EARNINGS PER SHARE

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2021

EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]

EARNINGS PER SHARE

NOTE 4 – EARNINGS PER SHARE

The Company presents basic net income per share using the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that treats a participating security as having rights to earnings that otherwise would have been available to common stockholders and that determines basic net income per share for each class of common stock and participating security according to dividends declared (or accumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings that would have been available to common stockholders. A participating security is defined as a security that may participate in undistributed earnings with common stock. The Company’s capital structure includes securities that participate with common stock on a one-for-one basis for distribution of dividends. These are the restricted stock awards and restricted stock units issued pursuant to the 2013 Equity Incentive Award Plan. The Company does not include performance stock units as participating securities until they vest. The Company determines the diluted net income per share by using the more dilutive of the two class-method or the treasury stock method and by including the basic weighted average of outstanding performance stock units in the calculation of diluted net income per share under the two-class method and including all potential common shares assumed issued in the calculation of diluted net income per share under the treasury stock method.

The following table sets forth the computation of net income per share for the three and six months ended February 28, 2021 and February 29, 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	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