PriceSmart vs Target
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The short version
- Target is the larger business, with $104.8B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $5.3B for PriceSmart, about 20 times as much.
- PriceSmart grew revenue faster (7.3%, against −1.7%).
- Target turned more of its sales into free cash flow (2.7% FCF margin, against 2.0%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of PriceSmart’s earnings: a P/E of 32.8x against 15.9x for Target.
| Latest fiscal year | PSMT · FY25 | TGT · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $5.2B | $69.8B |
| Revenue | $5.3B | $104.8B |
| Free cash flow | $103M | $2.8B |
| Net income | $148M | $3.7B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 7.3% | −1.7% |
| 5-year growth | 9.6% | 2.3% |
| Share count change | 0.1% | −1.3% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 27.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.9% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| FCF margin | 2.0% | 2.7% |
| Return on capital | 15.4% | 15.0% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 24.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | −$115M | $11.0B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | −0.4x | 1.3x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $45.4M | $2.5B |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 32.8x | 15.9x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 6 |
Revenue
FY16
PSMT $2.9B
TGT $70.3B
FY17
PSMT $3.0B
TGT $72.7B
FY18
PSMT $3.2B
TGT $75.4B
FY19
PSMT $3.2B
TGT $78.1B
FY20
PSMT $3.3B
TGT $93.6B
FY21
PSMT $3.6B
TGT $106.0B
FY22
PSMT $4.1B
TGT $109.1B
FY23
PSMT $4.4B
TGT $107.4B
FY24
PSMT $4.9B
TGT $106.6B
FY25
PSMT $5.3B
TGT $104.8B
PSMT
TGT
Operating margin
FY16
PSMT 4.7%
TGT 6.9%
FY17
PSMT 4.6%
TGT 5.8%
FY18
PSMT 4.0%
TGT 5.5%
FY19
PSMT 3.6%
TGT 6.0%
FY20
PSMT 3.7%
TGT 7.0%
FY21
PSMT 4.4%
TGT 8.4%
FY22
PSMT 4.1%
TGT 3.5%
FY23
PSMT 4.2%
TGT 5.3%
FY24
PSMT 4.5%
TGT 5.2%
FY25
PSMT 4.4%
TGT 4.9%
PSMT
TGT
Free cash flow
FY16
PSMT $64.4M
TGT $3.9B
FY17
PSMT −$12.3M
TGT $4.4B
FY18
PSMT $21.3M
TGT $2.5B
FY19
PSMT $30.3M
TGT $4.1B
FY20
PSMT $159M
TGT $7.9B
FY21
PSMT $14.0M
TGT $5.1B
FY22
PSMT $1.2M
TGT −$1.5B
FY23
PSMT $115M
TGT $3.8B
FY24
PSMT $39.0M
TGT $4.5B
FY25
PSMT $103M
TGT $2.8B
PSMT
TGT
Return on capital
FY16
PSMT 17.5%
TGT 15.3%
FY17
PSMT —
TGT 16.3%
FY18
PSMT —
TGT 15.8%
FY19
PSMT 10.1%
TGT 17.4%
FY20
PSMT 11.3%
TGT 26.2%
FY21
PSMT —
TGT 35.6%
FY22
PSMT —
TGT 13.7%
FY23
PSMT 13.1%
TGT 17.6%
FY24
PSMT 11.3%
TGT 16.8%
FY25
PSMT 15.4%
TGT 15.0%
PSMT
TGT
Each company's latest fiscal year; fiscal years end in different months. The best value in each row is highlighted where higher (or lower) is clearly better. Not investment advice.