Growth Metrics

Pricesmart (PSMT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Pricesmart (PSMT) over the last 17 years, with Q4 2025 value amounting to 4.55%.

  • Pricesmart's Operating Margin fell 800.0% to 4.55% in Q4 2025 from the same period last year, while for Nov 2025 it was 4.4%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 200.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 4.41% for FY2025, which is 800.0% down from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Pricesmart reported Operating Margin of 4.55% as of Q4 2025, which was down 800.0% from 3.96% recorded in Q3 2025.
  • In the past 5 years, Pricesmart's Operating Margin ranged from a high of 5.26% in Q4 2022 and a low of 2.87% during Q3 2023
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 4.41% (2025), whereas its average is 4.29%.
  • Per our database at Business Quant, Pricesmart's Operating Margin tumbled by -9400bps in 2023 and then skyrocketed by 11400bps in 2024.
  • Quarter analysis of 5 years shows Pricesmart's Operating Margin stood at 4.72% in 2021, then increased by 12bps to 5.26% in 2022, then decreased by -5bps to 4.99% in 2023, then decreased by -7bps to 4.63% in 2024, then fell by -2bps to 4.55% in 2025.
  • Its Operating Margin stands at 4.55% for Q4 2025, versus 3.96% for Q3 2025 and 4.27% for Q2 2025.