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Pricesmart (Pricesmart) Mohanram G-Score : 7 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Pricesmart Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Pricesmart has an G-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which tends to beat the market.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pricesmart's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

PSMT' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 6   Max: 7
Current: 7

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of Pricesmart was 7. The lowest was 0. And the median was 6.


Pricesmart Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pricesmart's Mohanram G-Score 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 Mohanram G-Score Chart

Pricesmart Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Mohanram G-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00

Pricesmart Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Mohanram G-Score 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 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00

Competitive Comparison of Pricesmart's Mohanram G-Score

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Pricesmart's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-Score 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 Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pricesmart's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pricesmart's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



Pricesmart Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* 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.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

Pricesmart has an G-score of 7. It is a good or high score, which tends to beat the market.

Pricesmart  (NAS:PSMT) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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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