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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041803-26-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PSMT"
cik: "0001041803"
company_name: "PRICESMART INC"
filed_at: "2026-07-08T20:06:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-08T20:07:24.824414+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PriceSmart Q3 net sales up 12.5% to $1.48B; EPS $1.28; plans Chile entry, 11th Costa Rica club

## Summary
- Net merchandise sales $1.45B (+12.5% YoY); comparable sales +10.7%; constant currency comparable +6.9%.
- Operating income $65.6M vs $56.2M; net income $39.7M ($1.28 diluted EPS) vs $35.2M ($1.14).
- Adjusted EBITDA $90.4M vs $79.0M in prior-year quarter.
- First club in Chile (Santiago) planned for spring 2027; 11th club in Costa Rica (Heredia) also spring 2027.
- Total clubs to reach 63 after these and four previously announced clubs open.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041803-26-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PSMT
- cik: 0001041803
- company_name: PRICESMART INC
- filed_at: 2026-07-08T20:06:35+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180326000030/0001041803-26-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000104180326000030/psmt-20260708.htm

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