Growth Metrics

Pricesmart (PSMT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Pricesmart filings provide 16 years of Return on Capital Employed readings, the most recent being 15.36% for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed fell 68.0% to 15.36% in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Feb 2026 was 15.36%, a 68.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 16.38%, down 18.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 15.36% in Q1 2026 for Pricesmart, roughly flat from 15.37% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.47% in Q3 2024 to a low of 13.33% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 14.88% (2024), compared with a mean of 14.87%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: surged 265bps in 2024 and later tumbled -102bps in 2025.
  • Pricesmart's Return on Capital Employed stood at 14.28% in 2022, then dropped by 0bps to 14.27% in 2023, then rose by 15bps to 16.4% in 2024, then dropped by -6bps to 15.37% in 2025, then fell by 0bps to 15.36% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 15.36% (Q1 2026), 15.37% (Q4 2025), and 15.7% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.