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PRICESMART ANNOUNCES FISCAL 2024 FOURTH QUARTER OPERATING RESULTS AND PLANS FOR SEVENTH WAREHOUSE CLUB IN GUATEMALA
NET MERCHANDISE SALES GREW 9.5%COMPARABLE NET MERCHANDISE SALES INCREASED 6.2% $0.94 EARNINGS PER DILUTED SHARE SAN DIEGO, Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
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[{"type":"text","content":"NET MERCHANDISE SALES GREW 9.5%COMPARABLE NET MERCHANDISE SALES INCREASED 6.2% $0.94 EARNINGS PER DILUTED SHARE\nSAN DIEGO, Oct. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- PriceSmart, Inc. (\"PriceSmart\" or the \"Company\") (NASDAQ: PSMT), operator of 54 warehouse clubs in 12 countries and one U.S. territory, today announced results for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2024, which ended on August 31, 2024.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nFourth Quarter Financial Results\nTotal revenues for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 increased 9.6% to $1.23 billion compared to $1.12 billion in the same period of the prior year. For the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, net merchandise sales increased 9.5% to $1.19 billion from $1.09 billion in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023. Net merchandise sales - constant currency increased 9.3% over the same prior year period. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted net merchandise sales positively by $2.7 million, or 0.2%, versus the same period in the prior year. \nThe Company had 54 warehouse clubs in operation as of August 31, 2024 compared to 51 warehouse clubs in operation as of August 31, 2023.\nComparable net merchandise sales for the 51 warehouse clubs that have been open for greater than 13 ½ calendar months increased 6.2% for the 13-week period ended September 1, 2024 compared to the comparable 13-week period of the prior year. Comparable net merchandise sales - constant currency for the 13 weeks ended September 1, 2024 increased 6.0% compared to the comparable period of the prior year. Foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations impacted comparable net merchandise sales positively by 0.2% versus the comparable period in the prior year.\nThe Company recorded operating income of $49.2 million during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 compared to operating income of $32.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023, which included a $9.2 million charge to settle minimum tax litigation in one of our markets and a $5.7 million asset impairment charge and related closure costs, in the prior year period.\nNet income increased 89.0% to $29.1 million, or $0.94 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024 compared to $15.4 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023, which included of a negative impact of $0.30 per diluted share related to ...