PriceSmart, Inc. vs WALMART INC., two Discount Stores stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Both sell value to price-conscious shoppers, PriceSmart through Latin American warehouse clubs, Walmart through mass-market superstores worldwide. Walmart is vastly larger at $922.3B to PriceSmart's $5.9B and earns far more on equity, 22.58% to 11.7%. Their net margins run close, 3.13% and 2.82%, both thin by design. On price the multiples nearly match, Walmart at 40.6 times earnings and PriceSmart at 38.68, though Walmart is dearer on book, 9.16 to 4.45. Walmart pays 0.82% and PriceSmart 0.64%, and both keep debt light, 0.47 and 0.15. The global giant with stronger returns versus the small regional club trading at a similar earnings multiple.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | PSMT | WMT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $196.71 | $113.90 |
| Market cap | $6.0B | $911.1B |
| Sector | Discount Stores | Discount Stores |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +18.6% | +22.0% |
| P/E | 37.8 | 40.1 |
| P/B | 4.28 | 9.05 |
| P/S | 1.05 | 1.26 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.0 | 31.4 |
| Revenue growth | +10.2% | +5.9% |
| Operating margin | 4.4% | 4.2% |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 3.1% |
| Return on equity | 11.5% | 22.6% |
| Return on assets | 6.4% | 7.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 12.4% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.18 | 0.47 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 0.77 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.23 | 8.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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