PSMT vs. WMT, COST, TJX, ROST, TGT, DG, DLTR, BURL, DPZ, and BLDR
Should you be buying PriceSmart stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PriceSmart include Walmart (WMT), Costco Wholesale (COST), TJX Companies (TJX), Ross Stores (ROST), Target (TGT), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Burlington Stores (BURL), Domino's Pizza (DPZ), and Builders FirstSource (BLDR). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.
PriceSmart vs. Its Competitors
PriceSmart (NASDAQ:PSMT) and Walmart (NYSE:WMT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.
PriceSmart has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Walmart has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Walmart had 108 more articles in the media than PriceSmart. MarketBeat recorded 113 mentions for Walmart and 5 mentions for PriceSmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat PriceSmart's score of 0.52 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Walmart has higher revenue and earnings than PriceSmart. PriceSmart is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Walmart, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Walmart has a net margin of 3.08% compared to PriceSmart's net margin of 2.82%. Walmart's return on equity of 21.45% beat PriceSmart's return on equity.
Walmart has a consensus target price of $112.38, indicating a potential upside of 11.16%. Given Walmart's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than PriceSmart.
PriceSmart pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. PriceSmart pays out 26.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Walmart pays out 35.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. PriceSmart has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Walmart has increased its dividend for 53 consecutive years. PriceSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
80.5% of PriceSmart shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Walmart shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.1% of PriceSmart shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Walmart shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Walmart beats PriceSmart on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NASDAQ:PSMT) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
