PriceSmart Ownership | Who Owns PriceSmart?

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PriceSmart Ownership Summary

PriceSmart is owned by 83.88% institutional investors, 8.27% insiders, and 7.85% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 13.43% of PSMT shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 5.23% of its assets in PriceSmart shares.

PSMT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	PriceSmart	83.88%	8.27%	7.85%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	52.71%	13.91%	33.39%
Industry	Discount Stores Stocks	82.38%	7.08%	10.54%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	4.02M	13.43%	$326.30M
Vanguard group	3.44M	11.50%	$279.40M
Edgepoint investment group	2.74M	9.17%	$222.87M
Black creek investment management	1.57M	5.23%	$127.08M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.31M	4.38%	$106.31M
Fmr	1.12M	3.73%	$90.72M
American century companies	1.09M	3.63%	$88.18M
State street	1.04M	3.48%	$84.56M
Geode capital management	659.65K	2.20%	$53.57M
Copeland capital management	621.70K	2.07%	$57.30M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Black creek investment management	1.57M	4.73%	$127.08M
Nitorum capital	235.38K	2.08%	$19.11M
Repertoire partners lp	12.57K	1.93%	$1.02M
Edgepoint investment group	2.74M	1.88%	$222.87M
Copeland capital management	621.70K	1.07%	$57.30M
Alan b. lancz & associates	10.06K	0.94%	$927.23K
Penn mutual asset management	5.17K	0.89%	$420.21K
Managed asset portfolios	70.09K	0.84%	$5.69M
Sagil capital llp	16.86K	0.70%	$1.37M
Redwood investments	19.89K	0.55%	$1.60M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
American century companies	1.09M	0.05%	184.25K
Copeland capital management	621.70K	1.07%	140.51K
Fmr	1.12M	0.01%	112.23K
Managed asset portfolios	70.09K	0.84%	70.09K
Burney co/	54.58K	0.18%	54.58K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Deutsche bank ag\	11.71K	0.00%	-123.11K
Perpetual	-	-	-116.54K
Morgan stanley	290.82K	0.00%	-108.53K
Black creek investment management	1.57M	4.73%	-103.14K
Allianz asset management gmbh	14.52K	0.00%	-91.31K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Managed asset portfolios	70.09K	0.84%	70.09K	$5.69M
Burney co/	54.58K	0.18%	54.58K	$5.03M
Norges bank	38.70K	0.00%	38.70K	$3.14M
E. ohman j:or asset management ab	20.83K	0.04%	20.83K	$1.69M
State of wisconsin investment board	18.54K	0.00%	18.54K	$1.51M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-5.00
Harbor investment advisory	-7.00
Sugarloaf wealth management	-22.00
Crewe advisors	-51.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2024	272	2.64%	25,190,832	1.47%	83	1.22%	133	-10.14%	92	19.48%
Jun 30, 2024	261	5.67%	24,807,770	1.06%	82	1.23%	146	17.74%	76	-9.52%
Mar 31, 2024	247	6.01%	24,546,559	0.17%	82	1.25%	124	13.76%	84	-5.62%
Dec 31, 2023	233	-2.51%	24,505,546	-0.47%	80	1.27%	109	4.81%	89	7.23%
Sep 30, 2023	239	3.02%	24,622,470	-2.41%	79	1.19%	104	-8.77%	83	20.29%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	1.60M	5.23%	768.00
CI Global Leaders Fund D	1.02M	3.32%	15.00K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	772.83K	2.52%	1.20K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	671.85K	2.19%	-2.58K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	652.92K	2.13%	288.00
Vanguard Small Cap Index	625.12K	2.04%	7.53K
Fidelity Series International Growth	433.63K	1.41%	-
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	415.03K	1.35%	-2.35K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	380.27K	1.24%	-245.00
American Century U.S. Small Cap Growth	357.27K	1.17%	-69.19K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Jan 27, 2025	HILDEBRANDT JOHN D	President and COO	Sell	$53.59K
Jan 23, 2025	HILDEBRANDT JOHN D	President and COO	Sell	$725.91K
Jan 23, 2025	Velasco Francisco	EVP, GC and Secretary	Sell	$50.18K
Jan 21, 2025	McCleary Michael	EVP & CFO	Sell	$358.66K
Jan 15, 2025	Hanson Gordon H.	-	Sell	$96.55K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q4	-	6
2024 Q3	-	10
2024 Q2	-	15
2024 Q1	-	-
2023 Q4	-	1

PSMT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns PriceSmart?

PriceSmart shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 83.88%, followed by 8.27% insiders and 7.85% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PriceSmart's industry, Discount Stores Stocks , is 82.38%, which PriceSmart exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of PriceSmart?

PriceSmart’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (4.02M shares, 13.43%), Vanguard group (3.44M shares, 11.50%), and Edgepoint investment group (2.74M shares, 9.17%). Together, they hold 34.10% of PriceSmart’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own PriceSmart?

Yes, BlackRock owns 13.43% of PriceSmart, totaling 4.02M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.01% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 326.3M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -77.844K shares, a -1.90% change.

Who is PriceSmart’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Black creek investment management is PriceSmart’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.73% of its assets in 1.57M PriceSmart shares, valued at 127.08M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of PriceSmart shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of PriceSmart shares, with 5.23% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.6M PriceSmart shares.

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