MINISO Group Holding Limited vs PriceSmart, Inc., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where MNSO and PSMT diverge most: on debt / equity, MNSO reads 0.00 and PSMT reads 0.18; on p/s, MNSO reads 6.23 and PSMT reads 1.05. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's MNSO price has a different growth bar priced in than PSMT (+36.9% implied for MNSO vs +18.6% for PSMT); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What MNSO's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What PSMT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | MNSO | PSMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.78 | $196.71 |
| Market cap | $14.6B | $6.0B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +36.9% | +18.6% |
| P/E | 40.5 | 37.8 |
| P/B | 10.22 | 4.28 |
| P/S | 6.23 | 1.05 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.1 | 17.0 |
| Revenue growth | +5.4% | +10.2% |
| Gross margin | 44.9% | — |
| Operating margin | 19.5% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 15.5% | 2.8% |
| Return on equity | 25.4% | 11.5% |
| Return on assets | 14.5% | 6.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 25.2% | 12.4% |
| FCF yield | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 2.04 | 1.28 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 8.27 | 6.23 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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