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Jamaican (JSE) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 24, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D0.06%
  • 3M-4.7%
  • 1Y-5.6%
  • YTD-15.8%

The Food is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Spur Tree Spices Jamaica has stood out, gaining 44%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 5.6% in the last year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

Has the Jamaican Food Industry valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 24 Aug 2025JA$167.2bJA$271.4bJA$10.5b21.1x15.9x0.6x
Tue, 22 Jul 2025JA$167.8bJA$263.8bJA$10.8b16x15.5x0.6x
Thu, 19 Jun 2025JA$144.9bJA$263.7bJA$10.8b18.6x13.4x0.5x
Sat, 17 May 2025JA$158.7bJA$254.0bJA$11.3b19.3x14x0.6x
Mon, 14 Apr 2025JA$159.5bJA$253.9bJA$11.4b16.5x14x0.6x
Wed, 12 Mar 2025JA$176.4bJA$252.9bJA$13.8b17.1x12.8x0.7x
Fri, 07 Feb 2025JA$177.0bJA$242.9bJA$15.8b18.2x11.2x0.7x
Sun, 05 Jan 2025JA$181.5bJA$242.7bJA$15.9b18.8x11.4x0.7x
Tue, 03 Dec 2024JA$173.4bJA$242.6bJA$16.0b18.2x10.8x0.7x
Thu, 31 Oct 2024JA$169.9bJA$235.3bJA$16.4b14.8x10.3x0.7x
Sat, 28 Sep 2024JA$167.5bJA$235.2bJA$16.4b14.5x10.2x0.7x
Mon, 26 Aug 2024JA$162.6bJA$235.0bJA$16.5b15.5x9.8x0.7x
Wed, 24 Jul 2024JA$160.4bJA$232.7bJA$28.5b15x5.6x0.7x
Fri, 21 Jun 2024JA$159.9bJA$232.9bJA$27.1b14.6x5.9x0.7x
Sun, 19 May 2024JA$153.8bJA$231.2bJA$27.2b14.9x5.6x0.7x
Tue, 16 Apr 2024JA$159.2bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b15.4x5.8x0.7x
Thu, 14 Mar 2024JA$161.2bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b14.5x5.9x0.7x
Sat, 10 Feb 2024JA$159.3bJA$240.2bJA$24.1b17x6.6x0.7x
Mon, 08 Jan 2024JA$152.9bJA$239.8bJA$24.1b19.3x6.3x0.6x
Wed, 06 Dec 2023JA$150.1bJA$239.3bJA$25.0b16.5x6x0.6x
Fri, 03 Nov 2023JA$146.3bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b15.9x5.7x0.6x
Sun, 01 Oct 2023JA$148.4bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b15.5x5.8x0.6x
Tue, 29 Aug 2023JA$140.6bJA$242.7bJA$25.3b14x5.6x0.6x
Thu, 27 Jul 2023JA$146.7bJA$238.4bJA$14.1b15.3x10.4x0.6x
Sat, 24 Jun 2023JA$147.1bJA$237.2bJA$14.2b14.8x10.3x0.6x
Mon, 22 May 2023JA$143.3bJA$236.4bJA$14.0b15.3x10.3x0.6x
Wed, 19 Apr 2023JA$147.6bJA$220.4bJA$13.5b17.2x10.9x0.7x
Fri, 17 Mar 2023JA$142.5bJA$216.6bJA$13.2b14.5x10.8x0.7x
Sun, 12 Feb 2023JA$139.4bJA$200.3bJA$12.9b17.3x10.8x0.7x
Tue, 10 Jan 2023JA$142.0bJA$200.1bJA$12.8b18.8x11.1x0.7x
Thu, 08 Dec 2022JA$139.2bJA$194.4bJA$11.4b19x12.2x0.7x
Sat, 05 Nov 2022JA$141.2bJA$180.9bJA$10.9b19.5x12.9x0.8x
Mon, 03 Oct 2022JA$143.2bJA$180.8bJA$11.0b20.3x13.1x0.8x
Wed, 31 Aug 2022JA$143.7bJA$173.6bJA$10.1b19.8x14.2x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

14.2x


Total Market Cap: JA$143.7bTotal Earnings: JA$10.1bTotal Revenue: JA$173.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Jamaican Food industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 15.9x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 9.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.67x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 16% 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 and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Trends

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

JM Market-0.34%
Consumer Staples0.57%
Food0.056%
Packaged Foods and Meats0.066%
Agricultural Products0%0
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 12.0x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, although it looks like investor sentiment has improved given that it's trading above its 3-year average of 7.0x.
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
SPURTREE Spur Tree Spices JamaicaJA$1.3144.0%
+JA$670.8m		-28.0%PE23.2x
JBG Jamaica Broilers GroupJA$25.862.2%
+JA$560.8m		-25.0%PE7.8x
SALF Salada Foods JamaicaJA$3.004.2%
+JA$124.7m		-22.1%PE21.1x
LASM Lasco ManufacturingJA$6.200.2%
+JA$41.4m		-11.9%PE10.3x

Latest News

SPURTREE
JA$1.31
Spur Tree Spices Jamaica
7D
44.0%
1Y
-28.0%
SEP
JA$82.00
Seprod
7D
-1.3%
1Y
0%
JAMT
JA$2.20
Jamaican Teas
7D
-5.6%
1Y
2.3%
JBG
JA$25.86
Jamaica Broilers Group
7D
2.2%
1Y
-25.0%
HONBUN
JA$7.48
Honey Bun (1982)
7D
-1.6%
1Y
-9.9%
SALF
JA$3.00
Salada Foods Jamaica
7D
4.2%
1Y
-22.1%
LASM
JA$6.20
Lasco Manufacturing
7D
0.2%
1Y
-11.9%
KREMI
JA$2.22
Caribbean Cream
7D
-0.9%
1Y
-35.7%