EARNINGS PER SHARE	3 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 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 the performance criteria are satisfied. 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 for which performance criteria have not been met 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-months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts): Three Months Ended November 30, November 30, 2021 2020Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. $ 30,511 $ 27,737Less: Allocation of income to unvested stockholders (560) (459)Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. per share available for distribution $ 29,951 $ 27,278Basic weighted average shares outstanding 30,551 30,398Add dilutive effect of performance stock units (two-class method) 52 22Diluted average shares outstanding 30,603 30,420Basic net income per share $ 0.98 $ 0.90Diluted net income per share $ 0.98 $ 0.90

EARNINGS PER SHARE

3 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2021

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 the performance criteria are satisfied. 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 for which performance criteria have not been met 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-months ended November 30, 2021 and 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts): Three Months Ended November 30, November 30, 2021 2020Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. $ 30,511 $ 27,737Less: Allocation of income to unvested stockholders (560) (459)Net income attributable to PriceSmart, Inc. per share available for distribution $ 29,951 $ 27,278Basic weighted average shares outstanding 30,551 30,398Add dilutive effect of performance stock units (two-class method) 52 22Diluted average shares outstanding 30,603 30,420Basic net income per share $ 0.98 $ 0.90Diluted net income per share $ 0.98 $ 0.90