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EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]

Schedule of the Computation of Net Income Per Share

		Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
		February 28,			February 29,			February 28,			February 29,
		2021			2020			2021			2020
Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc.		$	28,236		$	25,600		$	55,973		$	45,328
Less: Allocation of income to unvested stockholders			(117)			(64)			(580)			(339)
Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. per share available for distribution		$	28,119		$	25,536		$	55,393		$	44,989
Basic weighted average shares outstanding			30,376			30,255			30,387			30,266
Add dilutive effect of performance stock units (two-class method)			28			3			25			5
Diluted average shares outstanding			30,404			30,258			30,412			30,271
Basic net income per share		$	0.92		$	0.85		$	1.82		$	1.49
Diluted net income per share		$	0.92		$	0.85		$	1.82		$	1.49

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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