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Jamaican (JSE) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedMay 02, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies91
  • 7D1.8%
  • 3M-2.5%
  • 1Y-3.1%
  • YTD-0.7%

The market has climbed 1.8% in the last 7 days, lead by the Financials sector with a gain of 1.4%. In contrast, the market has seen a decline of 3.1% over the last 12 months.

Market Valuation and Performance

Has the Jamaican Market valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 02 May 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$149.8b15.1x10.2x1.3x
Sat, 30 Mar 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$150.4b14.6x10.4x1.3x
Mon, 26 Feb 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$164.9b15.2x9.5x1.3x
Wed, 24 Jan 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$145.4b14.4x10.2x1.3x
Fri, 22 Dec 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$145.5b14.5x9.9x1.3x
Sun, 19 Nov 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$147.7b14.2x9.4x1.3x
Tue, 17 Oct 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$142.9b14.8x9.8x1.3x
Thu, 14 Sep 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$141.8b14.2x9.8x1.3x
Sat, 12 Aug 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$126.1b15.3x11.3x1.3x
Mon, 10 Jul 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$134.8b15.4x11x1.4x
Wed, 07 Jun 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$133.1b15.6x11.1x1.4x
Fri, 05 May 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$134.1b15.4x11.2x1.5x
Sun, 02 Apr 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$135.6b14.9x11.2x1.5x
Tue, 28 Feb 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$137.8b15.1x10.8x1.4x
Thu, 26 Jan 2023JA$1.5tJA$964.5bJA$138.1b15.6x11.1x1.6x
Sat, 24 Dec 2022JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$138.4b14.6x11.1x1.5x
Mon, 21 Nov 2022JA$1.5tJA$993.3bJA$134.9b14.9x11.2x1.5x
Wed, 19 Oct 2022JA$1.6tJA$953.2bJA$136.9b16.3x11.7x1.7x
Fri, 16 Sep 2022JA$1.6tJA$943.2bJA$137.7b16.5x11.8x1.7x
Sun, 14 Aug 2022JA$1.6tJA$928.0bJA$138.4b15.9x11.9x1.8x
Tue, 12 Jul 2022JA$1.7tJA$904.2bJA$128.8b16.2x13.3x1.9x
Thu, 09 Jun 2022JA$1.7tJA$890.6bJA$126.3b15.8x13.6x1.9x
Sat, 07 May 2022JA$1.8tJA$837.8bJA$112.5b19.7x16.1x2.2x
Mon, 04 Apr 2022JA$1.7tJA$831.8bJA$111.4b18.8x15.3x2.1x
Wed, 02 Mar 2022JA$1.7tJA$825.1bJA$109.1b17.9x15.6x2.1x
Fri, 28 Jan 2022JA$1.7tJA$822.6bJA$108.6b18.2x15.6x2.1x
Sun, 26 Dec 2021JA$1.6tJA$820.9bJA$108.9b17.9x15.2x2x
Tue, 23 Nov 2021JA$1.6tJA$817.7bJA$111.0b17.4x14.8x2x
Thu, 21 Oct 2021JA$1.7tJA$792.0bJA$105.8b17.9x15.9x2.1x
Sat, 18 Sep 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.7bJA$102.8b18.1x16.4x2.1x
Mon, 16 Aug 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.5bJA$104.2b17.7x16.5x2.2x
Mon, 31 May 2021JA$1.7tJA$752.3bJA$97.4b19x17.5x2.3x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.4x


Total Market Cap: JA$1.7tTotal Earnings: JA$96.6bTotal Revenue: JA$745.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Market Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.7x202220232024
Current Market PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Jamaican market, indicating that they anticipate earnings will not grow as fast as they have historically.
  • The market is trading at a PE ratio of 10.2x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.7x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for Jamaican listed companies have grown 16% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 17% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Sector Trends

Which sectors have driven the changes within the Jamaican Market?

JM Market1.81%
Materials11.92%
Energy8.57%
Real Estate3.98%
Consumer Discretionary2.34%
Consumer Staples1.82%
Financials1.38%
Industrials0.53%
Healthcare0.38%
Utilities-0.16%
Telecom-0.36%
Tech-3.75%
Sector PE
  • Investors favour the Energy sector the most for future growth, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 66.8x.
    • It looks like investors are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • The Consumer Staples sector is the least preferred by investors for future growth, which is trading below its 3-year average of 13.2x.
Forecasted GrowthThere is insufficient data in this market to determine future earnings growth rates.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuationSector
CCC Caribbean CementJA$63.0012.5%
+JA$6.0b
16.7%PE9.6xMaterials
WISYNCO Wisynco GroupJA$21.806.2%
+JA$4.8b
29.0%PE15.8xConsumer Staples
NCBFG NCB Financial GroupJA$62.502.5%
+JA$3.6b
-14.4%PB0.9xFinancials
SVL Supreme VenturesJA$24.504.3%
+JA$2.9b
-12.5%PE25.1xConsumer Discretionary
SJ Sagicor Group JamaicaJA$41.971.4%
+JA$2.2b
-16.1%PE11.4xFinancials
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SVL

JA$24.50

Supreme Ventures

7D

4.3%

1Y

-12.5%

PROVENJA

JA$21.25

PROVEN Group

7D

11.8%

1Y

-17.4%

SEP

JA$82.10

Seprod

7D

2.6%

1Y

14.8%

JSE

JA$10.52

Jamaica Stock Exchange

7D

-6.3%

1Y

-19.1%

ECL

JA$3.79

Express Catering

7D

-5.3%

1Y

-28.2%

SJ

JA$41.97

Sagicor Group Jamaica

7D

1.4%

1Y

-16.1%

LASM

JA$5.25

Lasco Manufacturing

7D

-3.7%

1Y

27.7%

TJH

JA$3.13

Transjamaican Highway

7D

-0.6%

1Y

77.8%

NCBFG

JA$62.50

NCB Financial Group

7D

2.5%

1Y

-14.4%

MGL

JA$8.89

Mayberry Group

7D

21.9%

1Y

n/a

PBS

US$1.53

Productive Business Solutions

7D

-3.8%

1Y

-15.0%

JBG

JA$31.25

Jamaica Broilers Group

7D

-0.8%

1Y

-15.5%

CCC

JA$63.00

Caribbean Cement

7D

12.5%

1Y

16.7%

SALF

JA$3.70

Salada Foods Jamaica

7D

-6.1%

1Y

2.8%

LASD

JA$5.00

Lasco Distributors

7D

-2.2%

1Y

81.8%

WISYNCO

JA$21.80

Wisynco Group

7D

6.2%

1Y

29.0%