Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PSMT in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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PriceSmart (PSMT) Stock Analysis & Forecast
Sep 28 close
$172.97−1.76 (−1.0%)
Gekko Brief
PriceSmart closed at $172.97 on 28 September 2026, -1% on the day. The price sits between the 50-day ($177.28) and 200-day ($161.49) moving averages, inside a 52-week range of $111.68 to $199.84. The GekkoIndex reads 58, in the Neutral zone, down 5.9 points over five sessions. Gekko Fair Value is $148.66, so the price is 16.4% above it.
The next earnings report is due on 26 October 2026, 27 days away. Over the last 8 reports the company beat the earnings estimate 4 times, with an average move of 6% across the report. Seasonally, the next 20 trading days from this point averaged -1.3% over the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
2 firms rate the stock: 1 buy, 1 hold and 0 sell, with a consensus target of $166.00. A typical daily move is about 2.3%, and a typical 20-day move about 4.8%. On the swing-trade checklist, 0 items read supportive and 3 read as a headwind (fair value, earnings risk, seasonality).
Generated Sep 29, 2026 from the data above.
PriceSmart price vs fair value
Close $172.97200-day averageGekko Fair Value $148.66
PriceSmart quick facts
- Market cap
- $5.34B
- P/E ratio
- 33.2
- Forward P/E
- 27.5
- EPS, TTM
- $5.22
- Revenue, TTM
- $5.69B
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.77%
- Beta
- 0.77
- Volume
- 230,811 avg 213,926
- 1-year return
- +47.8%
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.8%
- 50-day average
- $177.28
- 200-day average
- $161.49
- Next earnings
- Oct 26
- Shares outstanding
- 30.86M
PriceSmart swing-trade checklist
PriceSmart scores 0 supportive, 2 mixed and 3 headwinds across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
0 supportive2 mixed3 headwinds
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $172.97 sits between the 50-day ($177.28) and 200-day ($161.49) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
58, Neutral
Reading 58 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valueheadwind
16.4% above
Price is 16.4% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair value - Smart moneyno data
No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 27 days
Reports on Oct 26, 2026, 27 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalityheadwind
−1.3% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −1.3% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonality
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PriceSmart stock chart and price history
PriceSmart closed at $172.97 on Sep 28, 2026, +47.8% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $111.68 to $199.84.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- 0.0%
- 3 months
- −11.6%
- 6 months
- +17.3%
- 1 year
- +47.8%
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About PriceSmart
PriceSmart runs membership-based warehouse clubs modeled on the U.S. style, serving shoppers across the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Colombia. It is known for stocking its stores with a wide mix of everyday goods, from groceries and cleaning supplies to meat, produce, and seafood, much of it sold under its own Member's Selection label.
Beyond food, the clubs carry electronics, appliances, automotive items, hardware, sporting goods, seasonal merchandise, clothing, and home furnishings. The company also runs in-store food and bakery counters and offers health-related services such as optical, audiology, and pharmacy care. Shoppers can additionally buy through its e-commerce platform, with curbside pickup and delivery options rounding out how members get their goods.
PriceSmart was incorporated in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker PSMT.
- Listed
- NASDAQ
- Sector
- Retail trade
- Industry
- Specialty stores
- Website
- pricesmart.com
PriceSmart GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
PriceSmart’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 58, in the Neutral zone, down 5.9 points over five sessions.
58Neutral
Down 5.9 points over five sessions, from the Accumulation zone.
Reading for Sep 28, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 8 | Too few readings yet | |||
| Accumulation | 168 | +1.4% | +5.5% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 457 | +0.4% | +1.7% | ||
| Distribution | 38 | +0.5% | +1.9% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average PSMT share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is PriceSmart stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
PriceSmart trades 16.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $148.66, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what PriceSmart shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$148.66
Gekko Fair Value, Sep 26, 2026
16.4% Overvalued
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PriceSmart insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for PriceSmart, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in PSMT were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
PriceSmart has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended May 31, 2026
- $113K
- As a share of market cap
- 0.00%
- Trailing four quarters
- $9.77M
From company filings.
Hedge funds and billionaires quarter ended Mar 31
1of the funds Gekko tracks holds PSMT.
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PriceSmart earnings: next date and track record
PriceSmart reports on Oct 26, 2026 (27 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 26, 2026
27 days away
- EPS estimate
- $1.27
- Revenue estimate
- $1.46B
4 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±6%average move across the report
4 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 8, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- PriceSmart reported strong Q3 FY2026 results with improved margins and operating income growth. Management highlighted a 20-basis-point increase in gross margin to 16% of net merchandise sales and a 30-basis-point improvement in total revenue margins to 17.7% driven by non-food margin improvements and strong membership renewals and Platinum growth. Operating income rose 16.7% year-over-year to $65.6 million (4.4% of revenue). SG&A increased slightly to 13.3% of revenue, mainly due to higher warehouse club and other operations costs tied to preopening and launch activities in Chile. Management announced leadership changes (new CIO Shweta Bhatia and CMO Sherry White) and discussed strategic execution, membership strategy for the Chile expansion, and operational challenges in specific markets (Colombia and Trinidad). They also noted currency volatility and macro uncertainties but emphasized disciplined cost management and opportunistic sourcing of USD in constrained markets.
- Risks flagged
- Currency volatility and illiquidity (notably Trinidad TTD-USD access), evolving trade policy and broader macroeconomic pressures, labor and regulatory changes in Colombia (minimum wage increases and reduced work week), preopening/expansion costs related to Chile launch, and potential delays or lower profitability during market scaling.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | $1.28 est $1.19 | $1.48B est $1.43B | −1.9% |
| Apr 8, 2026 | $1.62 est $1.51 | $1.50B est $1.48B | +7.0% |
| Jan 7, 2026 | $1.29 est $1.35 | $1.38B est $1.35B | +4.9% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.02 est $1.10 | $1.33B est $1.33B | −5.1% |
| Jul 10, 2025 | $1.14 est $1.09 | $1.32B est $1.33B | +6.0% |
| Apr 9, 2025 | $1.45 est $1.41 | $1.36B est $1.36B | +11.7% |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $1.21 est $1.29 | $1.26B est $1.34B | −3.2% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.94 est $1.03 | $1.23B est $1.22B | −8.0% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
PriceSmart stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for PriceSmart is $166.00, −4.0% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$166.00consensus 12-month target, −4.0% from the last close
Now $172.97Avg $166.00
Low $165High $198
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13 | Jefferies | $198 | +14.5% |
| Jul 9 | Scotiabank | $165 | −4.6% |
+1.7%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
−1.3%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±2.3%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
PriceSmart seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Sep 29, PriceSmart averaged −1.3% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | −1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | −0.2% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −1.3% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −0.1% | 1 of 5 |
For scale, PSMT’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 4.8%.
PriceSmart market cap and key statistics
PriceSmart’s market cap is $5.34B, with a P/E ratio of 33.2 and revenue of $5.69B over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $5.34B
- P/E ratio
- 33.2
- Forward P/E
- 27.5
- EPS, TTM
- $5.22
- Gekko Fair Value
- $148.66
Trading
- Volume
- 230,811
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 213,926
- 52-week high
- $199.84
- 52-week low
- $111.68
- Shares outstanding
- 30.86M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $5.69B
- Profit margin
- 2.8%
- Return on equity
- 12.3%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +12.3%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 0.77
- Typical daily move
- ±2.3%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±4.8%
- Dividend yield
- 0.77%
PriceSmart stock news this week
Coverage of PriceSmart this week reads positive: 6 positive, 6 neutral and 0 negative headlines.
- Form 4 PriceSmart Inc For: 27 September By Investing.comInvesting.com Australia, Sep 28
- PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT) Stock Price, News, Quote & HistoryYahoo! Finance Canada, Sep 24
- Bank of America Corp DE Buys Shares of 158,502 PriceSmart, Inc. $PSMTMarketBeat, Sep 23
- PriceSmart stock holds its ground as fresh figures set the testAD HOC NEWS, Sep 22
- PriceSmart EVP Shari G. White Awarded 19,006 Restricted Shares with Multi-Year VestingKalkine Media, Sep 22
- PriceSmart (PSMT) COO gets stock award vesting in 2031Stock Titan, Sep 22
PriceSmart peers
PriceSmart’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| WMTWalmart | Neutral | 5.0% below |
| COSTCostco Wholesale | Neutral | 12.6% above |
| TGTTarget | Neutral | 10.7% above |
| ORLYO'Reilly Automotive | Neutral | 6.0% below |
| CVNACarvana | Accumulation | 18.8% below |
| AZOAutoZone | Neutral | 28.3% below |
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PriceSmart stock FAQ
What is PriceSmart’s market cap?
PriceSmart’s market cap is $5.34B at the Sep 28, 2026 close of $172.97, with 30.86M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 33.2.
What is the PriceSmart stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for PriceSmart is $166.00, −4.0% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is PriceSmart stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate PriceSmart is overvalued: the Sep 28, 2026 close of $172.97 is 16.4% above Gekko Fair Value of $148.66. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does PriceSmart report earnings next?
PriceSmart is expected to report on Oct 26, 2026 (27 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.27 per share on revenue of $1.46B. PriceSmart beat the earnings estimate in 4 of its last 8 reports, moving 6% on average across the report.
What is PriceSmart’s 52-week high and low?
PriceSmart’s 52-week high is $199.84 and its 52-week low is $111.68; it closed at $172.97 on Sep 28, 2026, +47.8% over the past year.
Is PriceSmart stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 0 of the 5 items with data read as supportive, 2 as mixed (trend and gekkoindex) and 3 as headwinds (fair value, earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
How this page works
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