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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2020
EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract] |
Schedule of the Computation of Net Income Per Share |
|  | Three Months Ended
|  | November 30, |  | November 30,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019
Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. |  | $ | 27,737 |  | $ | 19,728
Less: Allocation of income to unvested stockholders |  |  | (459) |  |  | (258)
Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. per share available for distribution |  | $ | 27,278 |  | $ | 19,470
Basic weighted average shares outstanding |  |  | 30,398 |  |  | 30,277
Add dilutive effect of performance stock units (two-class method) |  |  | 22 |  |  | 7
Diluted average shares outstanding |  |  | 30,420 |  |  | 30,284
Basic net income per share |  | $ | 0.90 |  | $ | 0.64
Diluted net income per share |  | $ | 0.90 |  | $ | 0.64

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