PRICESMART ANNOUNCES FISCAL 2026 FOURTH QUARTER OPERATING RESULTS AND OPENING OF THIRD CLUB IN JAMAICA
NET MERCHANDISE SALES GREW 13.8%
COMPARABLE NET MERCHANDISE SALES INCREASED 12.2%
$1.21 EARNINGS PER DILUTED SHARE
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceSmart, Inc. ("PriceSmart", the "Company," "we", or "our") (NASDAQ: PSMT), operator of 59 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.S. territory, today announced results for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2026, which ended on August 31, 2026.
Fourth Quarter Financial Results
Total revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 increased 13.9% to $1.52 billion compared to $1.33 billion in the same period of the prior year. For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, net merchandise sales increased 13.8% to $1.48 billion from $1.30 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Net merchandise sales - constant currency increased 7.8% over the comparable prior year period. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted net merchandise sales positively by $78.5 million, or 6.0%, versus the same period in the prior year.
The Company had 58 warehouse clubs in operation as of August 31, 2026 compared to 56 warehouse clubs in operation as of August 31, 2025.
Comparable net merchandise sales for the 55 warehouse clubs that have been open for greater than 13 ½ calendar months increased 12.2% for the 13-week period ended August 30, 2026 compared to the comparable 13-week period of the prior year. Comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency for the 13 weeks ended August 30, 2026 increased 6.2% compared to the comparable period of the prior year. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted comparable net merchandise sales positively by 6.0% versus the same period in prior year.
The Company recorded operating income of $57.0 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 compared to operating income of $52.8 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Net income increased 19.3% to $37.6 million, or $1.21 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 compared to $31.5 million, or $1.02 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $83.5 million compared to $75.5 million in the same period last year.
Year-to-Date Financial Results
Total revenues for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2026 increased 11.5% to $5.88 billion compared to $5.27 billion in the prior year. For fiscal year 2026, net merchandise sales increased 11.7% to $5.75 billion from $5.15 billion in the prior year. Net merchandise sales - constant currency increased 8.4% over the prior year. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted net merchandise sales positively by $170.6 million, or 3.3%, versus the same period in the prior year.
Comparable net merchandise sales for the 55 warehouse clubs that have been open for greater than 13 ½ calendar months increased 9.6% for the 52-week period ended August 30, 2026 compared to the comparable 52-week period of the prior year. Comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency for the 52 weeks ended August 30, 2026 increased 6.4%. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted comparable net merchandise sales positively by 3.2% versus the comparable period in the prior year.
The Company recorded operating income during fiscal year 2026 of $261.0 million compared to operating income of $232.5 million in the prior year. Net income increased 12.6% to $166.6 million, or $5.40 per diluted share, in fiscal year 2026 compared to $147.9 million, or $4.82 per diluted share in the prior year.
Adjusted EBITDA for fiscal year 2026 was $360.5 million compared to $320.7 million in fiscal year 2025.
New Club Opening
The Company opened its third warehouse club in Jamaica in October 2026. The new warehouse club occupies a five-acre site in Montego Bay, approximately 100 miles west of the nearest club in the capital of Kingston and has a sales floor of approximately 42,000 square feet. The club features several sustainable design features, including solar panels, energy-efficient LED lighting, a CO2-based cooling system and high-efficiency mechanical equipment designed to reduce energy consumption.
Once the four other previously announced clubs are open, the Company will operate 63 warehouse clubs.
Note Regarding Non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) Financial Measures
The foregoing discussion of the Company's operating results includes references to adjusted EBITDA, net merchandise sales - constant currency and comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency, which are non-GAAP financial measures. We believe these supplemental measures are useful to investors and analysts because they exclude items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. These non-GAAP financial measures are defined and reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measures later in this document.
Conference Call Information
PriceSmart management will host a conference call at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Pacific time) on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, to discuss the financial results. Individuals interested in participating in the conference call may do so by dialing toll free +1 (833) 461-5787 for domestic callers or +1 (626) 884-3620 for international callers. Callers must then enter the passcode 419 902 549 on their keypad and ask to join the PriceSmart earnings call. A digital replay will be available shortly following the conclusion of the call through Tuesday, November 3, 2026 by dialing +1 (833) 309-1852 for domestic callers, or +1 (929) 828-5978 for international callers, and entering replay passcode 419 902 549.
About PriceSmart
PriceSmart, headquartered in San Diego, owns and operates U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs in Latin America and the Caribbean, selling high quality merchandise and services at low prices to PriceSmart Members. PriceSmart operates 59 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.S. territory (ten each in Colombia and Costa Rica; seven each in Panama and Guatemala; six in Dominican Republic; four each in Trinidad and El Salvador; three each in Jamaica and Honduras; two in Nicaragua; and one each in Aruba, Barbados and the United States Virgin Islands). In addition, the Company plans to open one new warehouse club on South Camp Road (Kingston), Jamaica in December of 2026, one warehouse club in Villa Nueva, Guatemala in late winter of 2027, one warehouse club in Santo Tomas de Santo Domingo (Heredia), Costa Rica in the spring of 2027, and one warehouse in Comuna Las Condes, Santiago, Chile in the spring of 2027. Once these four new clubs are open, the Company will operate 63 warehouse clubs. Our operating segments are currently the United States, Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements concerning PriceSmart, Inc.'s ("PriceSmart", the "Company", "our" or "we") anticipated future revenues and earnings, adequacy of future cash flows, future dividends, omni-channel initiatives, proposed warehouse club openings, the Company's performance relative to competitors and related matters. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements containing the words "expect," "believe," "will," "may," "should," "project," "estimate," "anticipated," "scheduled," "intend," and like expressions, and the negative thereof. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, but not limited to: various political, economic and compliance risks associated with our international operations, adverse changes in economic conditions in our markets, natural disasters, volatility in currency exchange rates and illiquidity of certain local currencies in our markets, competition, consumer and small business spending patterns, political instability, increased costs associated with the integration of online commerce with our traditional business, whether the Company can successfully execute strategic initiatives, our reliance on third party service providers, including those who support transaction and payment processing, data security and other technology services, cybersecurity breaches that could cause disruptions in our systems or jeopardize the security of Member, employee or business information, cost increases from product and service providers, interruption of supply chains, exposure to product liability claims and product recalls, recoverability of moneys owed to PriceSmart from governments, and other important factors discussed in the Risk Factors section of the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and other factors discussed from time to time in other filings with the SEC, which are accessible on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov, including Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date that they are made, and the Company does not undertake to update them, except as required by law. In addition, these risks are not the only risks that the Company faces. The Company could also be affected by additional factors that apply to all companies operating globally and in the U.S., as well as other risks that are not presently known to the Company or that the Company considers to be immaterial.
For further information, please contact Investor Relations by sending an email to ir@pricesmart.com.
PRICESMART, INC. | |||||||
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME | |||||||
(UNAUDITED—AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) | |||||||
Three Months Ended | Years Ended | ||||||
August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | ||||
Revenues: | |||||||
Net merchandise sales | $ 1,482,781 | $ 1,302,709 | $ 5,753,805 | $ 5,151,120 | |||
Export sales | 1,005 | 640 | 2,128 | 15,235 | |||
Membership income | 27,197 | 22,602 | 100,785 | 85,573 | |||
Other revenue and income | 5,291 | 5,024 | 19,606 | 18,166 | |||
Total revenues | 1,516,274 | 1,330,975 | 5,876,324 | 5,270,094 | |||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Cost of goods sold: | |||||||
Net merchandise sales | 1,248,504 | 1,098,466 | 4,835,798 | 4,341,358 | |||
Export sales | 958 | 594 | 2,037 | 14,364 | |||
Selling, general and administrative: | |||||||
Warehouse club and other operations | 147,411 | 130,577 | 562,992 | 498,409 | |||
General and administrative | 58,973 | 47,190 | 209,428 | 179,859 | |||
Pre-opening expenses | 663 | 510 | 1,289 | 1,127 | |||
Loss on disposal of assets | 2,736 | 888 | 3,763 | 2,467 | |||
Total operating expenses | 1,459,245 | 1,278,225 | 5,615,307 | 5,037,584 | |||
Operating income | 57,029 | 52,750 | 261,017 | 232,510 | |||
Other income (expense): | |||||||
Interest income | 3,296 | 2,698 | 13,136 | 10,139 | |||
Interest expense | (4,538) | (3,520) | (16,767) | (11,515) | |||
Other expense, net | (5,609) | (5,586) | (29,688) | (24,636) | |||
Total other expense | (6,851) | (6,408) | (33,319) | (26,012) | |||
Income before provision for income taxes and income of | 50,178 | 46,342 | 227,698 | 206,498 | |||
Provision for income taxes | (12,540) | (14,820) | (61,112) | (58,617) | |||
Income of unconsolidated affiliates | — | 19 | — | 6 | |||
Net income | $ 37,638 | $ 31,541 | $ 166,586 | $ 147,887 | |||
Net income per share available for distribution: | |||||||
Basic | $ 1.21 | $ 1.02 | $ 5.40 | $ 4.82 | |||
Diluted | $ 1.21 | $ 1.02 | $ 5.40 | $ 4.82 | |||
Shares used in per share computations: | |||||||
Basic | 30,244 | 30,072 | 30,221 | 30,056 | |||
Diluted | 30,279 | 30,087 | 30,244 | 30,063 | |||
PRICESMART, INC. | |||
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS | |||
(AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA) | |||
August 31, | August 31, | ||
ASSETS | |||
Current Assets: | |||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 220,788 | $ 241,024 | |
Short-term restricted cash | 12,911 | 11,061 | |
Short-term investments | 111,413 | 73,186 | |
Receivables, net | 16,633 | 17,400 | |
Merchandise inventories | 617,241 | 560,730 | |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (includes $563 and $0 as of August 31, 2026 | 79,970 | 71,059 | |
Total current assets | 1,058,956 | 974,460 | |
Long-term restricted cash | 31,020 | 33,206 | |
Property and equipment, net | 1,182,656 | 996,281 | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net | 128,613 | 113,479 | |
Goodwill | 43,286 | 43,238 | |
Deferred tax assets | 59,847 | 41,229 | |
Other non-current assets (includes $179 and $701 as of August 31, 2026 and August 31, | 98,549 | 60,375 | |
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates | — | 6,889 | |
Total Assets | $ 2,602,927 | $ 2,269,157 | |
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | |||
Current Liabilities: | |||
Short-term borrowings | $ 1,861 | $ 12,286 | |
Accounts payable | 559,336 | 506,949 | |
Accrued salaries and benefits | 64,082 | 52,478 | |
Deferred income | 52,216 | 43,061 | |
Income taxes payable | 7,854 | 7,265 | |
Other accrued expenses and other current liabilities (includes $19,425 and $551 as of | 97,001 | 57,627 | |
Operating lease liabilities, current portion | 7,851 | 7,930 | |
Long-term debt, current portion | 64,591 | 38,675 | |
Total current liabilities | 854,792 | 726,271 | |
Long-term income taxes payable, net of current portion | 2,965 | 4,424 | |
Long-term operating lease liabilities | 138,816 | 122,244 | |
Long-term debt, net of current portion | 102,954 | 147,922 | |
Other long-term liabilities (includes $10,074 and $6,196 for the fair value of derivative | 48,050 | 20,924 | |
Total Liabilities | 1,147,577 | 1,021,785 | |
Stockholders' Equity: | |||
Common stock $0.0001 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized; 32,814,083 and | 3 | 3 | |
Additional paid-in capital | 549,314 | 529,354 | |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (91,315) | (161,439) | |
Retained earnings | 1,123,033 | 999,426 | |
Less: treasury stock at cost, 1,958,479 shares as of August 31, 2026 and 1,942,214 | (125,685) | (119,972) | |
Total Stockholders' Equity | 1,455,350 | 1,247,372 | |
Total Liabilities and Equity | $ 2,602,927 | $ 2,269,157 | |
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements, including the related notes, are presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). In addition to relevant GAAP measures, we also provide non-GAAP measures including adjusted EBITDA, net merchandise sales - constant currency and comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency because management believes these metrics are useful to investors and analysts by excluding items that we do not believe are indicative of our core operating performance. These measures are customary for our industry and commonly used by competitors. However, these non-GAAP financial measures should not be reviewed in isolation or considered as an alternative to any other performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry or across different industries.
Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income before interest expense, provision for income taxes and depreciation and amortization, adjusted for the impact of certain other items, including interest income and other income (expense), net. The following is a reconciliation of our Net income to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended | Years Ended | ||||||
(Amounts in thousands) | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | August 31, | |||
Net income as reported | $ 37,638 | $ 31,541 | $ 166,586 | $ 147,887 | |||
Adjustments: | |||||||
Interest expense | 4,538 | 3,520 | 16,767 | 11,515 | |||
Provision for income taxes | 12,540 | 14,820 | 61,112 | 58,617 | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 26,475 | 22,775 | 99,502 | 88,161 | |||
Interest income | (3,296) | (2,698) | (13,136) | (10,139) | |||
Other expense, net (1) | 5,609 | 5,586 | 29,688 | 24,636 | |||
Adjusted EBITDA | $ 83,504 | $ 75,544 | $ 360,519 | $ 320,677 | |||
(1) | Primarily consists of transaction costs of converting local currencies into available tradable currencies in some of our countries with liquidity issues and foreign currency losses or gains due to the revaluation of monetary assets and liabilities (primarily U.S. dollars) for the three and twelve months ended August 31, 2026 and August 31, 2025. |
Net Merchandise Sales - Constant Currency and Comparable Net Merchandise Sales – Constant Currency
As a multinational enterprise, we are exposed to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The translation of the operations of our foreign-based entities from their local currencies into U.S. dollars is sensitive to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and can have a significant impact on our reported financial results. We believe that constant currency is a useful measure, indicating the actual growth of our operations. When we use the term "net merchandise sales - constant currency," it means that we have translated current year net merchandise sales at prior year monthly average exchanges rates. Net merchandise sales - constant currency results exclude the effects of foreign currency translation. Similarly, when we use the term "comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency," it means that we have translated current year comparable net merchandise sales at prior year monthly average exchanges rates. Comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency results exclude the effects of foreign currency translation.
Net merchandise sales growth rate on a net merchandise sales - constant currency basis is calculated as follows:
August 31, 2026 | |||||||
Three Months Ended | Year Ended | ||||||
(Amounts in thousands, except % growth) | Net | % Growth | Net | % Growth | |||
Net merchandise sales | $ 1,482,781 | 13.8 % | $ 5,753,805 | 11.7 % | |||
Favorable impact of foreign currency exchange | 78,460 | 6.0 % | 170,557 | 3.3 % | |||
Net merchandise sales on a constant-currency basis | $ 1,404,321 | 7.8 % | $ 5,583,248 | 8.4 % | |||
Comparable net merchandise sales growth rate on a net merchandise sales - constant currency basis is calculated as follows:
August 30, 2026 | |||
Thirteen Weeks Ended | Fifty-Two Weeks Ended | ||
% Growth | % Growth | ||
Comparable net merchandise sales | 12.2 % | 9.6 % | |
Favorable impact of foreign currency exchange | 6.0 % | 3.2 % | |
Comparable net merchandise sales on a constant-currency basis | 6.2 % | 6.4 % | |
SOURCE PriceSmart, Inc.
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