gross margin17.7%bottom 15% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 40% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 10% a year over the last three filed years against 8.1% over all 10, speeding up (top 25% of its family); the newest year grew 11.5% (top 35%); capital spending grew 14% a year (bottom 39%) (its annual reports). PriceSmart, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Central American Operations at $3.2 billion (61%), Caribbean Operations at $1.4 billion (27%), Colombia Operations at $619 million (12%), and 1 more; 3 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.9 points a yeartop 25% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.5%top 35% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending14.0%bottom 39% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.2/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 42% of 10 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 42nd percentile among 10 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

PriceSmart, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $5.9 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 2% above the $5.8 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 45% of its family); net income of $167 million against a prior three-year average of $132 million (bottom 35%); a net margin of 2.8% against 2.7% before (bottom 45%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace2.0%bottom 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+26%bottom 35% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+0.1 pointsbottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton PSMT · research, not advice