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Jamaican (JSE) Food and Staples Retail Industry Analysis

UpdatedAug 14, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies7
  • 7D-1.1%
  • 3M-1.8%
  • 1Y-5.5%
  • YTD-8.4%

Over the last 7 days, the Food and Staples Retail industry has dropped 1.1%, driven by a pullback from Derrimon Trading of 7.1%. The industry has fallen 5.5% in the last year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Thu, 14 Aug 2025JA$113.8bJA$259.3bJA$10.5b10.3x10.8x0.4x
Sat, 12 Jul 2025JA$114.6bJA$256.3bJA$10.8b10.2x10.6x0.4x
Mon, 09 Jun 2025JA$118.8bJA$256.3bJA$10.8b11.1x11x0.5x
Wed, 07 May 2025JA$117.5bJA$251.7bJA$10.6b11.7x11.1x0.5x
Fri, 04 Apr 2025JA$120.2bJA$251.5bJA$10.6b12.9x11.3x0.5x
Sun, 02 Mar 2025JA$121.4bJA$247.0bJA$11.2b16x10.8x0.5x
Tue, 28 Jan 2025JA$118.9bJA$246.3bJA$11.3b15.1x10.5x0.5x
Thu, 26 Dec 2024JA$124.6bJA$246.1bJA$11.3b14.3x11x0.5x
Sat, 23 Nov 2024JA$119.2bJA$246.3bJA$11.3b14.4x10.5x0.5x
Mon, 21 Oct 2024JA$120.5bJA$244.1bJA$11.2b14.6x10.8x0.5x
Wed, 18 Sep 2024JA$119.1bJA$243.4bJA$11.2b14x10.6x0.5x
Fri, 16 Aug 2024JA$120.4bJA$243.5bJA$11.3b17.3x10.6x0.5x
Sun, 14 Jul 2024JA$124.6bJA$240.6bJA$11.2b17.5x11.1x0.5x
Tue, 11 Jun 2024JA$124.2bJA$240.4bJA$11.2b16.7x11.1x0.5x
Thu, 09 May 2024JA$122.5bJA$237.7bJA$11.2b14.9x10.9x0.5x
Sat, 06 Apr 2024JA$122.4bJA$237.2bJA$11.2b13.8x10.9x0.5x
Mon, 04 Mar 2024JA$123.4bJA$237.5bJA$11.2b15.8x11x0.5x
Wed, 31 Jan 2024JA$121.8bJA$234.7bJA$11.3b14x10.8x0.5x
Fri, 29 Dec 2023JA$125.6bJA$235.4bJA$11.4b13.6x11x0.5x
Sun, 26 Nov 2023JA$123.9bJA$235.6bJA$11.4b13.9x10.9x0.5x
Tue, 24 Oct 2023JA$124.6bJA$229.6bJA$11.1b12.4x11.2x0.5x
Thu, 21 Sep 2023JA$121.0bJA$229.1bJA$10.9b16.1x11.1x0.5x
Sat, 19 Aug 2023JA$126.6bJA$228.5bJA$11.0b17.3x11.5x0.6x
Mon, 17 Jul 2023JA$126.3bJA$224.8bJA$10.7b17.2x11.8x0.6x
Wed, 14 Jun 2023JA$122.7bJA$224.8bJA$10.7b16.2x11.4x0.5x
Fri, 12 May 2023JA$119.8bJA$218.7bJA$10.4b15.3x11.5x0.5x
Sun, 09 Apr 2023JA$119.9bJA$218.3bJA$10.4b14.7x11.5x0.5x
Tue, 07 Mar 2023JA$126.0bJA$219.1bJA$10.3b15.2x12.3x0.6x
Thu, 02 Feb 2023JA$119.0bJA$215.0bJA$11.1b16.8x10.7x0.6x
Sat, 31 Dec 2022JA$125.6bJA$214.6bJA$11.1b17.8x11.3x0.6x
Mon, 28 Nov 2022JA$126.5bJA$215.0bJA$11.1b16.8x11.4x0.6x
Wed, 26 Oct 2022JA$135.9bJA$208.7bJA$11.5b20.1x11.8x0.7x
Fri, 23 Sep 2022JA$140.7bJA$206.7bJA$11.6b20.3x12.1x0.7x
Sun, 21 Aug 2022JA$144.8bJA$205.7bJA$11.5b12.2x12.5x0.7x
Price to Earnings Ratio

12.5x


Total Market Cap: JA$144.8bTotal Earnings: JA$11.5bTotal Revenue: JA$205.7bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food and Staples Retail Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 11.1x202320242025
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 11.1x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.53x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Consumer Retailing industry have declined 3.1% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 8.0% 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 Market1.85%
Consumer Staples-1.16%
Food and Staples Retail-1.09%
Drug Retail0.79%
Food Retail-0.72%
Food Distributors-1.34%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Drug Retail industry, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 18.4x.
    • 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
GK GraceKennedyJA$71.373.4%
+JA$2.3b
-3.6%PE8.6x
LASD Lasco DistributorsJA$3.572.0%
+JA$246.8m
-23.9%PE9.8x

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