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Pricesmart Inc. PSMT

17 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported · SEC filings only
$5.3B
▲ 7.2% YoY
$147.9M
▲ 6.5% YoY
$103.2M
▲ 164.2% YoY
In brief

What this company does

As of August 31, 2025, PriceSmart, Inc. had 56 warehouse clubs in operation in Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia. It sources approximately half of its merchandise from suppliers within Latin America and the Caribbean, with the balance sourced throughout the rest of the world. In recent years, it has added optical, audiology and pharmacy services in many of its locations. It has over 12,000 employees. Its operating segments are the United States, Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia. PriceSmart, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Sol and Robert Price, the creators of Price Club, the original warehouse club operator. PriceSmart, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 1994.

Written from the business description in PriceSmart, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 30 October 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.

Growth
USD 5.3B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 17-year series below
Revenue $B Net income $B
FY2025 · Revenue 5.3 · Net income 0.1
2B4B200920112013201520172019202120232025
Compound annual growth
+9.0%
+10.5%
+6.5%
+9.3%
+12.3%
+13.6%
+5.2%
+7.6%
+12.6%
+13.6%
+5.0%
+7.4%
+13.6%
+12.5%
+6.1%
+6.4%
+11.5%
+16.1%
+8.0%
+7.7%
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs

Revenue compounded at +10.5% a year over five years — but profit grew faster: net income at +13.6%, earnings per share at +13.6%.

The share count rose from 0.03B to 0.03B over the period.

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where that exact year isn't on file, the series crosses a loss, or (per-share rows) a split falls inside the window.

Profitability
3 cents
of every revenue dollar became profit
Operating margin Net margin
FY2025 · Operating 4.4% · Net 2.8%
2%4%200920112013201520172019202120232025
ROE
FY2025 · ROE 12.5%
5%10%15%200920112013201520172019202120232025

Each USD of equity produced 12 cents of profit this year.

Cash & shareholders
USD 45.4M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Free cash flow $M
FY2025 · FCF 103.2
80M200920112013201520172019202120232025
Net buybacks $M Dividends $M
FY2025 · Dividends 38.7 · Net buybacks 6.7
50M100MDividendsNet buybacks201020122014201620182020202220242025

USD 38.7M in dividends and USD 6.7M in buybacks — 31% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Total assetsUSD 2.3B
EquityUSD 1.2B
CashUSD 241.0M
Gross debtUSD 186.6M
Net debtUSD -54.4M
Current ratio1.34×

The company holds more cash than debt.

The 17-year record
17 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
row low → row highnegative
Metric 20252024202320222021202020192018201720162015201420132012201120102009
Revenue $B5.34.94.44.13.63.23.13.12.92.92.82.50.00.01.71.41.3
Operating income $B0.20.20.20.20.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
EBITDA $B0.30.30.30.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.10.10.10.1
Income tax $B0.10.10.10.10.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Net income $B0.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.00.0
Free cash flow $B0.10.00.10.00.00.20.00.0−0.00.10.00.00.10.00.00.00.0
EPS, diluted $4.824.573.503.383.182.552.402.442.982.922.953.072.782.242.071.651.43
Dividend / sh $1.262.160.920.860.700.700.700.700.700.700.700.700.600.600.600.500.50
Payout %26482625222830292324242322272930·
ROE %12.512.510.411.011.29.69.410.113.514.716.018.018.717.017.314.7·
Shares out B0.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.030.03·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks a figure not available in our data for that year.

Provenance
Company facts, as filed
How we verify · 0 failures in 66 reconciliationsAUDITED

Reconciled in 17 of 19 fiscal years. 16 checks could not be computed.

EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquiditymoeda_consistente0 failures
ActivityRetail-Variety Stores
Listed onNASDAQ
Incorporated inDelaware
Fiscal year endsAugust 31
Data on record since2009

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