PriceSmart, Inc. (PSMT)

Warehouse clubs in Central America and the Caribbean. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending August 31, 2025, filed October 30, 2025. Ranked 8 of the 62 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.

PriceSmart states over 12,000 employees at August 31, 2025, 96% outside the United States and 1,750 represented by unions, running membership warehouse clubs in Central America, the Caribbean and Colombia, so one pattern takes the whole workforce by description (c).

The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.

What follows from the reading

Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 22% now, 25% at the end of 2027, 25% at the end of 2028, 26% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 26% desk work, 20% people work and 55% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 74% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 12% becomes checking a model's work and 13% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.

Headcount

12,000 employees as of August 31, 2025 (stated). The filing states approximately 96% of employees employed outside the United States (about 4% in the U.S.).

The filing: “Human Capital As of August 31, 2025, we had over 12,000 employees.”

The workforce as industry patterns

What the filing says about the workforce: Over 12,000 employees, 96% outside the United States; about 1,750 represented by labor unions (about 15%); specialized training for over 2,500 employees on a member-centric mindset.

Companies read with the same leading pattern

Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also General Merchandise Retailers, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.

• Walmart (WMT, 2,100,000 employees)21% now, 25% by 2028
• Target (TGT, 415,000 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028
• Costco (COST, 341,000 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028
• Dollar General (DG, 194,000 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028
• Dollar Tree (DLTR, 153,032 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028
• Macy's, Inc. (M, 90,134 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028
• Kohl's Corporation (KSS, 84,000 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028
• BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (BJ, 35,000 employees)22% now, 25% by 2028

What the filing says about AI

10 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in its risk factors: regulation of data-driven technologies such as AI, the disadvantage if competitors use AI and machine learning more effectively, and the cybersecurity risks of integrating machine learning into its systems.

• “Our ability to collect and use that data, however, is subject to a number of external factors, including the impact of legislation or regulations governing data privacy, data-driven technologies such as artificial intelligence, and data security, as well as customer expectations around data collection, retention, and use. 15 Table of Contents Future sales growth depends, in part, on our ability...”
• “We will be at a competitive disadvantage if, over time, our competitors are more effective than we are in utilizing and integrating rapidly evolving technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning.”
• “Additionally, the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence and the integration of machine learning technologies into our internal systems may intensify our cybersecurity risks and create new risks to our business, operations, and financial condition.”
• “Despite our security measures, there can be no assurance that we, or third parties with whom we interact, will not experience a cybersecurity incident in the future that materially affects us. 19 Table of Contents Our use of artificial intelligence in our business or more rapid adoption of artificial intelligence by our competitors could result in harm to our brand and adversely affect our resu...”
• “Some of our computer systems currently, and might in the future, incorporate artificial intelligence ("AI") solutions, including machine learning and generative AI tools that collect, aggregate, and analyze data to assist in the operations of our business.”

Its annual reports, year by year

Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector

• Fiscal 20210median 0
• Fiscal 20220median 0
• Fiscal 20230median 1
• Fiscal 202410median 4
• Fiscal 202510median 10

Headcount by filing year

As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.

Limits of this reading

• The clubs are abroad; the U.S. pattern applies because the work is the same (rule 7), with the Miami distribution and headquarters inside it.
• No count by kind of work: the one pattern is by description (c).

Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001041803-25-000060, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.