Growth Metrics

Pricesmart (PSMT) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Pricesmart filings provide 17 years of Operating Expenses readings, the most recent being $1.4 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 9.36% to $1.4 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was $5.3 billion, a 8.74% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $5.0 billion, up 7.34% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses hit $1.4 billion in Q1 2026 for Pricesmart, up from $1.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.4 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $982.4 million in Q3 2022.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $1.2 billion (2024), compared with a mean of $1.2 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: grew 16.04% in 2022 and later rose 5.67% in 2023.
  • Pricesmart's Operating Expenses stood at $999.3 million in 2022, then grew by 10.91% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then increased by 8.25% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 10.01% to $1.3 billion in 2025, then grew by 7.6% to $1.4 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $1.4 billion (Q1 2026), $1.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.3 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.