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Jamaican (JSE) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-2.6%
  • 3M-0.2%
  • 1Y5.9%
  • YTD-7.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 2.6%, driven by a pullback from Lasco Manufacturing of 12%. In the past year, the industry has gained 5.9%.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 14 Mar 2025JA$169.8bJA$252.9bJA$13.8b16.3x12.3x0.7x
Sun, 09 Feb 2025JA$172.5bJA$242.9bJA$15.8b18.1x10.9x0.7x
Tue, 07 Jan 2025JA$181.5bJA$242.7bJA$15.9b18.8x11.4x0.7x
Thu, 05 Dec 2024JA$172.8bJA$242.6bJA$16.0b18.5x10.8x0.7x
Sat, 02 Nov 2024JA$172.0bJA$235.3bJA$16.4b13.9x10.5x0.7x
Mon, 30 Sep 2024JA$169.5bJA$235.2bJA$16.4b14.7x10.3x0.7x
Wed, 28 Aug 2024JA$164.5bJA$235.0bJA$16.5b15.6x9.9x0.7x
Fri, 26 Jul 2024JA$160.9bJA$232.7bJA$28.5b15.1x5.6x0.7x
Sun, 23 Jun 2024JA$158.1bJA$232.9bJA$27.1b14.8x5.8x0.7x
Tue, 21 May 2024JA$153.8bJA$231.2bJA$27.2b14.9x5.6x0.7x
Thu, 18 Apr 2024JA$157.0bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b14.7x5.7x0.7x
Sat, 16 Mar 2024JA$160.4bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b14.8x5.8x0.7x
Mon, 12 Feb 2024JA$159.3bJA$240.2bJA$24.1b17x6.6x0.7x
Wed, 10 Jan 2024JA$157.9bJA$240.0bJA$24.1b20.4x6.6x0.7x
Fri, 08 Dec 2023JA$147.2bJA$239.7bJA$24.2b17x6.1x0.6x
Sun, 05 Nov 2023JA$148.1bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b16.4x5.8x0.6x
Tue, 03 Oct 2023JA$148.4bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b15.5x5.8x0.6x
Thu, 31 Aug 2023JA$138.3bJA$242.7bJA$25.3b14.2x5.5x0.6x
Sat, 29 Jul 2023JA$143.6bJA$238.4bJA$14.1b14.7x10.2x0.6x
Mon, 26 Jun 2023JA$149.5bJA$237.2bJA$14.2b15.6x10.5x0.6x
Wed, 24 May 2023JA$145.4bJA$236.4bJA$14.0b15.3x10.4x0.6x
Fri, 21 Apr 2023JA$142.7bJA$220.4bJA$13.5b16.2x10.6x0.6x
Sun, 19 Mar 2023JA$137.9bJA$216.6bJA$13.2b15.3x10.4x0.6x
Tue, 14 Feb 2023JA$139.2bJA$200.4bJA$12.8b17.6x10.9x0.7x
Thu, 12 Jan 2023JA$141.8bJA$200.1bJA$12.8b18.8x11x0.7x
Sat, 10 Dec 2022JA$140.9bJA$194.4bJA$11.4b19.4x12.4x0.7x
Mon, 07 Nov 2022JA$141.2bJA$180.9bJA$10.9b19.5x12.9x0.8x
Wed, 05 Oct 2022JA$143.4bJA$180.8bJA$11.0b20.4x13.1x0.8x
Fri, 02 Sep 2022JA$144.2bJA$173.6bJA$10.1b20.9x14.3x0.8x
Sun, 31 Jul 2022JA$148.9bJA$167.5bJA$10.0b19.7x14.9x0.9x
Tue, 28 Jun 2022JA$148.5bJA$162.4bJA$9.5b21.9x15.6x0.9x
Thu, 26 May 2022JA$150.4bJA$149.8bJA$8.7b19.2x17.4x1x
Sat, 23 Apr 2022JA$148.3bJA$148.9bJA$8.1b21.3x18.4x1x
Mon, 21 Mar 2022JA$135.9bJA$148.3bJA$7.9b19.4x17.2x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.2x


Total Market Cap: JA$135.9bTotal Earnings: JA$7.9bTotal Revenue: JA$148.3bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 10.2x202320242025
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 12.3x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 10.2x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.72x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 20% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 19% 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 industry?

JM Market-0.17%
Consumer Staples-2.08%
Food-2.64%
Agricultural Products-0.33%
Packaged Foods and Meats-3.03%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Agricultural Products industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 7.1x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average of 12.4x.
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
KREMI Caribbean CreamJA$2.4815.3%
+JA$124.9m
-36.4%PE315.3x
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Latest News

HONBUN

JA$7.80

Honey Bun (1982)

7D

-2.3%

1Y

10.6%

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%

CFF

JA$1.20

Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances

7D

-7.7%

1Y

-28.1%

SPURTREE

JA$1.32

Spur Tree Spices Jamaica

7D

-16.5%

1Y

-47.2%

LASM

JA$7.50

Lasco Manufacturing

7D

-5.9%

1Y

43.7%

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%