---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041803-26-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PSMT"
cik: "0001041803"
company_name: "PRICESMART INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:52:13.286258+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PriceSmart Q2 EPS $1.62 beats $1.45; sales up 9.9%; plans 8th Guatemala club

## Summary
- Q2 total revenues $1.50B (+9.7% YoY); net merchandise sales $1.47B (+9.9%); comp sales +7.6%.
- Net income $49.1M ($1.62 diluted EPS) vs $43.8M ($1.45) in prior year; operating income $75.4M vs $65.3M.
- Adjusted EBITDA $99.7M vs $87.0M; club count 56 vs 54 a year ago.
- New club in Villa Nueva, Guatemala (eighth) planned for spring 2027; total clubs expected to reach 61.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041803-26-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PSMT
- cik: 0001041803
- company_name: PRICESMART INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180326000020/0001041803-26-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180326000020/psmt-20260408.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-26-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-26-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041803-26-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  PRICESMART INC reported financial results for second quarter ended February 28, 2026.
  - Period: second quarter ended February 28, 2026
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On April 8, 2026, PriceSmart, Inc. issued a press release regarding the results of operations for its second quarter ended February 28, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180326000020/0001041803-26-000020-index.htm

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