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Pricesmart (Pricesmart) PB Ratio : 2.25 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Pricesmart PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-25), Pricesmart's share price is $80.17. Pricesmart's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $35.68. Hence, Pricesmart's PB Ratio of today is 2.25.

The historical rank and industry rank for Pricesmart's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

PSMT' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.74   Med: 3.35   Max: 7.84
Current: 2.25

During the past 13 years, Pricesmart's highest PB Ratio was 7.84. The lowest was 1.74. And the median was 3.35.

PSMT's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
60.54% of 299 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs PSMT: 2.25

During the past 12 months, Pricesmart's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 6.00% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 7.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Pricesmart was 13.00% per year. The lowest was -30.10% per year. And the median was 7.30% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Pricesmart PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pricesmart's PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

Pricesmart Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.31 2.42 2.84 1.97 2.22

Pricesmart Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
PB Ratio 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 2.07 2.07 2.22 1.90 2.36

Competitive Comparison of Pricesmart's PB Ratio

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Pricesmart's PB Ratio falls into.



Pricesmart PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Pricesmart's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Feb. 2024)
=80.17/35.682
=2.25

* 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:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Pricesmart  (NAS:PSMT) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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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