PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) Stock

PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $169.23 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $5.22B and a trailing P/E of 32.5. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

PriceSmart, Inc. operates U.S.-style membership warehouse clubs across the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia, offering consumer goods and services such as optical and tire centers. It also runs an e-commerce service (Click & Go) for online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery.

Understand PriceSmart, Inc.: how it makes money

PriceSmart, Inc. operates membership shopping warehouse clubs that sell consumer and essential goods, plus services like optical and tire centers, and it also runs Click and Go for online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery.

Earnings are structurally driven by membership renewals, which help sustain repeat customer purchasing, and by net merchandise sales across physical warehouse clubs plus an added contribution from Click and Go and other online activity.

Business quality (Mixed): The business description and operating KPIs are provided, but a clean, mutually exclusive segment revenue breakdown is not available in the provided facts (only “Other Revenue and Income” appears).

Valuation: At 39× earnings, PSMT trades 102% above the Retail average (19×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Membership renewal is strong: The Twelve-Month Membership Renewal Rate is 90.2 percent (and “Strong Renewal Rate” is 88.9 percent), which supports ongoing member retention in a membership model.
Online contribution is present and measurable: Digital Net Merchandise Sales are provided (USD_B 0.09), and online participation is tracked through omnichannel and Click and Go metrics (Omni-Channel Sales as a Percentage of Net Merchandise Sales is 4.9 percent, and Click and Go Percentage of Net Merchandise Sales is 3.5 percent).

Bear case

Online and omnichannel are still a minority of merchandise sales: Omni-Channel Sales are 4.9 percent of net merchandise sales, with Click and Go at 3.5 percent, so total performance may remain heavily dependent on in-warehouse buying.
The model relies on sustained renewals: Because the company tracks Twelve-Month Membership Renewal Rate closely, any decline in renewal metrics would be a direct headwind to the membership-driven customer base.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$169.23
Market Cap	$5.22B
P/E Ratio	32.5
EV / EBITDA	14.4
Price / Book	3.75
Price / Sales	0.92
FCF Yield	1.4%
DCF Value (model)	$99.71
DCF Upside vs Price	-41.1%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$5.27B
Net Margin	2.8%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	12.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)	12.3%
FCF Growth (YoY)	-77.2%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	6.48 (safe)
Piotroski F-Score	5/9 (moderate)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	32.5
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)	20.5
Industry P/E (Retail)	19.5
vs Sector	58.9%
vs Industry	66.7%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock, Inc. ($615.24M)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10

Company
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industry	Retail
CEO	David N. Price
Employees	12,000
Country	US
IPO Date	1997-09-02

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.