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Jamaican (JSE) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedMar 25, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D0.7%
  • 3M-3.8%
  • 1Y-2.3%
  • YTD-3.5%

Last week, the Food and Staples Retail industry hasn't moved much but Lasco Distributors is up 3.3% in that time. Furthermore, the industry has been flat for the past year as well.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 25 Mar 2025JA$119.7bJA$251.1bJA$10.6b12.6x11.3x0.5x
Thu, 20 Feb 2025JA$120.6bJA$247.2bJA$11.2b15.9x10.7x0.5x
Sat, 18 Jan 2025JA$119.2bJA$246.2bJA$11.3b14.5x10.5x0.5x
Mon, 16 Dec 2024JA$119.9bJA$246.2bJA$11.3b14.2x10.6x0.5x
Wed, 13 Nov 2024JA$120.5bJA$246.5bJA$11.6b14.4x10.4x0.5x
Fri, 11 Oct 2024JA$120.3bJA$243.9bJA$11.1b14.6x10.8x0.5x
Sun, 08 Sep 2024JA$120.2bJA$243.3bJA$11.2b14.8x10.7x0.5x
Tue, 06 Aug 2024JA$122.6bJA$243.5bJA$11.3b17.4x10.8x0.5x
Thu, 04 Jul 2024JA$124.0bJA$240.5bJA$11.2b17.4x11.1x0.5x
Sat, 01 Jun 2024JA$123.0bJA$236.5bJA$11.4b15.3x10.8x0.5x
Mon, 29 Apr 2024JA$123.3bJA$237.6bJA$11.2b13.4x11x0.5x
Wed, 27 Mar 2024JA$122.9bJA$237.1bJA$11.2b13.4x11x0.5x
Fri, 23 Feb 2024JA$122.8bJA$235.6bJA$11.4b14.4x10.8x0.5x
Sun, 21 Jan 2024JA$123.4bJA$235.1bJA$11.4b13.6x10.8x0.5x
Tue, 19 Dec 2023JA$121.0bJA$235.4bJA$11.4b13x10.6x0.5x
Thu, 16 Nov 2023JA$121.0bJA$235.3bJA$11.4b14.5x10.6x0.5x
Sat, 14 Oct 2023JA$122.3bJA$229.6bJA$11.1b12.8x11x0.5x
Mon, 11 Sep 2023JA$119.1bJA$229.3bJA$10.9b16.1x10.9x0.5x
Wed, 09 Aug 2023JA$127.2bJA$228.7bJA$11.0b17.5x11.6x0.6x
Fri, 07 Jul 2023JA$130.1bJA$224.7bJA$10.7b18.4x12.1x0.6x
Sun, 04 Jun 2023JA$121.6bJA$222.8bJA$10.7b16x11.4x0.5x
Tue, 02 May 2023JA$119.9bJA$218.5bJA$10.4b15x11.5x0.5x
Thu, 30 Mar 2023JA$122.9bJA$218.3bJA$10.4b14.4x11.8x0.6x
Sat, 25 Feb 2023JA$119.1bJA$216.6bJA$11.3b15.2x10.6x0.6x
Mon, 23 Jan 2023JA$123.1bJA$214.9bJA$11.1b17.9x11.1x0.6x
Wed, 21 Dec 2022JA$123.8bJA$214.8bJA$11.1b17.8x11.1x0.6x
Fri, 18 Nov 2022JA$129.2bJA$212.8bJA$11.0b16.7x11.8x0.6x
Sun, 16 Oct 2022JA$136.4bJA$206.8bJA$11.6b20.9x11.8x0.7x
Tue, 13 Sep 2022JA$143.1bJA$206.5bJA$11.5b16.9x12.4x0.7x
Thu, 11 Aug 2022JA$145.3bJA$205.1bJA$11.5b12.6x12.6x0.7x
Sat, 09 Jul 2022JA$154.4bJA$197.4bJA$11.4b12.8x13.6x0.8x
Mon, 06 Jun 2022JA$163.7bJA$197.7bJA$11.4b13.3x14.3x0.8x
Wed, 04 May 2022JA$169.5bJA$186.4bJA$10.2b26.6x16.7x0.9x
Fri, 01 Apr 2022JA$156.1bJA$185.4bJA$10.1b23.6x15.4x0.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

15.4x


Total Market Cap: JA$156.1bTotal Earnings: JA$10.1bTotal Revenue: JA$185.4bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.6x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Jamaican Consumer Retailing industry at the moment, indicating that they anticipate long term growth rates to remain steady.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 11.6x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.58x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have grown 4.2% 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 Market-0.27%
Consumer Staples0.46%
Food and Staples Retail0.74%
Drug Retail1.81%
Food Distributors1.02%
Food Retail-3.66%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 18.9x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
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
LASD Lasco DistributorsJA$4.755.6%
+JA$881.4m		11.0%PE12.9x
GK GraceKennedyJA$73.500.7%
+JA$492.3m		-0.7%PE8.6x
DTL Derrimon TradingJA$1.905.6%
+JA$453.3m		-7.3%PS0.6x
CPJ Caribbean Producers (Jamaica)JA$8.901.1%
+JA$110.0m		-6.2%PE11.7x
PURITY Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica)JA$2.0312.8%
+JA$51.2m		-7.3%PS0.3x
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GK

JA$73.50

GraceKennedy

7D

0.7%

1Y

-0.7%

CPJ

JA$8.90

Caribbean Producers (Jamaica)

7D

1.1%

1Y

-6.2%

DTL

JA$1.90

Derrimon Trading

7D

5.6%

1Y

-7.3%

EFRESH

JA$1.90

Everything Fresh

7D

-4.0%

1Y

11.8%

PURITY

JA$2.03

Consolidated Bakeries (Jamaica)

7D

12.8%

1Y

-7.3%

LASD

JA$4.75

Lasco Distributors

7D

5.6%

1Y

11.0%