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Jamaican (JSE) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedApr 26, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D-1.5%
  • 3M-1.5%
  • 1Y7.1%
  • YTD-1.7%

Last week, the Consumer Staples industry hasn't moved much but Lasco Distributors is up 4.3% in that time. The past year has been better, since the industry has gained 7.8% in that time.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 26 Apr 2024JA$356.2bJA$528.2bJA$44.0b14x8.1x0.7x
Sun, 24 Mar 2024JA$361.4bJA$528.0bJA$44.0b13.3x8.2x0.7x
Tue, 20 Feb 2024JA$365.8bJA$533.0bJA$42.0b15.5x8.7x0.7x
Thu, 18 Jan 2024JA$361.1bJA$526.6bJA$40.8b15.2x8.8x0.7x
Sat, 16 Dec 2023JA$350.3bJA$526.5bJA$40.9b14.8x8.6x0.7x
Mon, 13 Nov 2023JA$348.9bJA$529.7bJA$42.4b14.5x8.2x0.7x
Wed, 11 Oct 2023JA$330.3bJA$522.4bJA$41.6b14.1x7.9x0.6x
Fri, 08 Sep 2023JA$331.0bJA$521.7bJA$41.2b15.3x8x0.6x
Sun, 06 Aug 2023JA$335.6bJA$515.0bJA$30.1b16.4x11.1x0.7x
Tue, 04 Jul 2023JA$347.3bJA$509.5bJA$29.8b16.6x11.7x0.7x
Thu, 01 Jun 2023JA$337.6bJA$507.8bJA$29.6b15.6x11.4x0.7x
Sat, 29 Apr 2023JA$332.6bJA$484.0bJA$28.4b15.4x11.7x0.7x
Mon, 27 Mar 2023JA$322.1bJA$480.3bJA$28.0b14.7x11.5x0.7x
Wed, 22 Feb 2023JA$327.5bJA$462.6bJA$28.6b16.8x11.4x0.7x
Fri, 20 Jan 2023JA$327.5bJA$457.4bJA$28.4b18.5x11.6x0.7x
Sun, 18 Dec 2022JA$334.2bJA$454.7bJA$28.0b18.5x11.9x0.7x
Tue, 15 Nov 2022JA$333.5bJA$432.1bJA$26.1b17.4x12.8x0.8x
Thu, 13 Oct 2022JA$350.8bJA$427.2bJA$26.7b20.3x13.1x0.8x
Sat, 10 Sep 2022JA$350.9bJA$416.4bJA$25.7b18.1x13.7x0.8x
Mon, 08 Aug 2022JA$363.8bJA$409.9bJA$25.4b18.7x14.3x0.9x
Wed, 06 Jul 2022JA$378.9bJA$396.8bJA$24.9b19.7x15.2x1x
Fri, 03 Jun 2022JA$393.9bJA$372.5bJA$22.9b20.2x17.2x1.1x
Sun, 01 May 2022JA$404.5bJA$370.2bJA$22.2b21.9x18.3x1.1x
Tue, 29 Mar 2022JA$379.6bJA$362.9bJA$20.8b20.9x18.3x1x
Thu, 24 Feb 2022JA$380.2bJA$362.9bJA$20.8b20.9x18.3x1x
Sat, 22 Jan 2022JA$354.9bJA$362.3bJA$20.7b20.5x17.1x1x
Mon, 20 Dec 2021JA$351.5bJA$361.7bJA$20.8b20.2x16.9x1x
Wed, 17 Nov 2021JA$351.1bJA$347.5bJA$21.6b19.2x16.3x1x
Fri, 15 Oct 2021JA$338.0bJA$342.0bJA$21.7b16.3x15.6x1x
Sun, 12 Sep 2021JA$347.4bJA$339.6bJA$20.9b17.2x16.6x1x
Tue, 10 Aug 2021JA$359.6bJA$339.6bJA$20.9b16.3x17.2x1.1x
Mon, 03 May 2021JA$348.8bJA$327.8bJA$19.0b20.1x18.3x1.1x
Price to Earnings Ratio

18.3x


Total Market Cap: JA$348.8bTotal Earnings: JA$19.0bTotal Revenue: JA$327.8bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 13.4x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Jamaican Consumer Staples industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 8.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 13.4x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.84x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have grown 32% 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.

Industry Trends

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

JM Market-1.91%
Consumer Staples-1.51%
Household Products0.31%
Tobacco0%
Personal Products0%
Food and Staples Retail-0.086%
Beverage-0.39%
Food-3.16%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Beverage industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 17.5x.
    • 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 industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 12.5x.
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
LASD Lasco DistributorsJA$5.114.3%
+JA$740.4m
131.2%PE11.1x
SALF Salada Foods JamaicaJA$3.944.0%
+JA$155.8m
5.6%PE22.3x
SPURTREE Spur Tree Spices JamaicaJA$2.503.3%
+JA$134.2m
-9.4%PE50x
CFF Caribbean Flavours and FragrancesJA$1.706.9%
+JA$98.9m
36.0%PE11.5x
FTNA FontanaJA$8.960.7%
+JA$75.0m
7.4%PE17.3x
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