---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041803-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PSMT"
cik: "0001041803"
company_name: "PRICESMART INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T06:12:17.235929+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PriceSmart Q1 net sales up 7.8%; EPS falls to $1.21 from $1.24

## Summary
- Total revenues $1.26B (+7.8%); net merchandise sales $1.22B (+7.8%).
- Comparable net merchandise sales +5.7% (constant currency +6.1%).
- Diluted EPS $1.21 vs $1.24 prior year; net income down 1.6% to $37.4M.
- Operating income $58.3M essentially flat vs $58.2M; adjusted EBITDA $79.1M vs $77.8M.
- Warehouse club count 54 vs 53 a year ago; constant-currency sales growth offset by $4.7M FX headwind.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041803-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PSMT
- cik: 0001041803
- company_name: PRICESMART INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180325000008/0001041803-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180325000008/psmt-20250108.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-25-000008
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-25-000008.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-25-000008.txt

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