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Jamaican (JSE) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedFeb 22, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D2.9%
  • 3M2.1%
  • 1Y-16.3%
  • YTD0.9%

The Food is pretty flat in the last 7 days, but Lasco Manufacturing has stood out, gaining 12%. As for the longer term, the industry has declined 19% in the last year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 22 Feb 2026JA$159.7bJA$282.2bJA$3.9b15.7x41.4x0.6x
Tue, 20 Jan 2026JA$151.3bJA$281.9bJA$1.6b15.6x93.8x0.5x
Thu, 18 Dec 2025JA$136.3bJA$180.7bJA$8.8b17.1x15.5x0.8x
Sat, 15 Nov 2025JA$163.2bJA$271.9bJA$10.8b17.7x15.1x0.6x
Mon, 13 Oct 2025JA$165.5bJA$271.5bJA$10.5b19.3x15.7x0.6x
Wed, 10 Sep 2025JA$165.2bJA$271.4bJA$10.5b20.5x15.7x0.6x
Fri, 08 Aug 2025JA$169.9bJA$263.6bJA$10.7b15.9x15.9x0.6x
Sun, 06 Jul 2025JA$155.5bJA$263.7bJA$10.8b17.4x14.4x0.6x
Tue, 03 Jun 2025JA$166.2bJA$263.7bJA$10.8b19.4x15.4x0.6x
Thu, 01 May 2025JA$164.1bJA$253.9bJA$11.4b16.8x14.4x0.6x
Sat, 29 Mar 2025JA$168.0bJA$252.9bJA$13.8b16.9x12.2x0.7x
Mon, 24 Feb 2025JA$175.6bJA$252.9bJA$16.2b17.8x10.9x0.7x
Wed, 22 Jan 2025JA$174.3bJA$242.8bJA$15.8b17.8x11x0.7x
Fri, 20 Dec 2024JA$174.1bJA$242.7bJA$15.9b17.1x11x0.7x
Sun, 17 Nov 2024JA$164.9bJA$242.6bJA$15.9b14.1x10.4x0.7x
Tue, 15 Oct 2024JA$162.6bJA$235.2bJA$16.4b13.9x9.9x0.7x
Thu, 12 Sep 2024JA$163.1bJA$235.2bJA$16.4b14.8x9.9x0.7x
Sat, 10 Aug 2024JA$170.9bJA$233.4bJA$28.7b15.6x6x0.7x
Mon, 08 Jul 2024JA$168.6bJA$232.7bJA$28.5b15.8x5.9x0.7x
Wed, 05 Jun 2024JA$156.2bJA$232.9bJA$27.3b14.5x5.7x0.7x
Fri, 03 May 2024JA$157.9bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b15.4x5.8x0.7x
Sun, 31 Mar 2024JA$168.3bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b14.7x6.1x0.7x
Tue, 27 Feb 2024JA$159.3bJA$244.7bJA$25.3b15.1x6.3x0.7x
Thu, 25 Jan 2024JA$155.7bJA$240.0bJA$24.1b20.7x6.5x0.6x
Sat, 23 Dec 2023JA$150.4bJA$239.8bJA$24.2b17.7x6.2x0.6x
Mon, 20 Nov 2023JA$148.8bJA$239.2bJA$25.0b16.3x6x0.6x
Wed, 18 Oct 2023JA$144.3bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b15.7x5.7x0.6x
Fri, 15 Sep 2023JA$140.4bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b14.4x5.5x0.6x
Sun, 13 Aug 2023JA$143.3bJA$238.6bJA$14.3b14.7x10x0.6x
Tue, 11 Jul 2023JA$145.7bJA$238.4bJA$14.1b14.4x10.3x0.6x
Thu, 08 Jun 2023JA$145.7bJA$237.2bJA$14.2b15x10.2x0.6x
Sat, 06 May 2023JA$146.7bJA$220.8bJA$13.6b17.3x10.8x0.7x
Mon, 03 Apr 2023JA$155.2bJA$216.7bJA$13.2b18.2x11.8x0.7x
Wed, 01 Mar 2023JA$144.0bJA$216.5bJA$13.2b15.3x10.9x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10.9x


Total Market Cap: JA$144.0bTotal Earnings: JA$13.2bTotal Revenue: JA$216.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 14.9x202420252026
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 39.7x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 14.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.65x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have declined 33% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 9.2% 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 industry?

JM Market-0.011%
Consumer Staples0.43%
Food2.87%
Packaged Foods and Meats4.21%
Agricultural Products-4.13%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 4.6x.
    • 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
LASM Lasco ManufacturingJA$7.0012.2%
+JA$3.2b		-12.4%PE10.9x
SEP SeprodJA$82.283.5%
+JA$2.5b		-4.3%PE14.8x
SPURTREE Spur Tree Spices JamaicaJA$1.096.9%
+JA$117.4m		-35.9%PE16.6x
HONBUN Honey Bun (1982)JA$6.480.5%
+JA$14.1m		-20.4%PE28x
JAMT Jamaican TeasJA$2.280%
JA$342.0k		0%PE28.1x

Latest News

LASM
JA$7.00
Lasco Manufacturing
7D
12.2%
1Y
-12.4%
SPURTREE
JA$1.09
Spur Tree Spices Jamaica
7D
6.9%
1Y
-35.9%
SEP
JA$82.28
Seprod
7D
3.5%
1Y
-4.3%
JP
JA$23.00
Jamaica Producers Group
7D
-4.1%
1Y
-4.2%
JAMT
JA$2.28
Jamaican Teas
7D
0%
1Y
0%
JBG
JA$16.75
Jamaica Broilers Group
7D
-0.3%
1Y
-54.1%
HONBUN
JA$6.48
Honey Bun (1982)
7D
0.5%
1Y
-20.4%
CFF
JA$1.50
Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances
7D
-12.8%
1Y
20.0%
KREMI
JA$1.63
Caribbean Cream
7D
-11.9%
1Y
-46.6%