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Jamaican (JSE) Food Distributors Industry Analysis

UpdatedJul 28, 2026
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies4
  • 7D-3.0%
  • 3M2.1%
  • 1Y-0.8%
  • YTDn/a

In the last week, the Food Distributors industry is up 2.0%, with GraceKennedy up 3.5%. Meanwhile, Lasco Distributors actually underperformed within the industry, shrinking 6.4% in the last week. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year.

Industry Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 28 Jul 2026JA$91.5bJA$238.9bJA$9.3b10.3x9.8x0.4x
Thu, 25 Jun 2026JA$86.5bJA$238.7bJA$9.3b9.8x9.3x0.4x
Sat, 23 May 2026JA$87.2bJA$238.5bJA$9.4b9.5x9.3x0.4x
Mon, 20 Apr 2026JA$87.3bJA$237.3bJA$9.4b9.7x9.3x0.4x
Wed, 18 Mar 2026JA$91.1bJA$237.3bJA$9.4b10.2x9.7x0.4x
Fri, 13 Feb 2026JA$91.2bJA$240.3bJA$9.9b9.9x9.2x0.4x
Sun, 11 Jan 2026JA$92.1bJA$240.7bJA$9.9b10.3x9.3x0.4x
Tue, 09 Dec 2025JA$95.0bJA$241.0bJA$9.9b11.1x9.6x0.4x
Thu, 06 Nov 2025JA$94.0bJA$233.7bJA$10.4b10.4x9x0.4x
Sat, 04 Oct 2025JA$93.0bJA$233.7bJA$10.4b9.1x8.9x0.4x
Mon, 01 Sep 2025JA$95.3bJA$233.6bJA$10.4b10.2x9.2x0.4x
Wed, 30 Jul 2025JA$92.3bJA$230.0bJA$10.8b9.8x8.6x0.4x
Fri, 27 Jun 2025JA$95.5bJA$229.8bJA$10.8b9.8x8.9x0.4x
Sun, 25 May 2025JA$96.6bJA$229.3bJA$10.7b10.8x9x0.4x
Tue, 22 Apr 2025JA$97.7bJA$226.0bJA$10.6b11.5x9.2x0.4x
Thu, 20 Mar 2025JA$99.0bJA$225.5bJA$10.6b11.9x9.3x0.4x
Sat, 15 Feb 2025JA$99.7bJA$220.2bJA$10.7b11.4x9.3x0.5x
Mon, 13 Jan 2025JA$100.1bJA$220.0bJA$10.7b11.1x9.3x0.5x
Wed, 11 Dec 2024JA$101.3bJA$220.0bJA$10.7b10.8x9.5x0.5x
Fri, 08 Nov 2024JA$101.0bJA$217.3bJA$10.5b10.7x9.6x0.5x
Sun, 06 Oct 2024JA$99.9bJA$217.1bJA$10.5b10.5x9.5x0.5x
Tue, 03 Sep 2024JA$99.4bJA$216.8bJA$10.5b10.5x9.4x0.5x
Thu, 01 Aug 2024JA$103.7bJA$213.6bJA$10.4b11.2x9.9x0.5x
Sat, 29 Jun 2024JA$103.1bJA$213.5bJA$10.4b11x9.9x0.5x
Mon, 27 May 2024JA$103.8bJA$209.7bJA$10.4b11.5x10x0.5x
Wed, 24 Apr 2024JA$101.3bJA$209.6bJA$10.4b11.1x9.8x0.5x
Fri, 22 Mar 2024JA$100.5bJA$209.4bJA$10.4b11.1x9.7x0.5x
Sun, 18 Feb 2024JA$100.6bJA$208.0bJA$10.4b10.7x9.7x0.5x
Tue, 16 Jan 2024JA$103.9bJA$207.0bJA$10.3b10.9x10.1x0.5x
Thu, 14 Dec 2023JA$98.6bJA$207.2bJA$10.3b10.7x9.6x0.5x
Sat, 11 Nov 2023JA$98.5bJA$206.8bJA$10.3b10.9x9.5x0.5x
Mon, 09 Oct 2023JA$99.1bJA$201.5bJA$10.0b11.4x9.9x0.5x
Wed, 06 Sep 2023JA$99.0bJA$201.1bJA$9.8b11.8x10.1x0.5x
Fri, 04 Aug 2023JA$103.7bJA$197.9bJA$9.6b13.5x10.8x0.5x
Price to Earnings Ratio

10.8x


Total Market Cap: JA$103.7bTotal Earnings: JA$9.6bTotal Revenue: JA$197.9bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Food Distributors Industry Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.5x202420252026
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Jamaican Food Distributors 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 9.5x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 0.44x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Food Distributors industry have remained mostly flat over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 6.5% 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 and as a result, profits have held steady.

Industry Comparison

How does Jamaican Food Distributors compare with similar industries?

JM Market2.13%
Consumer Staples0.90%
Food and Staples Retail-2.14%
Food Distributors-2.96%
Food Retail7.52%
Drug Retail0.81%
Industry PEThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.
Forecasted GrowthThere are no additional sub-industries under this industry.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuation
CPJ Caribbean Producers (Jamaica)JA$5.354.9%
+JA$275.0m
-36.0%PE4.9x
LASD Lasco DistributorsJA$3.102.3%
+JA$247.1m
-13.6%PE10.3x
EFRESH Everything FreshJA$2.121.0%
+JA$15.6m
-5.8%PE54.4x

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