Growth Metrics

Pricesmart (PSMT) EBT Margin (2016 - 2026)

Pricesmart filings provide 17 years of EBT Margin readings, the most recent being 4.46% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBT Margin rose 5.0% to 4.46% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 3.94%, a 0.0% change, with the full-year FY2025 number at 3.92%, down 18.0% from a year prior.
  • EBT Margin hit 4.46% in Q1 2026 for Pricesmart, up from 4.03% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, EBT Margin ranged from a high of 4.81% in Q4 2023 to a low of 2.74% in Q3 2023.
  • Median EBT Margin over the past 5 years was 4.03% (2025), compared with a mean of 3.92%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBT Margin: crashed -83bps in 2022 and later surged 98bps in 2023.
  • Pricesmart's EBT Margin stood at 4.68% in 2022, then grew by 3bps to 4.81% in 2023, then fell by -16bps to 4.05% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 4.03% in 2025, then rose by 11bps to 4.46% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for EBT Margin were 4.46% (Q1 2026), 4.03% (Q4 2025), and 3.48% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.