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Jamaican (JSE) Consumer Staples Sector Analysis

UpdatedFeb 16, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies19
  • 7D-0.4%
  • 3M2.0%
  • 1Y-11.7%
  • YTD1.7%

The Consumer Staples industry has been flat over the last week, but Seprod has lost 4.0%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 12% in the last year.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Mon, 16 Feb 2026JA$353.5bJA$612.2bJA$18.8b15.6x18.8x0.6x
Wed, 14 Jan 2026JA$338.1bJA$609.8bJA$16.1b16.7x21x0.6x
Fri, 12 Dec 2025JA$332.1bJA$508.9bJA$23.3b16.5x14.3x0.7x
Sun, 09 Nov 2025JA$351.0bJA$590.6bJA$25.6b17x13.7x0.6x
Tue, 07 Oct 2025JA$361.0bJA$590.3bJA$25.6b17.5x14.1x0.6x
Thu, 04 Sep 2025JA$364.6bJA$590.2bJA$25.6b18.4x14.2x0.6x
Sat, 02 Aug 2025JA$362.7bJA$578.3bJA$26.4b16.6x13.7x0.6x
Mon, 30 Jun 2025JA$351.0bJA$577.8bJA$26.4b18.2x13.3x0.6x
Wed, 28 May 2025JA$352.5bJA$577.3bJA$26.4b18.5x13.3x0.6x
Fri, 25 Apr 2025JA$355.9bJA$562.7bJA$27.0b16.6x13.2x0.6x
Sun, 23 Mar 2025JA$377.9bJA$560.9bJA$29.5b16.9x12.8x0.7x
Tue, 18 Feb 2025JA$384.3bJA$557.2bJA$32.5b17x11.8x0.7x
Thu, 16 Jan 2025JA$378.7bJA$545.0bJA$32.5b16.5x11.6x0.7x
Sat, 14 Dec 2024JA$374.1bJA$545.0bJA$32.5b15.6x11.5x0.7x
Mon, 11 Nov 2024JA$375.7bJA$537.6bJA$33.3b15.1x11.3x0.7x
Wed, 09 Oct 2024JA$367.3bJA$534.3bJA$32.9b14.6x11.2x0.7x
Fri, 06 Sep 2024JA$368.1bJA$533.3bJA$33.1b15.1x11.1x0.7x
Sun, 04 Aug 2024JA$369.7bJA$529.9bJA$45.3b15.2x8.2x0.7x
Tue, 02 Jul 2024JA$378.4bJA$526.7bJA$45.1b15.6x8.4x0.7x
Thu, 30 May 2024JA$363.5bJA$521.9bJA$44.0b14.2x8.3x0.7x
Sat, 27 Apr 2024JA$358.2bJA$528.3bJA$44.0b14x8.1x0.7x
Mon, 25 Mar 2024JA$361.4bJA$528.0bJA$44.0b13.3x8.2x0.7x
Wed, 21 Feb 2024JA$361.5bJA$532.7bJA$42.0b15.2x8.6x0.7x
Fri, 19 Jan 2024JA$364.5bJA$526.5bJA$40.8b14.9x8.9x0.7x
Sun, 17 Dec 2023JA$350.3bJA$526.5bJA$40.9b14.8x8.6x0.7x
Tue, 14 Nov 2023JA$345.4bJA$529.7bJA$42.4b14.6x8.1x0.7x
Thu, 12 Oct 2023JA$346.2bJA$522.3bJA$41.6b14.9x8.3x0.7x
Sat, 09 Sep 2023JA$328.8bJA$521.5bJA$41.2b15.1x8x0.6x
Mon, 07 Aug 2023JA$335.6bJA$515.0bJA$30.1b16.4x11.1x0.7x
Wed, 05 Jul 2023JA$349.0bJA$509.6bJA$29.8b16.9x11.7x0.7x
Fri, 02 Jun 2023JA$344.6bJA$507.8bJA$29.6b16x11.6x0.7x
Sun, 30 Apr 2023JA$335.8bJA$484.0bJA$28.4b15.7x11.8x0.7x
Tue, 28 Mar 2023JA$321.5bJA$480.3bJA$28.0b14.7x11.5x0.7x
Thu, 23 Feb 2023JA$327.5bJA$478.3bJA$28.9b15.8x11.3x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

11.3x


Total Market Cap: JA$327.5bTotal Earnings: JA$28.9bTotal Revenue: JA$478.3bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Consumer Staples Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.6x202420252026
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 18.8x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 11.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.66x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Staples industry have declined 13% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 8.6% per year.
  • This means that although more sales are being generated, either the cost of doing business or the level of investment back into businesses has increased, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

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

JM Market0.94%
Consumer Staples-0.39%
Beverage1.68%
Food and Staples Retail0.14%
Food-1.83%
Household Products-3.73%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.7x.
    • 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 11.0x.
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
GK GraceKennedyJA$71.892.7%
+JA$1.9b		-2.9%PE9x
WISYNCO Wisynco GroupJA$23.002.2%
+JA$1.8b		5.5%PE17.7x
LASD Lasco DistributorsJA$3.504.5%
+JA$528.9m		-19.4%PE10.7x
BPOW Blue Power GroupJA$3.6120.3%
+JA$344.6m		-34.4%PE21.8x
HONBUN Honey Bun (1982)JA$6.455.7%
+JA$164.9m		-20.6%PE27.8x

Latest News

SALF
JA$2.95
Salada Foods Jamaica
7D
1.7%
1Y
-20.3%
WISYNCO
JA$23.00
Wisynco Group
7D
2.2%
1Y
5.5%
LASM
JA$6.24
Lasco Manufacturing
7D
-4.0%
1Y
-17.9%
FTNA
JA$8.00
Fontana
7D
0.6%
1Y
-13.3%
BPOW
JA$3.61
Blue Power Group
7D
20.3%
1Y
-34.4%
LASD
JA$3.50
Lasco Distributors
7D
4.5%
1Y
-19.4%
DTL
JA$1.66
Derrimon Trading
7D
-0.6%
1Y
-17.4%
SPURTREE
JA$1.02
Spur Tree Spices Jamaica
7D
-1.0%
1Y
-40.0%
CPJ
JA$6.20
Caribbean Producers (Jamaica)
7D
-2.4%
1Y
-30.7%
SEP
JA$79.50
Seprod
7D
-2.4%
1Y
-10.6%
JP
JA$23.99
Jamaica Producers Group
7D
-0.04%
1Y
0.04%
JAMT
JA$2.28
Jamaican Teas
7D
-0.9%
1Y
1.3%
JBG
JA$16.80
Jamaica Broilers Group
7D
0.6%
1Y
-54.6%
GK
JA$71.89
GraceKennedy
7D
2.7%
1Y
-2.9%
HONBUN
JA$6.45
Honey Bun (1982)
7D
5.7%
1Y
-20.6%
CFF
JA$1.72
Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances
7D
-1.1%
1Y
37.6%