XML 44 R29.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.21.2

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Aug. 31, 2021
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Summary of Property and Equipment |
|  | August 31, |  | August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Land |  | $ | 216,703 |  | $ | 215,433
Building and improvements |  |  | 533,802 |  |  | 498,964
Fixtures and equipment |  |  | 315,391 |  |  | 287,073
Construction in progress |  |  | 68,835 |  |  | 44,362
Total property and equipment, historical cost |  |  | 1,134,731 |  |  | 1,045,832
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (404,527) |  |  | (353,553)
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 730,204 |  | $ | 692,279
Summary of Depreciation and Amortization Expense |
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Depreciation expense, Property and equipment |  | $ | 62,579 |  | $ | 58,815 |  | $ | 52,554
Amortization expense, Intangible assets |  |  | 2,404 |  |  | 2,410 |  |  | 2,404
Total depreciation and amortization expense |  | $ | 64,983 |  | $ | 61,225 |  | $ | 54,958
Summary of Total Interest Capitalized | Total interest capitalized (in thousands):
|  | Balance as of
|  | August 31, |  | August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Total interest capitalized |  | $ | 13,175 |  | $ | 11,994
Total interest capitalized (in thousands):
|  | Years Ended August 31,
|  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Interest capitalized |  | $ | 2,282 |  | $ | 2,190 |  | $ | 2,116
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations [Member] |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Summary of Assets Disposed |
|  | Historical ‎Cost |  | Accumulated ‎Depreciation |  | Receivables and Proceeds from Disposal |  | Loss recognized
Fiscal Year 2021 |  | $ | 10,946 |  | $ | 9,534 |  | $ | 385 |  | $ | (1,027)
Fiscal Year 2020 |  | $ | 5,115 |  | $ | 4,640 |  | $ | 32 |  | $ | (443)
Fiscal Year 2019 |  | $ | 10,740 |  | $ | 9,587 |  | $ | 74 |  | $ | (1,079)

X
- Definition Capitalized Interest Costs Incurred [Table Text Block] + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | psmt_CapitalizedInterestCostsIncurredTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | psmt_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization [Table Text Block] + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | psmt_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortizationTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | psmt_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Summary Of Assets Disposed, Not Discontinued Operations + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | psmt_SummaryOfAssetsDisposedNotDiscontinuedOperations
Namespace Prefix: | psmt_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | us-gaap_IncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresByDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(13)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120391452&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Details
Name: | us-gaap_DisposalGroupClassificationAxis=us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationsMember
Namespace Prefix: |
Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
Period Type: |