PriceSmart Ownership | Who Owns PriceSmart?

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PriceSmart Ownership Summary

PriceSmart is owned by 90.22% institutional investors, 7.93% insiders, and 1.85% 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 4.81% of its assets in PriceSmart shares.

PSMT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	PriceSmart	90.22%	7.93%	1.85%
Sector	Consumer Defensive Stocks	43.43%	16.04%	40.53%
Industry	Discount Stores Stocks	70.75%	5.72%	23.54%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	4.02M	13.43%	$326.30M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	3.71M	12.34%	$449.73M
Vanguard group	3.33M	11.07%	$403.52M
Black creek investment management	1.71M	5.67%	$206.72M
Fmr	1.33M	4.44%	$161.77M
American century companies	1.31M	4.37%	$159.28M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	1.26M	4.18%	$152.49M
State street	1.02M	3.38%	$123.16M
First trust advisors lp	787.53K	2.62%	$95.44M
Geode capital management	756.17K	2.51%	$91.65M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Black creek investment management	1.71M	9.75%	$206.72M
Pertento partners llp	416.51K	5.85%	$50.48M
Nitorum capital	174.94K	3.72%	$21.20M
Managed asset portfolios	150.62K	2.26%	$18.25M
Copeland capital management	688.59K	1.74%	$83.45M
Stansberry asset management	127.79K	1.62%	$15.49M
Progeny 3	229.60K	1.44%	$27.83M
Punch & associates investment management	159.68K	1.12%	$19.35M
Alan b. lancz & associates	10.06K	1.10%	$1.22M
River road asset management	724.16K	0.98%	$87.76M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Progeny 3	229.60K	1.44%	229.60K
Boston trust walden	180.83K	0.16%	180.83K
Victory capital management	651.50K	0.05%	175.81K
T. rowe price investment management	167.36K	0.01%	167.36K
Driehaus capital management	121.26K	0.11%	121.26K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Edgepoint investment group	-	-	-1.46M
Canada pension plan investment board	-	-	-282.04K
Perpetual	-	-	-116.54K
Weiss asset management lp	-	-	-111.65K
Voloridge investment management	-	-	-94.03K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Progeny 3	229.60K	1.44%	229.60K	$27.83M
Boston trust walden	180.83K	0.16%	180.83K	$21.91M
T. rowe price investment management	167.36K	0.01%	167.36K	$20.28M
Driehaus capital management	121.26K	0.11%	121.26K	$14.70M
Aptus capital advisors	80.31K	0.07%	80.31K	$9.73M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Mendota financial group	-1.00
Newsquare capital	-3.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-4.00
Nelson, van denburg & campbell wealth management group	-5.00
Global financial private client	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	302	-3.51%	27,129,249	0.82%	90	1.13%	141	-22.95%	117	25.81%
Jun 30, 2025	311	7.61%	26,868,035	2.65%	89	1.18%	182	21.33%	92	3.37%
Mar 31, 2025	287	-2.05%	26,169,770	3.22%	87	1.22%	151	-6.79%	87	-5.43%
Dec 31, 2024	194	-28.94%	18,989,570	-24.62%	63	0.90%	108	-18.80%	58	-36.96%
Sep 30, 2024	272	2.64%	25,190,832	1.47%	83	1.22%	133	-10.14%	92	19.48%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	1.48M	4.81%	-
CI Global Leaders Fund D	1.28M	4.17%	-72.26K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	834.15K	2.71%	-17.73K
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	800.03K	2.60%	1.51K
EdgePoint Global	795.14K	2.59%	-760.21K
EdgePoint Global Portfolio Series F	795.14K	2.59%	-760.21K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	785.46K	2.55%	888.00
First Trust SMID Cp Rising Div Achv ETF	749.81K	2.44%	800.00
Vanguard Small Cap Index	634.64K	2.06%	-4.27K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	619.24K	2.01%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 07, 2025	Hanson Gordon H.	-	Sell	$99.94K
Nov 14, 2025	Kovaleski Paul	EVP-Chief Merch. Officer	Sell	$149.49K
Nov 04, 2025	HILDEBRANDT JOHN D	President and COO	Sell	$1.15M
Oct 06, 2025	Velasco Francisco	EVP - CLO, CRCO	Sell	$67.55K
Sep 09, 2025	McCleary Michael	EVP-Finance	Sell	$539.49K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	2
2025 Q3	-	3
2025 Q2	-	6
2025 Q1	-	9
2024 Q4	-	6

PSMT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns PriceSmart?

PriceSmart shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 90.22%, followed by 7.93% insiders and 1.85% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in PriceSmart's industry, Discount Stores Stocks , is 70.75%, which PriceSmart exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of PriceSmart?

PriceSmart’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (4.02M shares, 13.43%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (3.71M shares, 12.34%), and Vanguard group (3.33M shares, 11.07%). Together, they hold 36.84% 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 9.75% of its assets in 1.71M PriceSmart shares, valued at 206.72M$.

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 4.81% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.48M PriceSmart shares.

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