Stocks · Consumer Defensive · Discount Stores
PriceSmart, Inc. PSMT
$170.68 +1.81% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.27B
Strong trendExpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 26, 2026
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 32.8× trailing earnings, higher than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 372 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $5.69B, up 10.2% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Defensive sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 23%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 28%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 24%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 32%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 29%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginBottom 40%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 48%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 36%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 25%
- Interest coverTop 25%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 43%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 17%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 38%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 12%
- 6-month returnTop 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 9%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 13%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 19%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 15%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 37%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 30%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 41%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 25%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 8.8% | 10.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 8.1% | 9.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 17.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.5% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 1.8% | 1.3% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 10.2% | 8.8% | ↑ | Top 23% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 9.7% | 8.1% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Gross margin | 17.6% | 17.3% | ↑ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.5% | ↑ | Bottom 40% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 2.8% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.3% | 1.8% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 10.3% | — | Top 29% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.0% | — | Top 24% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.73×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -68.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.34×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 16.4×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.78%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.19%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.96%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 2 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -2.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 8 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $198.00
- Target vs current price
- +16.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 38%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | -3.0% | -1.5% | +1.4% | +0.7% | -11.9% |
| Apr 8, 2026 | +3.2% | +3.9% | +4.0% | +3.8% | +31.3% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | -4.4% | +0.4% | +7.6% | +16.5% | +19.9% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | -7.3% | +1.5% | -1.5% | +2.4% | +17.3% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | -1.7% | +0.7% | +6.2% | +8.6% | +19.2% |
| Apr 9, 2025 | +0.7% | +4.5% | +11.5% | +27.5% | +28.4% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | -3.2% | +1.3% | -5.2% | +0.6% | -7.6% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | -8.7% | -1.1% | -3.4% | +0.2% | +1.4% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | $1.28 | $1.32 | -3.0% | $1.48B |
| Apr 8, 2026 | $1.62 | $1.57 | +3.2% | $1.50B |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $1.29 | $1.35 | -4.4% | $1.38B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.02 | $1.10 | -7.3% | $1.33B |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $1.14 | $1.16 | -1.7% | $1.32B |
| Apr 9, 2025 | $1.45 | $1.44 | +0.7% | $1.36B |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $1.21 | $1.25 | -3.2% | $1.26B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.94 | $1.03 | -8.7% | $1.23B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 32.8× | 20.9× | 95th | Bottom 43% |
| P/E (forward) | 30.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 15.7× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| EV / Sales | 0.95× | — | — | Top 38% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.40% | — | — | Bottom 17% |
| Earnings yield | 3.05% | — | — | Bottom 43% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 18.3× – 36.3× since May 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +41.7%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +9.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +67.9%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 372
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -3.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +5.2%
- RSI (14)
- 46.9
- Relative volume
- 1.35×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 28.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 53th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.50
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -16.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 10, 2021 | Oct 12, 2022 | -43.9% | 421 days | 643 days (May 7, 2025) |
| Jul 2, 2026 | Sep 16, 2026 | -15.6% | 52 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 27, 2020 | Nov 6, 2020 | -10.7% | 8 days | 2 days (Nov 10, 2020) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -10.6% | 14 days | 13 days (Apr 9, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.27B
- P/E (TTM)
- 32.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.21
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.69B
- Dividend yield
- 0.82%
- 52-week range
- $111.68 – $199.84
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.62B | $4.07B | $4.41B | $4.91B | $5.27B |
| Gross profit | $642.1M | $679.5M | $758.6M | $846.9M | $914.4M |
| Operating income | $159.9M | $169.8M | $200.1M | $224.1M | $236.1M |
| Net income | $96.7M | $103.3M | $107.9M | $137.1M | $144.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.18 | $3.38 | $3.50 | $4.57 | $4.82 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.23B | $1.26B | $1.36B | $1.32B | $1.33B | $1.38B | $1.50B | $1.48B |
| Net income | $28.3M | $36.4M | $43.6M | $34.2M | $30.7M | $38.9M | $49.1M | $39.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.95 | $1.21 | $1.45 | $1.14 | $1.02 | $1.29 | $1.62 | $1.28 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $127.2M | $121.8M | $257.3M | $207.6M | $261.3M |
| Capital expenditure | -$113.2M | -$120.7M | -$142.5M | -$168.5M | -$158.1M |
| Free cash flow | $14.0M | $1.2M | $114.8M | $39.0M | $103.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$22.0M | -$26.6M | -$28.5M | -$66.2M | -$38.7M |
| Net share buybacks | -$5.5M | -$6.3M | -$12.9M | -$73.5M | -$6.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $322.2M
- Total assets
- $2.60B
- Total liabilities
- $1.21B
- Total debt
- $325.5M
- Net debt
- $117.0M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.39B
As of May 31, 2026 (filed Jul 8, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2026 | $0.70 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | $0.70 | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.63 | Aug 29, 2025 |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.63 | Feb 28, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2024 | $0.58 | Aug 30, 2024 |
| Apr 18, 2024 | $1.00 | Apr 30, 2024 |
| Feb 14, 2024 | $0.58 | Feb 29, 2024 |
| Aug 14, 2023 | $0.46 | Aug 31, 2023 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,952,036
- Days to cover
- 10.21
- Change vs previous report
- +1.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.