PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT)Consumer Defensive | Discount Stores | San Diego, United States | NasdaqGS
161.78 USD
+5.11
(3.262%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 161.99 +0.21 (0.132%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 5:48 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 4:12 p.m. EDT
PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) appears to have a mixed outlook. While the stock has shown some recent momentum and the fundamentals suggest a stable company, the short-term forecast indicates a modest upward trend. The dividend yield is modest, and the dividend history shows some inconsistency. The options market suggests a potential for both bullish and bearish movements, indicating a cautious approach is warranted. Long-term investors might consider the stock as a medium-term opportunity, but short-term traders should be prepared for volatility. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.030382 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.057122 |
| MSTL | 0.057843 |
| AutoETS | 0.064510 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.21 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.516 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.83 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2026-08-16 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2026-02-16 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 23.638 |
| Revenue per Share | 183.392 |
| Market Cap | 4,998,335,488 |
| Trailing P/E | 31.85 |
| Forward P/E | 22.95 |
| Beta | 0.75 |
| Profit Margins | 2.82% |
| Website | https://www.pricesmart.com |
As of April 11, 2026, 4:12 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. The calls and puts data indicate a potential for both upward and downward movement. The recent increase in call volume and open interest for strikes above the current price suggests some bullish sentiment, while the significant put volume and open interest for lower strikes indicate caution or bearish expectations. The overall options activity suggests a balanced market with potential for volatility, and traders might be positioning for either a rally or a pullback.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.46% | 1.04% | 1.70% | 1.51% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | 0.70 | 0.458776 |
| 2025-08-15 | 0.63 | 0.580859 |
| 2025-02-18 | 0.63 | 0.722951 |
| 2024-08-15 | 0.58 | 0.688830 |
| 2024-04-18 | 1.00 | 1.273797 |
| 2024-02-14 | 0.58 | 0.751591 |
| 2023-08-14 | 0.46 | 0.624605 |
| 2023-02-15 | 0.46 | 0.660161 |
| 2022-08-12 | 0.43 | 0.691125 |
| 2022-02-14 | 0.43 | 0.648508 |
| 2021-08-12 | 0.35 | 0.448488 |
| 2021-02-11 | 0.35 | 0.370628 |
| 2020-08-13 | 0.35 | 0.570763 |
| 2020-02-13 | 0.35 | 0.622031 |
| 2019-08-14 | 0.35 | 0.670600 |
| 2019-02-14 | 0.35 | 0.637146 |
| 2018-08-14 | 0.35 | 0.461902 |
| 2018-02-13 | 0.35 | 0.492073 |
| 2017-08-11 | 0.35 | 0.475009 |
| 2017-02-13 | 0.35 | 0.444047 |
| 2016-08-11 | 0.35 | 0.479488 |
| 2016-02-10 | 0.35 | 0.544610 |
| 2015-08-12 | 0.35 | 0.425812 |
| 2015-02-11 | 0.35 | 0.479716 |
| 2014-08-13 | 0.35 | 0.466117 |
| 2014-02-12 | 0.35 | 0.423075 |
| 2013-08-13 | 0.30 | 0.379522 |
| 2012-12-06 | 0.30 | 0.441068 |
| 2012-08-13 | 0.30 | 0.491337 |
| 2012-02-13 | 0.30 | 0.479871 |
| 2011-08-11 | 0.30 | 0.611908 |
| 2011-02-11 | 0.30 | 0.936159 |
| 2010-08-11 | 0.25 | 1.130032 |
| 2010-02-10 | 0.25 | 1.469374 |
| 2009-08-12 | 0.25 | 1.719181 |
| 2009-02-11 | 0.25 | 1.701910 |
| 2008-10-10 | 0.16 | 1.622422 |
| 2008-04-11 | 0.16 | 0.762473 |
| 2007-10-11 | 0.16 | 0.729197 |
| 2007-04-11 | 0.16 | 1.197521 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.6709684 |
| Address1 | 9,797 Aero Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 165.46 |
| All Time Low | 4.89 |
| Ask | 205.76 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 5 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 286,510 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 234,039 |
| Average Volume | 234,039 |
| Average Volume10Days | 286,510 |
| Beta | 0.749 |
| Bid | 115.37 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 6 |
| Book Value | 44.236 |
| City | San Diego |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 3 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 161.78 |
| Current Ratio | 1.294 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 162.73 |
| Day Low | 158.49 |
| Debt To Equity | 23.638 |
| Display Name | PriceSmart |
| Dividend Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Dividend Rate | 1.4 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.87 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,775,750,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,775,750,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.116 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.122 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,775,678,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,775,678,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,775,678,400 |
| Ebitda | 345,736,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.06256 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.127 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.884 |
| Enterprise Value | 4,884,377,088 |
| Eps Current Year | 5.48 |
| Eps Forward | 7.05 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 5.08 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,786,924,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 151.5498 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 10.230194 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.06750384 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 67.09684 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 165.46 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -3.680008 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.022241073 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 92.55 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 69.229996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.74802804 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 92.55 - 165.46 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 873,207,000,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.14 |
| Float Shares | 27,764,814 |
| Forward Eps | 7.05 |
| Forward P E | 22.947517 |
| Free Cashflow | 68,916,752 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 13,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.1757 |
| Gross Profits | 971,025,024 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.076009996 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.98320997 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 30,895,879 |
| Industry | Discount Stores |
| Industry Disp | Discount Stores |
| Industry Key | discount-stores |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,771,286,400 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.7 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,756,598,400 |
| Long Business Summary | PriceSmart, Inc. owns and operates U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs in the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia. The company provides basic and private label merchandise and consumable and non-consumable products under the Member's Selection brand, including groceries, cleaning supplies, health and beauty aids, meat, produce, deli, seafood, and poultry. It also offers electronics, large and small appliances, automotive, hardware, sporting goods, seasonal products, clothing, domestic, and home furnishing products. In addition, the company offers food and bakery services, as well as health services, such as optical, audiology, and pharmacy. Further, it operates an e-commerce platform, as well as offers curbside pickup and delivery services. PriceSmart, Inc. was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. |
| Long Name | PriceSmart, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 4,998,335,488 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_377097 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,772,236,800 |
| Net Income To Common | 152,795,008 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,788,134,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 4,995,863,634 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 3 |
| Open | 158.49 |
| Operating Cashflow | 268,208,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.0507 |
| Overall Risk | 4 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.26229998 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.83 |
| Phone | 858 404 8800 |
| Post Market Change | 0.21400452 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.1322812 |
| Post Market Price | 161.994 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,462,488 |
| Previous Close | 156.67 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 29.521898 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.6572022 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.9044272 |
| Profit Margins | 0.02822 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.459 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.33333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 5.11 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 3.26163 |
| Regular Market Day High | 162.73 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 158.49 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 158.49 - 162.73 |
| Regular Market Open | 158.49 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 156.67 |
| Regular Market Price | 161.78 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 163,943 |
| Return On Assets | 0.06953 |
| Return On Equity | 0.12448 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.097 |
| Revenue Per Share | 183.392 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.36506534 |
| Sector | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Disp | Consumer Defensive |
| Sector Key | consumer-defensive |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 3 |
| Shares Outstanding | 30,895,879 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.056700002 |
| Shares Short | 1,752,386 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,706,999 |
| Short Name | PriceSmart, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.094 |
| Short Ratio | 7.74 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | PSMT |
| Target High Price | 165.0 |
| Target Low Price | 135.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 153.33333 |
| Target Median Price | 160.0 |
| Total Cash | 305,960,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 10.153 |
| Total Debt | 315,110,016 |
| Total Revenue | 5,526,520,832 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 1.33 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.008489181 |
| Trailing Eps | 5.08 |
| Trailing P E | 31.846457 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 127.53175 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 34.248245 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.26854682 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 163,943 |
| Website | https://www.pricesmart.com |
| Zip | 92,123 |