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Jamaican (JSE) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedMar 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D-2.1%
  • 3M-0.4%
  • 1Y2.8%
  • YTD-4.8%

Over the last 7 days, the Consumer Staples industry has dropped 1.8%, driven by declines in Lasco Manufacturing and Wisynco Group of 12% and 4.2%, respectively. In the past year, the industry has gained 4.8%.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Jamaican Consumer Staples Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 14 Mar 2025JA$372.3bJA$561.1bJA$29.5b15.9x12.6x0.7x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025JA$378.2bJA$546.3bJA$32.2b16.6x11.7x0.7x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025JA$390.4bJA$544.9bJA$32.5b17x12x0.7x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024JA$379.3bJA$544.9bJA$32.7b16.7x11.6x0.7x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024JA$378.6bJA$534.4bJA$32.9b13.9x11.5x0.7x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024JA$373.7bJA$533.9bJA$33.0b14.7x11.3x0.7x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024JA$361.6bJA$531.8bJA$33.1b14.5x10.9x0.7x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024JA$362.8bJA$526.9bJA$45.1b15.1x8x0.7x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024JA$359.4bJA$527.0bJA$43.7b14.7x8.2x0.7x
Tue, 21 May 2024JA$358.0bJA$521.3bJA$43.8b14.8x8.2x0.7x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024JA$359.1bJA$528.1bJA$44.0b14.1x8.2x0.7x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024JA$362.4bJA$528.0bJA$44.0b13.3x8.2x0.7x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024JA$365.9bJA$527.1bJA$40.7b15.9x9x0.7x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024JA$365.1bJA$526.4bJA$40.8b15.4x8.9x0.7x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023JA$350.8bJA$526.5bJA$40.9b15.3x8.6x0.7x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023JA$350.9bJA$522.1bJA$41.6b15.7x8.4x0.7x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023JA$341.9bJA$522.1bJA$41.4b15.5x8.3x0.7x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023JA$326.8bJA$519.5bJA$41.2b14.4x7.9x0.6x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023JA$338.3bJA$511.1bJA$29.7b15.3x11.4x0.7x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023JA$340.9bJA$509.7bJA$29.7b16.1x11.5x0.7x
Wed, 24 May 2023JA$332.5bJA$502.7bJA$29.2b15.9x11.4x0.7x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023JA$324.1bJA$484.1bJA$28.4b15.3x11.4x0.7x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023JA$326.2bJA$479.9bJA$28.0b15.1x11.6x0.7x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023JA$323.9bJA$461.7bJA$28.4b17.3x11.4x0.7x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023JA$333.7bJA$457.4bJA$28.4b18.6x11.8x0.7x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022JA$332.5bJA$449.1bJA$26.7b17.7x12.4x0.7x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022JA$343.0bJA$429.4bJA$26.7b18.6x12.9x0.8x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022JA$348.4bJA$427.2bJA$26.8b20.1x13x0.8x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022JA$357.0bJA$416.1bJA$25.6b17.7x13.9x0.9x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022JA$373.8bJA$405.5bJA$25.5b17.4x14.7x0.9x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022JA$381.0bJA$396.9bJA$24.9b19.4x15.3x1x
Thu, 26 May 2022JA$388.6bJA$371.1bJA$22.7b20.5x17.1x1x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022JA$401.6bJA$370.3bJA$22.2b21.6x18.1x1.1x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022JA$365.2bJA$362.8bJA$20.8b19.7x17.6x1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.6x


Total Market Cap: JA$365.2bTotal Earnings: JA$20.8bTotal Revenue: JA$362.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.4x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Jamaican Consumer Staples industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 12.8x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 11.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.74x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 12% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 16% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Jamaican Consumer Staples sector?

JM Market-0.17%
Consumer Staples-2.08%
Household Products5.37%
Food and Staples Retail0.055%
Food-2.64%
Beverage-4.25%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Beverage industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 16.1x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food and Staples Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 11.7x.
Forecasted GrowthThere is insufficient data on the sub-industries of this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
SEP SeprodJA$88.000.9%
+JA$594.1m
3.5%PE21.1x
GK GraceKennedyJA$73.000.7%
+JA$492.3m
-1.0%PE8.5x
EFRESH Everything FreshJA$2.0512.0%
+JA$171.6m
33.1%PE27.2x
KREMI Caribbean CreamJA$2.4815.3%
+JA$124.9m
-36.4%PE315.3x
FTNA FontanaJA$8.980.3%
+JA$37.5m
-3.8%PE19.5x
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GK

JA$73.00

GraceKennedy

7D

0.7%

1Y

-1.0%

DTL

JA$1.90

Derrimon Trading

7D

-4.0%

1Y

0%

JAMT

JA$2.15

Jamaican Teas

7D

-8.5%

1Y

-10.4%

JP

JA$23.87

Jamaica Producers Group

7D

-3.6%

1Y

1.6%

SEP

JA$88.00

Seprod

7D

0.9%

1Y

3.5%

EFRESH

JA$2.05

Everything Fresh

7D

12.0%

1Y

33.1%

SPURTREE

JA$1.32

Spur Tree Spices Jamaica

7D

-16.5%

1Y

-47.2%

LASD

JA$4.59

Lasco Distributors

7D

-10.0%

1Y

0%

LASM

JA$7.50

Lasco Manufacturing

7D

-5.9%

1Y

43.7%

WISYNCO

JA$21.50

Wisynco Group

7D

-3.0%

1Y

3.4%

FTNA

JA$8.98

Fontana

7D

0.3%

1Y

-3.8%

JBG

JA$34.99

Jamaica Broilers Group

7D

-1.2%

1Y

4.9%

KREMI

JA$2.48

Caribbean Cream

7D

15.3%

1Y

-36.4%