Pricesmart Inc (NASDAQ:PSMT) shares, rose in value on Friday, June 20, with the stock price down by -0.27% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $101.49.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $101.76, falling within a range of $99.98 and $104.65. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.812 whereas the PE ratio was 21.64 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 -5.44% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Pricesmart Inc currently standing at about $3.12 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 1.19%.
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 50% 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 1.55, with the price of PSMT currently trading nearly -4.39% and -0.70% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 39.07, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.43% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.14%. Furthermore, Pricesmart Inc (PSMT)’s beta value is 0.81, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.47.
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 -0.27% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 27.68%%.
Data on historical trading for Pricesmart Inc (NASDAQ:PSMT) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.21 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 240.13K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 30.76 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 17.54% of Pricesmart Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 84.57% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 1.37 million shares as on 2025-05-30, resulting in a short ratio of 7.21. According to the data, the short interest in Pricesmart Inc (PSMT) stood at 761.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-05-30; the number of short shares registered in 2025-04-30 reached 1.42 million. The stock has risen by 10.11% 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.
