---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-21-000366"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PSMT"
cik: "0001041803"
company_name: "PRICESMART INC"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:02:12.503677+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# PriceSmart Q4 FY2021 net sales +12.7%; EPS $0.63 vs $0.65; record membership

## Summary
- Net merchandise sales $871.2M, +12.7% YoY; comparable sales +10.3%; revenue $909.6M, +12.2%.
- Operating income $32.5M vs $29.0M; net income $19.5M ($0.63 diluted EPS) vs $20.1M ($0.65).
- 12-month trailing membership renewal rate 89.6%; membership base at all-time high, above pre-COVID.
- 47 clubs as of Aug 31, 2021; plans to open 3 new clubs in Guatemala, Colombia, Jamaica by spring 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-21-000366
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PSMT
- cik: 0001041803
- company_name: PRICESMART INC
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000156276221000366/0001562762-21-000366-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041803/000156276221000366/psmt-20211021x8k.htm

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