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Operates membership warehouse clubs across Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia, modeled on the US warehouse-club format.
Operates membership warehouse clubs across Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia, modeled on the US warehouse-club format.
Earns from the small margin on goods sold in warehouse clubs and from annual membership fees paid up front, with fees giving a steadier base. Its shelves mix imported US brands, which local shoppers cannot easily find, with local goods, and sales are in local currencies, so exchange rates move reported results.
In one line: Costco's format exported to Central America and the Caribbean..
Moat: narrow (scale, brand, distribution). First-mover warehouse-club format in its markets with limited direct large-format competition in most countries it serves.
Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States · Founded: 1976 · Employees: 13,000
Size PriceSmart (PSMT) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Specialty Stores) with a market value of $5.02B, the 1184th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $162.46 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 2.6%, against +3.5% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 11th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 11.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.4%); the operating margin is 4.5% (peer median 4.8%).
Valuation It trades at 27.2× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.7× (5th most expensive of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +10%, so the hurdle is +0 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 6.0 points above its cost of capital (8.7% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 5.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 13 Jan 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2026 | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.88B | $5.88B | $5.27B | $4.91B | $4.41B |
| Revenue growth | — | +12% | +7% | +11% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.04B | $1.04B | $914M | $847M | $759M |
| EBITDA | $366M | $366M | $324M | $307M | $273M |
| Net income | $163M | $163M | $145M | $137M | $108M |
| Free cash flow | $96.4M | $96.4M | $103M | $39.0M | $115M |
| Capital expenditure | $211M | $211M | $158M | $169M | $143M |
| Total debt | $316M | $316M | $329M | $250M | $278M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PriceSmart PSMT | $5.02B | +3% | +12% | 5% | 27.2× | 10.5% |
| Costco COST | $467B | +4% | +10% | 4% | 46.2× | 19.9% |
| Walmart WMT | $996B | -4% | +6% | 4% | 41.8× | 14.7% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | PSMT | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -2.9% | +8.9% | 5th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +2.6% | +3.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -18.7% | -19.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +11.5% | +1.4% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 4.8% | 9th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 27.2× | 12.7× | 5th most expensive of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 10.5% | 4.6% | 5th most demanding of 16 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +10.2% | +6.7% | 6th highest of 16 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +0.3 pp | -2.4 pp | 5th most demanding of 16 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +6.0 pp | +0.1 pp | 6th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 13.7× | 9.3× | 3rd most expensive of 18 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.1× | 3.0× | 2nd least indebted of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PriceSmart PSMT | United States | $5.02B | +3% | +12% | 5% | 27.2× | 10.5% | +10.2% |
| Rush Enterprises RUSHA | United States | $5.54B | +6% | -3% | 5% | 15.4× | 7.9% | +9.4% |
| Endeavour EDV.AX | Australia | $4.48B | +10% | +1% | 4% | 21.4× | 14.9% | +1.0% |
| Frasers FRAS.L | United Kingdom | $5.64B | +44% | +8% | 7% | 9.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Signet Jewelers SIG | United States | $4.37B | +34% | +1% | 7% | 9.4× | -1.3% | +5.4% |
| Bath & Body Works BBWI | United States | $4.31B | +8% | -2% | 15% | 8.3× | -8.8% | +2.5% |
| AutoNation AN | United States | $5.88B | -11% | -2% | 5% | 8.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Academy Sports and Outdoors ASO | United States | $4.14B | +24% | +4% | 10% | 9.9× | -1.2% | +1.2% |
| Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. Sponsored ADR UGP | United States | $6.12B | -11% | +20% | 5% | 7.0× | -12.6% | +12.2% |
| Kalyan Jewellers India KALYANKJIL.NS | India | $6.47B | +44% | +46% | 6% | 37.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Lithia Motors LAD | United States | $6.68B | +5% | +1% | 4% | 8.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Asbury Automotive ABG | United States | $3.64B | +1% | -1% | 5% | 7.6× | -2.4% | +20.3% |
| Pepco Group BV PCO.WA | Poland | $7.18B | +58% | -42% | 15% | 16.8× | 4.6% | +4.5% |
| CarMax KMX | United States | $7.31B | +28% | +4% | 2% | 15.5× | 17.6% | +6.7% |
| MINISO 9896.HK | Hong Kong | $3.34B | -25% | +31% | 13% | 9.9× | 1.5% | +18.5% |
| Eagers Automotive APE.AX | Australia | $3.18B | -31% | +19% | 4% | 16.5× | 5.9% | +8.3% |
| Warby Parker WRBY | United States | $3.15B | -14% | +11% | 0% | 57.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Group 1 Automotive GPI | United States | $3.12B | -27% | -3% | 5% | 7.1× | -6.1% | +16.3% |
| TRIAL Holdings.Inc 141A.T | Japan | $3.12B | +2% | +69% | 2% | 43.1× | 11.0% | +53.9% |
| Advance Auto Parts AAP | United States | $2.75B | -19% | -1% | 4% | 19.2× | 5.6% | -3.2% |
| Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart 600655.SS | China | $2.70B | -6% | -21% | -3% | 77.3× | 15.9% | -4.4% |