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Jamaican (JSE) Financials Sector Analysis

UpdatedApr 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies26
  • 7D-1.4%
  • 3M-3.5%
  • 1Y-6.3%
  • YTD-4.9%

Over the last 7 days, the Financials industry has dropped 2.6%, driven by a pullback from Sagicor Group Jamaica of 3.2%. Overall the industry is down 7.9% in 12 months.

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Jamaican Financials Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 15 Apr 2025JA$651.8bJA$365.1bJA$49.4b13.2x13.2x1.8x
Thu, 13 Mar 2025JA$691.5bJA$364.7bJA$50.1b13.3x13.8x1.9x
Sat, 08 Feb 2025JA$676.7bJA$352.2bJA$65.5b12.8x10.3x1.9x
Mon, 06 Jan 2025JA$676.5bJA$351.3bJA$64.8b12.3x10.4x1.9x
Wed, 04 Dec 2024JA$624.0bJA$348.2bJA$65.1b11.5x9.6x1.8x
Fri, 01 Nov 2024JA$645.1bJA$369.4bJA$59.4b13.3x10.9x1.7x
Sun, 29 Sep 2024JA$625.1bJA$368.3bJA$59.7b13.7x10.5x1.7x
Tue, 27 Aug 2024JA$619.5bJA$366.9bJA$59.3b13.9x10.4x1.7x
Thu, 25 Jul 2024JA$630.9bJA$365.2bJA$63.6b12.1x9.9x1.7x
Sat, 22 Jun 2024JA$631.2bJA$376.5bJA$63.2b11.8x10x1.7x
Mon, 20 May 2024JA$644.8bJA$367.0bJA$72.0b14.2x9x1.8x
Wed, 17 Apr 2024JA$664.7bJA$366.7bJA$71.9b15.2x9.2x1.8x
Fri, 15 Mar 2024JA$660.6bJA$366.7bJA$71.9b13.4x9.2x1.8x
Sun, 11 Feb 2024JA$665.4bJA$363.9bJA$72.9b16.2x9.1x1.8x
Tue, 09 Jan 2024JA$627.5bJA$356.7bJA$71.3b13.6x8.8x1.8x
Thu, 07 Dec 2023JA$608.9bJA$356.3bJA$71.2b13.8x8.5x1.7x
Sat, 04 Nov 2023JA$611.7bJA$353.5bJA$72.9b9.4x8.4x1.7x
Mon, 02 Oct 2023JA$650.4bJA$353.5bJA$72.8b9.6x8.9x1.8x
Wed, 30 Aug 2023JA$639.1bJA$367.5bJA$71.4b9x9x1.7x
Fri, 28 Jul 2023JA$653.0bJA$355.2bJA$71.1b14.4x9.2x1.8x
Sun, 25 Jun 2023JA$682.4bJA$364.6bJA$77.3b11.3x8.8x1.9x
Tue, 23 May 2023JA$698.8bJA$361.0bJA$76.0b14.8x9.2x1.9x
Thu, 20 Apr 2023JA$710.7bJA$357.1bJA$78.6b14.5x9x2x
Sat, 18 Mar 2023JA$698.0bJA$352.4bJA$76.2b9.7x9.2x2x
Mon, 13 Feb 2023JA$739.4bJA$357.8bJA$79.7b11.9x9.3x2.1x
Wed, 11 Jan 2023JA$757.1bJA$359.5bJA$80.6b13.5x9.4x2.1x
Fri, 09 Dec 2022JA$745.5bJA$355.2bJA$78.4b12.2x9.5x2.1x
Sun, 06 Nov 2022JA$787.2bJA$342.3bJA$80.3b12.8x9.8x2.3x
Tue, 04 Oct 2022JA$842.3bJA$344.8bJA$82.2b11.9x10.2x2.4x
Thu, 01 Sep 2022JA$800.0bJA$344.4bJA$81.1b12.1x9.9x2.3x
Sat, 30 Jul 2022JA$826.7bJA$337.0bJA$77.8b13.4x10.6x2.5x
Mon, 27 Jun 2022JA$850.5bJA$332.7bJA$74.4b12.1x11.4x2.6x
Wed, 25 May 2022JA$873.9bJA$320.7bJA$69.0b13.2x12.7x2.7x
Fri, 22 Apr 2022JA$875.6bJA$311.5bJA$63.3b13x13.8x2.8x
Price to Earnings Ratio

13.8x


Total Market Cap: JA$875.6bTotal Earnings: JA$63.3bTotal Revenue: JA$311.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Financials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.9x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are optimistic on the Jamaican Financials industry, and appear confident in long term growth rates.
  • The industry is trading at a PE ratio of 13.2x which is higher than its 3-year average PE of 9.9x.
  • The industry is trading close to its 3-year average PS ratio of 2.0x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have declined 8.0% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 5.4% 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 Financials sector?

JM Market-1.77%
Financials-1.43%
Consumer Finance15.15%
Insurance-1.23%
Banks-1.25%
Diversified Financial-1.76%
Capital Markets-1.97%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Consumer Finance industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 45.4x.
    • 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
SGJ Scotia Group JamaicaJA$53.821.5%
+JA$2.5b
18.0%PB1.1x
NCBFG NCB Financial GroupJA$44.001.1%
+JA$1.2b
-31.8%PB0.6x
PROVENJA PROVEN GroupJA$17.482.5%
+JA$344.7m
-18.7%PS0.7x
VMIL VM InvestmentsJA$2.326.9%
+JA$225.0m
-9.0%PE6.5x
ISP ISP Finance ServicesJA$14.5010.7%
+JA$147.0m
-52.5%PE27x
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BIL

JA$71.50

Barita Investments

7D

-0.7%

1Y

0.7%

SGJ

JA$53.82

Scotia Group Jamaica

7D

1.5%

1Y

18.0%

JMMBGL

JA$20.00

JMMB Group

7D

-1.1%

1Y

-21.6%

ISP

JA$14.50

ISP Finance Services

7D

10.7%

1Y

-52.5%

SJ

JA$41.98

Sagicor Group Jamaica

7D

-2.7%

1Y

0.8%

NCBFG

JA$44.00

NCB Financial Group

7D

1.1%

1Y

-31.8%

VMIL

JA$2.32

VM Investments

7D

6.9%

1Y

-9.0%

SRFJMD

JA$9.50

Sygnus Real Estate Finance

7D

1.1%

1Y

-25.7%

PROVENJA

JA$17.48

PROVEN Group

7D

2.5%

1Y

-18.7%

JSE

JA$12.76

Jamaica Stock Exchange

7D

-3.0%

1Y

10.4%

LASF

JA$1.64

Lasco Financial Services

7D

-3.0%

1Y

-14.1%

QWI

JA$0.77

QWI Investments

7D

-4.9%

1Y

0%

SCIJMD

JA$11.00

Sygnus Credit Investments

7D

-9.8%

1Y

1.7%

PJX

JA$10.50

Portland JSX

7D

-2.3%

1Y

-1.9%