CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2019	Aug. 31, 2019
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 111,359	$ 102,653
Short-term restricted cash	65	54
Short-term investments	25,098	17,045
Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $125 as of November 30, 2019 and $144 as of August 31, 2019, respectively	10,293	9,872
Merchandise inventories	388,072	331,273
Prepaid expenses and other current assets (includes $2,747 and $2,736 as of November 30, 2019 and August 31, 2019, respectively, for the fair value of derivative instruments)	36,990	30,999
Total current assets	571,877	491,896
Long-term restricted cash	3,689	3,529
Property and equipment, net	693,275	671,151
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	118,203
Goodwill	45,425	46,101
Other intangibles, net	11,977	12,576
Deferred tax assets	17,790	15,474
Other non-current assets (includes $436 and $0 as of November 30, 2019 and August 31, 2019, respectively, for the fair value of derivative instruments)	51,226	44,987
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates	10,649	10,697
Total Assets	1,524,111	1,296,411
Current Liabilities:
Short-term borrowings	23,018	7,540
Accounts payable	328,585	286,219
Accrued salaries and benefits	24,131	25,401
Deferred income	25,147	25,340
Income taxes payable	6,640	4,637
Other accrued expenses and other current liabilities (includes $127 and $0 as of November 30, 2019 and August 31, 2019, respectively, for the fair value of foreign currency forward contracts)	40,519	32,442
Operating lease liabilities, current portion	8,310
Long-term debt, current portion	13,726	25,875
Total current liabilities	470,076	407,454
Deferred tax liability	1,829	2,015
Long-term portion of deferred rent		11,198
Long-term income taxes payable, net of current portion	5,346	5,069
Long-term operating lease liabilities	121,698
Long-term debt, net of current portion	98,084	63,711
Other long-term liabilities (includes $3,259 and $2,910 for the fair value of derivative instruments and $5,675 and $5,421 for post-employment plans as of November 30, 2019 and August 31, 2019, respectively)	9,306	8,685
Total Liabilities	706,339	498,132
Stockholders' Equity:
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized; 31,474,818 and 31,461,359 shares issued and 30,612,511 and 30,538,788 shares outstanding (net of treasury shares) as of November 30, 2019 and August 31, 2019, respectively	3	3
Additional paid-in capital	440,756	443,084
Tax benefit from stock-based compensation	11,486	11,486
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(147,524)	(144,339)
Retained earnings	545,532	525,804
Less: treasury stock at cost, 862,307 shares as of November 30, 2019 and 924,332 shares as of August 31, 2019	(33,424)	(38,687)
Total stockholders' equity attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. stockholders	816,829	797,351
Noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries	943	928
Total stockholders' equity	817,772	798,279
Total Liabilities and Equity	$ 1,524,111	$ 1,296,411