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Jamaican (JSE) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedDec 21, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D-0.6%
  • 3M0.6%
  • 1Y-4.8%
  • YTD-4.8%

In the last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry is flat overall, with Everything Fresh standing out by going down 5.8%. Unfortunately though, the industry is down 4.8% over the past 12 months.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Sun, 22 Dec 2024JA$119.2bJA$246.2bJA$11.3b14.1x10.5x0.5x
Tue, 19 Nov 2024JA$118.4bJA$246.2bJA$11.3b14.2x10.5x0.5x
Thu, 17 Oct 2024JA$120.4bJA$244.1bJA$11.2b14.5x10.8x0.5x
Sat, 14 Sep 2024JA$120.3bJA$243.4bJA$11.2b14.6x10.7x0.5x
Mon, 12 Aug 2024JA$119.9bJA$243.4bJA$11.3b17.1x10.6x0.5x
Wed, 10 Jul 2024JA$123.5bJA$240.5bJA$11.2b16.9x11x0.5x
Fri, 07 Jun 2024JA$123.5bJA$240.4bJA$11.2b16.8x11x0.5x
Sun, 05 May 2024JA$123.3bJA$237.7bJA$11.2b14.9x11x0.5x
Tue, 02 Apr 2024JA$121.2bJA$237.3bJA$11.2b14.2x10.8x0.5x
Thu, 29 Feb 2024JA$123.1bJA$235.6bJA$11.4b15.1x10.8x0.5x
Sat, 27 Jan 2024JA$123.6bJA$235.4bJA$11.4b14.9x10.8x0.5x
Mon, 25 Dec 2023JA$125.5bJA$235.4bJA$11.4b13.3x11x0.5x
Wed, 22 Nov 2023JA$121.9bJA$235.4bJA$11.4b14x10.7x0.5x
Fri, 20 Oct 2023JA$122.3bJA$229.8bJA$11.1b14.7x11x0.5x
Sun, 17 Sep 2023JA$122.2bJA$229.3bJA$10.9b16.2x11.2x0.5x
Tue, 15 Aug 2023JA$127.0bJA$228.7bJA$11.0b17.5x11.6x0.6x
Thu, 13 Jul 2023JA$125.9bJA$224.8bJA$10.7b18.1x11.7x0.6x
Sat, 10 Jun 2023JA$121.5bJA$224.8bJA$10.7b16.6x11.3x0.5x
Mon, 08 May 2023JA$118.1bJA$218.5bJA$10.4b15.3x11.3x0.5x
Wed, 05 Apr 2023JA$123.5bJA$218.3bJA$10.4b14.8x11.9x0.6x
Fri, 03 Mar 2023JA$124.1bJA$216.4bJA$11.3b15.3x11x0.6x
Sun, 29 Jan 2023JA$122.6bJA$214.9bJA$11.1b18.1x11x0.6x
Tue, 27 Dec 2022JA$126.0bJA$215.0bJA$11.1b18x11.3x0.6x
Thu, 24 Nov 2022JA$126.6bJA$215.1bJA$11.1b17.2x11.4x0.6x
Sat, 22 Oct 2022JA$137.2bJA$208.6bJA$11.5b21x11.9x0.7x
Mon, 19 Sep 2022JA$141.6bJA$206.8bJA$11.6b20.1x12.2x0.7x
Wed, 17 Aug 2022JA$145.1bJA$205.2bJA$11.5b12.6x12.6x0.7x
Fri, 15 Jul 2022JA$151.6bJA$198.2bJA$11.5b13x13.2x0.8x
Sun, 12 Jun 2022JA$158.8bJA$197.7bJA$11.4b12.9x13.9x0.8x
Tue, 10 May 2022JA$171.7bJA$186.3bJA$10.2b25.9x16.9x0.9x
Thu, 07 Apr 2022JA$157.5bJA$185.3bJA$10.1b23.6x15.6x0.8x
Sat, 05 Mar 2022JA$159.8bJA$181.2bJA$9.4b26.9x17x0.9x
Mon, 31 Jan 2022JA$157.2bJA$181.4bJA$9.4b19.2x16.7x0.9x
Wed, 29 Dec 2021JA$147.5bJA$180.7bJA$9.4b17.3x15.6x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.6x


Total Market Cap: JA$147.5bTotal Earnings: JA$9.4bTotal Revenue: JA$180.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.1x202220232024
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Jamaican Consumer Retailing 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 10.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.61x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 6.2% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 11% 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 Market0.43%
Consumer Staples0.15%
Food and Staples Retail-0.55%
Big Box Super Stores0%
Food Distributors-0.28%
Drug Retail-0.61%
Food Retail-3.51%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Food Retail industry which is trading above its 3-year average PE ratio of 77.3x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Food Distributors industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 11.1x.
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
GK GraceKennedyJA$76.500.07%
+JA$49.3m
-4.4%PE8.9x
PURITY Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica)JA$1.931.6%
+JA$6.7m
4.3%PS0.3x
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CPJ

JA$8.37

Caribbean Producers (Jamaica)

7D

-0.9%

1Y

-7.0%

EFRESH

JA$2.10

Everything Fresh

7D

-5.8%

1Y

42.9%

PURITY

JA$1.93

Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica)

7D

1.6%

1Y

4.3%

LASD

JA$4.00

Lasco Distributors

7D

-0.2%

1Y

2.6%

FTNA

JA$8.12

Fontana

7D

-1.0%

1Y

-18.6%

GK

JA$76.50

GraceKennedy

7D

0.07%

1Y

-4.4%