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Jamaican (JSE) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedApr 27, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies91
  • 7D-1.4%
  • 3M-1.7%
  • 1Y-5.9%
  • YTD-2.4%

Over the last 7 days, the market has dropped 1.4%, driven by a decline of 2.0% in the Financials sector. The market has dropped 5.9% in the last year.

Market Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sat, 27 Apr 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$149.6b14.9x10x1.3x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$150.4b14.6x10.3x1.3x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$164.9b15x9.4x1.3x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$145.4b15x10.2x1.3x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$145.5b14.6x9.7x1.3x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$145.1b14x9.7x1.3x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$143.4b14.9x9.8x1.3x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$141.7b14.9x9.9x1.3x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$129.3b15.4x11.2x1.4x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$134.9b15.7x11.2x1.4x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$133.2b15.9x11.4x1.4x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$134.3b16.4x11.4x1.5x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.0tJA$132.9b14.2x10.8x1.4x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$137.8b15.2x10.8x1.4x
Sat, 21 Jan 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$138.9b15.6x10.9x1.5x
Mon, 19 Dec 2022JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$138.4b14.8x10.9x1.5x
Wed, 16 Nov 2022JA$1.6tJA$975.8bJA$142.3b15x10.9x1.6x
Fri, 14 Oct 2022JA$1.6tJA$952.5bJA$138.5b16.2x11.6x1.7x
Sun, 11 Sep 2022JA$1.6tJA$932.1bJA$136.5b16.9x11.8x1.7x
Tue, 09 Aug 2022JA$1.7tJA$925.8bJA$135.9b15.7x12.2x1.8x
Thu, 07 Jul 2022JA$1.7tJA$897.0bJA$128.0b14.6x13.4x1.9x
Sat, 04 Jun 2022JA$1.7tJA$878.1bJA$124.3b15.5x14x2x
Mon, 02 May 2022JA$1.8tJA$837.9bJA$112.5b19.8x16x2.1x
Wed, 30 Mar 2022JA$1.7tJA$827.5bJA$110.6b19.9x15.4x2.1x
Fri, 25 Feb 2022JA$1.7tJA$825.3bJA$109.1b19.1x15.7x2.1x
Sun, 23 Jan 2022JA$1.7tJA$822.6bJA$108.6b18.5x15.5x2x
Tue, 21 Dec 2021JA$1.6tJA$821.0bJA$108.9b17.3x15x2x
Thu, 18 Nov 2021JA$1.7tJA$806.8bJA$110.8b17.4x15.2x2.1x
Sat, 16 Oct 2021JA$1.7tJA$791.7bJA$105.8b18.1x16x2.1x
Mon, 13 Sep 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.8bJA$102.8b18.1x16.5x2.1x
Wed, 11 Aug 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.5bJA$104.2b18.2x16.5x2.2x
Sun, 06 Jun 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 12.8x202220232024
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 10.0x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.8x.
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 Market-1.43%
Real Estate1.79%
Tech0.009%
Consumer Discretionary-0.52%
Telecom-0.62%
Materials-1.01%
Healthcare-1.04%
Consumer Staples-1.12%
Financials-2.00%
Energy-2.33%
Industrials-3.01%
Utilities-3.58%
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 13.4x.
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
NCBFG NCB Financial GroupJA$64.493.2%
+JA$4.7b
-12.3%PB1xFinancials
PJAM Pan Jamaica GroupJA$49.904.0%
+JA$3.1b
-8.4%PE32.3xReal Estate
BIL Barita InvestmentsJA$72.001.2%
+JA$1.0b
-8.8%PE30.6xFinancials
JMMBGL JMMB GroupJA$25.492.0%
+JA$958.2m
-18.9%PE2.2xFinancials
GK GraceKennedyJA$73.941.3%
+JA$930.6m
-7.6%PE9.4xConsumer Staples
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SML

JA$6.12

Stanley Motta

7D

-12.3%

1Y

2.0%

SRFJMD

JA$11.89

Sygnus Real Estate Finance

7D

-15.0%

1Y

9.2%

PROVENJA

JA$20.00

PROVEN Group

7D

-7.0%

1Y

-26.5%

LASF

JA$1.52

Lasco Financial Services

7D

-19.6%

1Y

-36.7%

SJ

JA$40.01

Sagicor Group Jamaica

7D

-2.7%

1Y

-23.1%

ASBH

JA$38.49

A.S. Bryden & Sons Holdings

7D

-2.4%

1Y

n/a

NCBFG

JA$64.49

NCB Financial Group

7D

3.2%

1Y

-12.3%

SGJ

JA$41.50

Scotia Group Jamaica

7D

-7.5%

1Y

19.1%

JBG

JA$31.50

Jamaica Broilers Group

7D

-4.9%

1Y

-14.9%

JP

JA$23.00

Jamaica Producers Group

7D

3.5%

1Y

5.1%

GK

JA$73.94

GraceKennedy

7D

1.3%

1Y

-7.6%

CCC

JA$57.00

Caribbean Cement

7D

0.9%

1Y

0%

JMMBGL

JA$25.49

JMMB Group

7D

2.0%

1Y

-18.9%

BIL

JA$72.00

Barita Investments

7D

1.2%

1Y

-8.8%

LASD

JA$5.11

Lasco Distributors

7D

2.2%

1Y

123.1%