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Pricesmart (Pricesmart) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 44.77 (As of Apr. 28, 2024)


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What is Pricesmart Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-28), Pricesmart's current share price is $81.49. Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $1.82. Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 44.77.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

PSMT' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 36.43   Med: 70.47   Max: 332.7
Current: 44.77

During the past years, Pricesmart's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 332.70. The lowest was 36.43. And the median was 70.47.

PSMT's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
86.4% of 125 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 15.64 vs PSMT: 44.77

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Pricesmart's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.548. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $1.82 for the trailing ten years ended in Feb. 2024.

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Pricesmart Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Chart

Pricesmart Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 54.61 43.37 55.60 42.83 48.44

Pricesmart Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 43.31 41.62 48.44 35.20 46.23

Competitive Comparison of Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Pricesmart Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF.

Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=81.49/1.82
=44.77

* 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.

Pricesmart's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Pricesmart's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Feb. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Feb. 2024)
=0.548/129.4194*129.4194
=0.548

Current CPI (Feb. 2024) = 129.4194.

Pricesmart Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201405 0.531 100.373 0.685
201408 0.864 100.352 1.114
201411 -1.349 99.635 -1.752
201502 0.335 99.032 0.438
201505 1.101 100.333 1.420
201508 0.592 100.548 0.762
201511 -0.529 100.135 -0.684
201602 1.779 100.040 2.301
201605 0.778 101.355 0.993
201608 0.125 101.617 0.159
201611 -0.495 101.829 -0.629
201702 -0.239 102.779 -0.301
201705 0.312 103.256 0.391
201708 0.012 103.587 0.015
201711 -0.995 104.072 -1.237
201802 1.421 105.052 1.751
201805 0.105 106.148 0.128
201808 0.177 106.383 0.215
201811 -0.330 106.338 -0.402
201902 0.782 106.649 0.949
201905 0.427 108.048 0.511
201908 0.123 108.245 0.147
201911 -0.709 108.519 -0.846
202002 1.313 109.139 1.557
202005 2.186 108.175 2.615
202008 2.465 109.662 2.909
202011 -1.280 109.793 -1.509
202102 0.707 110.968 0.825
202105 0.790 113.576 0.900
202108 0.242 115.421 0.271
202111 -1.407 117.269 -1.553
202202 -0.828 119.703 -0.895
202205 1.115 123.323 1.170
202208 1.156 124.958 1.197
202211 0.212 125.607 0.218
202302 1.858 126.928 1.894
202305 0.793 128.314 0.800
202308 0.866 129.538 0.865
202311 0.258 129.548 0.258
202402 0.548 129.419 0.548

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Pricesmart  (NAS:PSMT) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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