NASDAQ:PSMT - PriceSmart Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

PriceSmart declared a semiannual dividend on Friday, January 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.35 per share on Friday, August 31st. This represents a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 14th. View PriceSmart's Dividend History.

PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSMT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 5th. The company reported $0.61 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.08. The business earned $782.20 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $787.19 million. PriceSmart had a net margin of 2.41% and a return on equity of 12.01%. The business's revenue was up 7.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.62 earnings per share. View PriceSmart's Earnings History.

5 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for PriceSmart's shares. Their predictions range from $85.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect PriceSmart's share price to reach $90.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for PriceSmart.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for PriceSmart in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold."

PriceSmart same store sales climbed 5.9% during the month of June. PriceSmart shares dropped by 4.3% in the first day of trading following the report.

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News headlines about PSMT stock have trended somewhat negative this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. PriceSmart earned a media sentiment score of -0.15 on Accern's scale. They also gave news stories about the company an impact score of 48.72 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

PriceSmart's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Genesis Asset Managers LLP (4.25%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (4.08%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.88%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own PriceSmart stock include Chong Jesus Von, Frank Ramon Diaz, John D Hildebrandt, John Heffner, Jose Luis Laparte, Katherine L Hensley, Laura Santana, Mitchell G Lynn, 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 Bank of Montreal Can and Genesis Asset Managers LLP. Company insiders that have sold PriceSmart company stock in the last year include Chong Jesus Von, Frank Ramon Diaz, John D Hildebrandt, John Heffner, Jose Luis Laparte, Robert E Price, Rodrigo Calvo, Sherry S Bahrambeygui and William J Naylon. View Insider Buying and Selling for PriceSmart.

PSMT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co. and Nisa Investment Advisors 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PSMT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $80.35.

PriceSmart has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion and generates $3.00 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $90.72 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.98 on an earnings per share basis. PriceSmart employs 7,903 workers across the globe.

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]