NASDAQ:PSMT - PriceSmart Stock Price, Forecast & News

PriceSmart trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "PSMT."

PriceSmart declared a semiannual dividend on Friday, February 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.35 per share on Thursday, February 28th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.15%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 14th. View PriceSmart's Dividend History.

PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 9th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $811.94 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $827.30 million. PriceSmart had a return on equity of 10.58% and a net margin of 2.40%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.74 EPS. View PriceSmart's Earnings History.

PriceSmart is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 14th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for PriceSmart.

1 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for PriceSmart's stock. Their forecasts range from $61.70 to $61.70. On average, they anticipate PriceSmart's share price to reach $61.70 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for PriceSmart.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PriceSmart in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for PriceSmart.

PriceSmart same store sales fell 0.1% in the month of December. PriceSmart shares climbed by 0% in the first full-day of trading following the news.

News stories about PSMT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. PriceSmart earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for PriceSmart.

PriceSmart saw a decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 715,100 shares, a decrease of 15.4% from the December 15th total of 845,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 192,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days. Currently, 3.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View PriceSmart's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to PriceSmart include Five Below (FIVE), Ollie's Bargain Outlet (OLLI), BJs Wholesale Club (BJ), Big Lots (BIG), Tuesday Morning (TUES) and Fred's (FRED).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other PriceSmart investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), salesforce.com (CRM), AbbVie (ABBV), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Target (TGT), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Starbucks (SBUX) and Bank of America (BAC).

PriceSmart's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.01%) and Squar Milner Financial Services LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own PriceSmart stock include Chong Jesus Von, Frank Ramon Diaz, Gordon H Hanson, John D Hildebrandt, Jose Luis Laparte, Mitchell G Lynn, Philanthropies Foundatio Price, Robert E Price, Rodrigo Calvo, Sherry S Bahrambeygui and William J Naylon. View Institutional Ownership Trends for PriceSmart.

PSMT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold PriceSmart company stock in the last year include Chong Jesus Von, Frank Ramon Diaz, Gordon H Hanson, John D Hildebrandt, Mitchell G Lynn, Philanthropies Foundatio Price, Robert E Price, Rodrigo Calvo, Sherry S Bahrambeygui and William J Naylon. View Insider Buying and Selling for PriceSmart.

PSMT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC and Squar Milner Financial Services LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for PriceSmart.

Shares of PSMT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PSMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.87.

PriceSmart has a market capitalization of $1.96 billion and generates $3.22 billion in revenue each year. PriceSmart employs 9,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About PriceSmart.

The official website for PriceSmart is http://www.pricesmart.com/.

PriceSmart's mailing address is 9740 SCRANTON ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA, 92121. The company can be reached via phone at 858-404-8800 or via email at [email protected]