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Pricesmart (Pricesmart) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 33.10 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-23), Pricesmart's share price is $81.58. Pricesmart's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was $2.47. Hence, Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 33.10.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

PSMT' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 12.63   Med: 59.74   Max: 2004.17
Current: 33.08

During the past 13 years, Pricesmart's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 2004.17. The lowest was 12.63. And the median was 59.74.

PSMT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
81.33% of 225 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 13.35 vs PSMT: 33.08

Pricesmart's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was $0.55. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.47.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Pricesmart was -43.20% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -10.80% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -10.70% per year.

During the past 13 years, Pricesmart's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 230.70% per year. The lowest was -87.00% per year. And the median was 1.50% per year.


Pricesmart Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 60.25 12.52 183.93 1,665.00 21.31

Pricesmart Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 16.06 18.03 21.31 17.85 34.13

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Pricesmart Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Pricesmart's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=81.58/2.465
=33.10

Pricesmart's Share Price of today is $81.58.
Pricesmart's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.47.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Pricesmart  (NAS:PSMT) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real 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