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Jamaican (JSE) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 09, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-1.2%
  • 3M-5.4%
  • 1Y-7.4%
  • YTD-16.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 1.2%, driven by Lasco Manufacturing declining 2.2%. The industry has fallen 7.4% in the last year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 10 Jul 2025JA$153.1bJA$263.7bJA$10.8b17.5x14.2x0.6x
Sat, 07 Jun 2025JA$154.8bJA$263.7bJA$10.8b19.3x14.3x0.6x
Mon, 05 May 2025JA$162.9bJA$253.9bJA$11.4b16.8x14.3x0.6x
Wed, 02 Apr 2025JA$173.0bJA$254.0bJA$11.4b16.9x15.2x0.7x
Fri, 28 Feb 2025JA$175.6bJA$252.9bJA$16.2b17.8x10.9x0.7x
Sun, 26 Jan 2025JA$175.7bJA$242.8bJA$15.8b17.5x11.1x0.7x
Tue, 24 Dec 2024JA$171.3bJA$242.7bJA$15.9b18.5x10.8x0.7x
Thu, 21 Nov 2024JA$167.2bJA$242.6bJA$15.9b15x10.5x0.7x
Sat, 19 Oct 2024JA$167.3bJA$235.3bJA$16.4b14.7x10.2x0.7x
Mon, 16 Sep 2024JA$161.8bJA$235.2bJA$16.4b14.7x9.9x0.7x
Wed, 14 Aug 2024JA$166.8bJA$233.4bJA$28.7b14.9x5.8x0.7x
Fri, 12 Jul 2024JA$161.7bJA$232.7bJA$28.5b15.4x5.7x0.7x
Sun, 09 Jun 2024JA$160.6bJA$232.9bJA$27.1b14.6x5.9x0.7x
Tue, 07 May 2024JA$158.0bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b15.5x5.8x0.7x
Thu, 04 Apr 2024JA$161.6bJA$238.3bJA$27.4b14.5x5.9x0.7x
Sat, 02 Mar 2024JA$168.8bJA$244.7bJA$25.3b16.5x6.7x0.7x
Mon, 29 Jan 2024JA$157.7bJA$240.2bJA$24.1b19.1x6.5x0.7x
Wed, 27 Dec 2023JA$150.4bJA$239.8bJA$24.2b17.7x6.2x0.6x
Fri, 24 Nov 2023JA$146.0bJA$239.2bJA$25.0b16.9x5.9x0.6x
Sun, 22 Oct 2023JA$143.4bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b15.8x5.6x0.6x
Tue, 19 Sep 2023JA$138.4bJA$243.1bJA$25.5b14.2x5.4x0.6x
Thu, 17 Aug 2023JA$139.3bJA$238.6bJA$14.3b14.5x9.7x0.6x
Sat, 15 Jul 2023JA$147.1bJA$238.4bJA$14.1b15.4x10.4x0.6x
Mon, 12 Jun 2023JA$144.7bJA$237.2bJA$14.2b14.7x10.2x0.6x
Wed, 10 May 2023JA$146.5bJA$220.8bJA$13.6b17.1x10.8x0.7x
Fri, 07 Apr 2023JA$143.4bJA$216.7bJA$13.2b16.2x10.9x0.7x
Sun, 05 Mar 2023JA$145.3bJA$216.6bJA$13.2b16.4x11x0.7x
Tue, 31 Jan 2023JA$141.6bJA$200.2bJA$12.9b18.7x11x0.7x
Thu, 29 Dec 2022JA$142.8bJA$200.0bJA$12.8b18.4x11.1x0.7x
Sat, 26 Nov 2022JA$138.8bJA$194.4bJA$11.4b19x12.2x0.7x
Mon, 24 Oct 2022JA$143.7bJA$180.9bJA$10.9b20x13.2x0.8x
Wed, 21 Sep 2022JA$143.4bJA$175.4bJA$10.2b20x14.1x0.8x
Fri, 19 Aug 2022JA$142.2bJA$167.6bJA$9.9b19.4x14.4x0.8x
Sun, 17 Jul 2022JA$148.0bJA$167.5bJA$10.0b20.9x14.8x0.9x
Price to Earnings Ratio

14.8x


Total Market Cap: JA$148.0bTotal Earnings: JA$10.0bTotal Revenue: JA$167.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.8x202320242025
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 14.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 9.8x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.68x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 2.7% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 16% 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-0.33%
Consumer Staples-1.78%
Food-1.21%
Agricultural Products-0.32%
Packaged Foods and Meats-1.40%
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 6.9x.
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$81.630.8%
+JA$14.9b		2.0%PE33.3x
JBG Jamaica Broilers GroupJA$25.789.2%
+JA$2.2b		-22.6%PE7.8x
KREMI Caribbean CreamJA$2.4516.1%
+JA$128.7m		-34.7%PE311.5x
JAMT Jamaican TeasJA$2.300.9%
+JA$43.5m		-4.2%PE32.2x
HONBUN Honey Bun (1982)JA$7.350.7%
+JA$23.6m		-17.3%PE18.9x

Latest News

SEP
JA$81.63
Seprod
7D
0.8%
1Y
2.0%
JP
JA$24.93
Jamaica Producers Group
7D
-0.3%
1Y
3.9%
JAMT
JA$2.30
Jamaican Teas
7D
0.9%
1Y
-4.2%
JBG
JA$25.78
Jamaica Broilers Group
7D
9.2%
1Y
-22.6%
HONBUN
JA$7.35
Honey Bun (1982)
7D
0.7%
1Y
-17.3%
SALF
JA$2.80
Salada Foods Jamaica
7D
-14.9%
1Y
-24.7%
CFF
JA$1.47
Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances
7D
-2.0%
1Y
-5.2%
SPURTREE
JA$0.95
Spur Tree Spices Jamaica
7D
-2.1%
1Y
-56.0%
LASM
JA$6.55
Lasco Manufacturing
7D
-2.2%
1Y
9.2%
KREMI
JA$2.45
Caribbean Cream
7D
16.1%
1Y
-34.7%