Pricesmart Inc (NASDAQ:PSMT) shares, rose in value on Friday, July 11, with the stock price up by 5.33% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $108.17.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $102.7, falling within a range of $106.16 and $113.59. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.812 whereas the PE ratio was 22.80 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $109.84, and the low was $77.65. On the whole, PSMT has fluctuated by -0.07% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Pricesmart Inc currently standing at about $3.33 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Apr-09. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 1.21, with its dividend yield at 1.12%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that PSMT’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.68, with the price of PSMT currently trading nearly 3.16% and 3.07% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 59.27, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 3.42% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.62%. Furthermore, Pricesmart Inc (PSMT)’s beta value is 0.77.
A comparison of Pricesmart Inc (PSMT) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. PSMT showed an intraday change of 5.33% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 17.36%%.
Data on historical trading for Pricesmart Inc (NASDAQ:PSMT) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.28 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 220.87K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 30.75 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 17.54% of Pricesmart Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 84.54% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.37 million shares as on 2025-06-13, resulting in a short ratio of 8.06. According to the data, the short interest in Pricesmart Inc (PSMT) stood at 760.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-06-13; the number of short shares registered in 2025-05-15 reached 1.36 million. The stock has risen by 38.29% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the PSMT stock heading into the next quarter.
