PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT): Price and Financial Metrics

PSMT POWR Grades

• Stability is the dimension where PSMT ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 95.07% of US stocks.
• PSMT's strongest trending metric is Growth; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
• PSMT ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 62nd percentile.

PSMT Stock Summary

• The capital turnover (annual revenue relative to shareholder's equity) for PSMT is 4.07 -- better than 87.54% of US stocks.
• PSMT's one year PEG ratio, measuring expected growth in earnings next year relative to current common stock price is 320.16 -- higher than 92.31% of US-listed equities with positive expected earnings growth.
• Of note is the ratio of PRICESMART INC's sales and general administrative expense to its total operating expenses; 84.08% of US stocks have a lower such ratio.
• Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to PRICESMART INC are JBSS, ROCK, LRN, AYI, and MYE.
• PSMT's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit PRICESMART INC's official web site, go to www.pricesmart.com.

PSMT Valuation Summary

• In comparison to the median Consumer Defensive stock, PSMT's price/earnings ratio is 0.23% higher, now standing at 21.5.
• PSMT's EV/EBIT ratio has moved up 2.6 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for PSMT.

PSMT Growth Metrics

Its year over year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 1.08%.
• The 3 year price growth rate now stands at 34.48%.
• Its year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 17.14%.

The table below shows PSMT's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

PSMT's Quality Factors

• PSMT has a Quality Grade of C, ranking ahead of 53.43% of graded US stocks.
• PSMT's asset turnover comes in at 2.178 -- ranking 38th of 165 Retail stocks.
• JWN, MUSA, and KSS are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with PSMT.

The table below shows PSMT's key quality metrics over time.