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PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) owns and operates U.S.-style membership warehouse clubs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company sells high-quality merchandise and provides services at low prices to its members. PriceSmart operates 57 warehouse clubs across 12 countries and one U.S. territory, including ten in Colombia, nine in Costa Rica, seven each in Panama and Guatemala, six in the Dominican Republic, four each in Trinidad and El Salvador, three in Honduras, two each in Nicaragua and Jamaica, and one each in Aruba, Barbados, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company is actively expanding, with six additional clubs planned across Costa Rica, Jamaica, Guatemala, and Chile, which would bring the total to 63 warehouse clubs. PriceSmart's entry into Chile represents a new market for the company. Updated
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PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) owns and operates U.S.-style membership warehouse clubs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company sells high-quality merchandise and provides services at low prices to its members.
The Wall Street consensus 12-month price target for PSMT is $166.00.
