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PSMT vs. WMT, COST, TJX, TGT, ROST, DG, DLTR, BURL, TXRH, and CART

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), Target (TGT), Ross Stores (ROST), Dollar General (DG), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Burlington Stores (BURL), Texas Roadhouse (TXRH), and Maplebear (CART). These companies are all part of the "retail/wholesale" sector.

PriceSmart vs. Its Competitors

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and PriceSmart (NASDAQ:PSMT) are both retail/wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Walmart has a beta of 0.68, indicating that its stock price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PriceSmart has a beta of 0.78, indicating that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Walmart had 104 more articles in the media than PriceSmart. MarketBeat recorded 131 mentions for Walmart and 27 mentions for PriceSmart. Walmart's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat PriceSmart's score of 0.35 indicating that Walmart is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Walmart
94 Very Positive mention(s)
23 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PriceSmart
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Walmart pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. PriceSmart pays an annual dividend of $1.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Walmart pays out 40.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PriceSmart pays out 26.6% 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. Walmart has raised its dividend for 53 consecutive years and PriceSmart has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. PriceSmart is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Walmart$680.99B1.12$19.44B$2.3440.95
PriceSmart$5.17B0.63$138.88M$4.7422.48

Walmart presently has a consensus price target of $106.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.31%. Given Walmart's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Walmart is more favorable than PriceSmart.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Walmart
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.97
PriceSmart
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

PriceSmart has a net margin of 2.82% compared to Walmart's net margin of 2.75%. Walmart's return on equity of 21.76% beat PriceSmart's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Walmart2.75% 21.76% 7.79%
PriceSmart 2.82%12.46%6.97%

26.8% of Walmart shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of PriceSmart shares are held by institutional investors. 45.6% of Walmart shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 17.1% of PriceSmart shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Walmart beats PriceSmart on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSMT and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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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PSMT vs. The Competition

MetricPriceSmartRETAIL IndustryRetail SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$3.28B$91.25B$26.18B$9.13B
Dividend Yield1.23%1.80%175.55%4.01%
P/E Ratio22.4824.0429.8119.57
Price / Sales0.631.322.8979.65
Price / Cash14.9618.8217.0627.51
Price / Book2.918.775.755.56
Net Income$138.88M$2.14B$872.31M$252.37M
7 Day Performance1.06%0.89%0.85%3.11%
1 Month Performance1.03%4.81%14.39%11.74%
1 Year Performance27.96%-0.41%23.12%17.41%

PriceSmart Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSMT
PriceSmart
2.2431 of 5 stars
$106.54
-1.5%
N/A+29.9%$3.28B$5.17B22.4812,000Earnings Report
WMT
Walmart
4.8916 of 5 stars
$99.27
+0.9%
$106.67
+7.5%
+36.3%$784.95B$680.99B42.422,100,000Trending News
COST
Costco Wholesale
4.2636 of 5 stars
$992.18
+0.5%
$1,034.79
+4.3%
+15.1%$437.72B$254.45B56.28333,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
TJX
TJX Companies
4.9316 of 5 stars
$125.18
-0.5%
$141.53
+13.1%
+8.2%$140.60B$56.36B29.45364,000Positive News
TGT
Target
4.8383 of 5 stars
$101.70
-2.3%
$116.70
+14.7%
-31.8%$47.28B$106.57B11.18440,000
ROST
Ross Stores
4.8504 of 5 stars
$130.77
-0.6%
$158.94
+21.5%
-13.6%$43.03B$21.13B20.66107,000Positive News
DG
Dollar General
4.585 of 5 stars
$116.12
+1.8%
$109.08
-6.1%
-14.6%$25.11B$40.61B22.16194,200
DLTR
Dollar Tree
3.3714 of 5 stars
$104.23
+2.3%
$90.37
-13.3%
+1.9%$21.27B$17.58B-7.52214,710Buyback Announcement
BURL
Burlington Stores
3.8149 of 5 stars
$250.71
+1.3%
$317.43
+26.6%
-1.0%$15.61B$10.63B29.3877,532Analyst Forecast
TXRH
Texas Roadhouse
4.1271 of 5 stars
$185.99
-1.8%
$192.05
+3.3%
+11.2%$12.57B$5.37B28.7095,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CART
Maplebear
2.985 of 5 stars
$48.85
+3.5%
$51.91
+6.3%
+37.6%$12.39B$3.38B31.043,265Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PSMT) was last updated on 7/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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