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Jamaican (JSE) Food Industry Analysis

UpdatedApr 18, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies10
  • 7D-2.5%
  • 3M1.8%
  • 1Y7.7%
  • YTD0.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Food industry has dropped 1.7%, driven by a pullback from Seprod of 4.1%. On the other hand Honey Bun (1982) is actually up 14%. This takes the industry's 12 month performance to a gain of 11%.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
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
Wed, 16 Feb 2022JA$146.5bJA$148.3bJA$8.0b21x18.4x1x
Fri, 14 Jan 2022JA$141.1bJA$147.6bJA$7.9b20.8x17.9x1x
Sun, 12 Dec 2021JA$144.7bJA$143.3bJA$7.9b20x18.2x1x
Tue, 09 Nov 2021JA$139.7bJA$137.1bJA$9.2b20.1x15.2x1x
Thu, 07 Oct 2021JA$143.3bJA$135.7bJA$10.1b17.7x14.2x1.1x
Sat, 04 Sep 2021JA$149.6bJA$135.7bJA$10.1b16.9x14.9x1.1x
Mon, 02 Aug 2021JA$159.4bJA$135.7bJA$10.1b17.4x15.8x1.2x
Thu, 06 May 2021JA$161.8bJA$132.0bJA$9.3b20.1x17.3x1.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.3x


Total Market Cap: JA$161.8bTotal Earnings: JA$9.3bTotal Revenue: JA$132.0bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.5x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Jamaican Food industry, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates will be lower than they have historically.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 5.7x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.5x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.83x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food industry have grown 43% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 22% 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-2.06%
Consumer Staples-1.41%
Food-2.54%
Agricultural Products0.046%
Packaged Foods and Meats-2.97%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Packaged Foods and Meats industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.1x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Agricultural Products industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 9.9x.
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
KREMI Caribbean CreamJA$4.002.6%
+JA$37.9m
21.2%PE29.1x
JP Jamaica Producers GroupJA$21.860.05%
+JA$10.5m
4.1%PE1.5x
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Latest News

HONBUN

JA$7.45

Honey Bun (1982)

7D

-5.3%

1Y

19.2%

SEP

JA$80.00

Seprod

7D

-4.1%

1Y

14.3%

SPURTREE

JA$2.42

Spur Tree Spices Jamaica

7D

-1.2%

1Y

-15.1%

LASM

JA$5.33

Lasco Manufacturing

7D

-1.3%

1Y

28.7%

JBG

JA$33.00

Jamaica Broilers Group

7D

-2.7%

1Y

-9.5%

JP

JA$21.86

Jamaica Producers Group

7D

0.05%

1Y

4.1%

KREMI

JA$4.00

Caribbean Cream

7D

2.6%

1Y

21.2%

CFF

JA$1.68

Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances

7D

-1.2%

1Y

33.3%

SALF

JA$3.79

Salada Foods Jamaica

7D

-4.1%

1Y

2.4%