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Pricesmart (Pricesmart) Net-Net Working Capital : $-13.46 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Pricesmart Net-Net Working Capital?

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full. In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.

Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $-13.46.

The industry rank for Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital or its related term are showing as below:

PSMT's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 8.63
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital only.

Pricesmart Net-Net Working Capital Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Pricesmart Net-Net Working Capital Chart

Pricesmart Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Net-Net Working Capital
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.76 -10.25 -10.86 -10.56 -10.28

Pricesmart Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Net-Net Working Capital Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -9.36 -8.88 -10.28 -13.32 -13.46

Competitive Comparison of Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Pricesmart's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Pricesmart's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pricesmart's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pricesmart's Price-to-Net-Net-Working-Capital falls into.



Pricesmart Net-Net Working Capital Calculation

Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(A: Aug. 2023 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(331.065+0.75 * 17.904+0.5 * 471.407-898.565
-0-0)/30.9769
=-10.28

Pricesmart's Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC) per share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Net-Net Working Capital(Q: Feb. 2024 )
=(Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities+0.75 * Accounts Receivable+0.5 * Total Inventories-Total Liabilities
-Preferred Stock-Minority Interest)/Shares Outstanding (EOP)
=(264.193+0.75 * 19.819+0.5 * 502.292-942.902
-0-0)/30.6561
=-13.46

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In calculating the Net-Net Working Capital (NNWC), Benjamin Graham assumed that a company's accounts receivable is only worth 75% its value, its inventory is only worth 50% of its value, but its liabilities have to be paid in full.

In addition, Graham believed that preferred stock belongs on the liability side of the balance sheet, not as part of capital and surplus. In "Security Analysis", preferred stock is dubbed "an imperfect creditorship position" that is best placed on the balance sheet alongside funded debt.

This is a conservative way of estimating the company's value.


Pricesmart  (NAS:PSMT) Net-Net Working Capital Explanation

One research study, covering the years 1970 through 1983 showed that portfolios picked at the beginning of each year, and held for one year, returned 29.4 percent, on average, over the 13-year period, compared to 11.5 percent for the S&P 500 Index. Other studies of Graham's strategy produced similar results.

Benjamin Graham looked for companies whose market values were less than two-thirds of their net-net value. They are collected under our Net-Net screener.


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Pricesmart (Pricesmart) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9740 Scranton Road, San Diego, CA, USA, 92121
Pricesmart Inc is principally engaged in operating U.S.-style membership shopping warehouse clubs that offer consumer goods at low prices. The company is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States, and operates stores in Latin America and the Caribbean, with Central America contributing over half of its net warehouse club sales. The company's revenue consists of net warehouse club sales from merchandise sales, membership income from annual membership fees, export sales, and other income, with net warehouse club sales accounting for the majority of the company's total revenue.
Executives
Edgar Zurcher director BURETE ZURCHER, CALLE 1 ERA AUS 9 Y 11, NO 959 BO AMON, SAN JOSE COSTA RICA G2 00000
Sherry S. Bahrambeygui director 9740 SCRANTON ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Wayne J Sadin officer: EVP and CIO 9740 SCRANTON RD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Ana Luisa Bianchi officer: EVP-Chief Merch. Officer PRICESMART, INC., 9740 SCRANTON RD., SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Francisco Velasco officer: EVP, GC and Secretary PRICESMART, INC., 9740 SCRANTON RD., SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Rodrigo Calvo officer: EVP-Real Estate 9740 SCRANTON ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
John Thelan director 9740 SCRANTON RD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Christopher S Souhrada officer: EVP-Club Operations 9740 SCRANTON RD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Gordon H. Hanson director 9640 SCRANTON ROAD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Chong Jesus Von officer: EVP-Foods Merchandising PRICESMART, INC., 9740 SCRANTON RD., SAN DIEGO CA 92121
John D Hildebrandt officer: EVP -- Caribbean & Central Am. 4649 MORENA BLVD, SAN DIEGO CA 92117
Robert E Price director, 10 percent owner, officer: Acting Chief Executive Officer 7979 IVANHOE AVE, STE 520, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Price Family Charitable Fund 10 percent owner 7979 IVANHOE AVE, STE 520, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Nicolas Maslowski officer: EVP-Member Experience 9740 SCRANTON RD, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Juan Ignacio Biehl officer: EVP and CTO 9740 SCRANTON RD., SAN DIEGO CA 92121