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Jamaican (JSE) Financials Sector Analysis

UpdatedAug 15, 2025
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies26
  • 7D2.6%
  • 3M-6.1%
  • 1Y-3.6%
  • YTD-8.3%

Over the last 7 days, the Financials industry has risen 4.8%, driven by gains from NCB Financial Group of 27%. Despite this gain, the industry's performance has been flat over the past year.

Sector Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Fri, 15 Aug 2025JA$601.2bJA$393.1bJA$65.0b13.8x9.2x1.5x
Sun, 13 Jul 2025JA$596.6bJA$388.8bJA$63.9b14.4x9.3x1.5x
Tue, 10 Jun 2025JA$634.9bJA$388.7bJA$63.9b14.3x9.9x1.6x
Thu, 08 May 2025JA$665.7bJA$364.3bJA$49.0b14.8x13.6x1.8x
Sat, 05 Apr 2025JA$663.1bJA$364.8bJA$50.0b15.1x13.3x1.8x
Mon, 03 Mar 2025JA$685.0bJA$359.1bJA$50.6b14x13.5x1.9x
Wed, 29 Jan 2025JA$695.6bJA$352.0bJA$65.1b13x10.7x2x
Fri, 27 Dec 2024JA$652.1bJA$350.0bJA$64.9b11.4x10x1.9x
Sun, 24 Nov 2024JA$626.6bJA$347.5bJA$64.4b14.2x9.7x1.8x
Tue, 22 Oct 2024JA$622.3bJA$368.8bJA$59.9b12.3x10.4x1.7x
Thu, 19 Sep 2024JA$619.1bJA$368.4bJA$59.7b12.7x10.4x1.7x
Sat, 17 Aug 2024JA$628.5bJA$368.5bJA$63.8b12.7x9.9x1.7x
Mon, 15 Jul 2024JA$645.0bJA$365.7bJA$63.3b12x10.2x1.8x
Wed, 12 Jun 2024JA$653.9bJA$373.8bJA$74.6b12.6x8.8x1.7x
Fri, 10 May 2024JA$646.1bJA$367.1bJA$72.0b14.5x9x1.8x
Sun, 07 Apr 2024JA$666.6bJA$366.5bJA$71.9b14x9.3x1.8x
Tue, 05 Mar 2024JA$664.3bJA$350.0bJA$70.7b14.6x9.4x1.9x
Thu, 01 Feb 2024JA$643.7bJA$356.8bJA$71.4b13.3x9x1.8x
Sat, 30 Dec 2023JA$642.4bJA$356.8bJA$71.3b14x9x1.8x
Mon, 27 Nov 2023JA$617.3bJA$356.4bJA$71.3b12.8x8.7x1.7x
Wed, 25 Oct 2023JA$616.8bJA$353.5bJA$72.8b9.3x8.5x1.7x
Fri, 22 Sep 2023JA$622.9bJA$353.5bJA$72.8b8.9x8.6x1.8x
Sun, 20 Aug 2023JA$642.3bJA$368.4bJA$71.7b9.3x9x1.7x
Tue, 18 Jul 2023JA$666.5bJA$365.1bJA$76.1b9.6x8.8x1.8x
Thu, 15 Jun 2023JA$683.5bJA$364.4bJA$77.3b10.5x8.8x1.9x
Sat, 13 May 2023JA$707.0bJA$356.1bJA$77.4b14.8x9.1x2x
Mon, 10 Apr 2023JA$706.2bJA$357.3bJA$78.6b12.8x9x2x
Wed, 08 Mar 2023JA$724.5bJA$354.9bJA$78.4b9.7x9.2x2x
Fri, 03 Feb 2023JA$740.2bJA$357.8bJA$79.6b12.7x9.3x2.1x
Sun, 01 Jan 2023JA$780.5bJA$359.3bJA$80.5b12.2x9.7x2.2x
Tue, 29 Nov 2022JA$754.5bJA$355.3bJA$78.5b12.6x9.6x2.1x
Thu, 27 Oct 2022JA$794.9bJA$343.3bJA$80.8b12.4x9.8x2.3x
Sat, 24 Sep 2022JA$783.0bJA$344.7bJA$82.2b11.5x9.5x2.3x
Mon, 22 Aug 2022JA$810.9bJA$344.6bJA$82.6b12.4x9.8x2.4x
Price to Earnings Ratio

9.8x


Total Market Cap: JA$810.9bTotal Earnings: JA$82.6bTotal Revenue: JA$344.6bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Financials Sector Price to Earnings3Y Average 9.8x202320242025
Current Industry PE
  • Investors are relatively neutral on the Jamaican Financials 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 9.8x.
  • The 3-year average PS ratio of 1.9x is higher than the industry's current PS ratio of 1.6x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for companies in the Financials industry have declined 7.7% per year over the last three years.
  • Meanwhile revenues for these companies have grown 4.5% 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, which has decreased profits.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Jamaican Financials sector?

JM Market1.23%
Financials2.63%
Banks10.48%
Capital Markets-1.15%
Diversified Financial-2.61%
Insurance-3.40%
Consumer Finance-5.26%
Industry PE
  • Investors are most optimistic about the Consumer Finance industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 43.5x.
    • It looks like they are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • Investors are most pessimistic about the Banks industry, which is trading below its 3-year average of 8.5x.
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
NCBFG NCB Financial GroupJA$39.5025.8%
+JA$19.5b		-24.0%PB0.5x
SGJ Scotia Group JamaicaJA$55.004.1%
+JA$6.8b		24.6%PB1.1x
JSE Jamaica Stock ExchangeJA$12.942.7%
+JA$238.4m		24.9%PE14.9x
LASF Lasco Financial ServicesJA$1.906.7%
+JA$153.6m		17.3%PE29.9x
AFS Access Financial ServicesJA$18.002.1%
+JA$101.6m		-18.2%PE9.8x

Latest News

NCBFG
JA$39.50
NCB Financial Group
7D
25.8%
1Y
-24.0%
SELECTF
JA$0.40
Sagicor Select Funds
7D
-9.1%
1Y
n/a
KEY
JA$2.66
Key Insurance
7D
6.4%
1Y
2.7%
GENAC
JA$5.00
General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica
7D
-7.4%
1Y
-23.1%
JSE
JA$12.94
Jamaica Stock Exchange
7D
2.7%
1Y
24.9%
SJ
JA$39.86
Sagicor Group Jamaica
7D
-4.0%
1Y
-0.6%
MGL
JA$7.00
Mayberry Group
7D
-2.8%
1Y
-11.3%
BIL
JA$70.01
Barita Investments
7D
0.01%
1Y
-5.3%
DOLLA
JA$2.60
Dolla Financial Services
7D
-1.9%
1Y
-13.3%
AFS
JA$18.00
Access Financial Services
7D
2.1%
1Y
-18.2%
SGJ
JA$55.00
Scotia Group Jamaica
7D
4.1%
1Y
24.6%
ISP
JA$18.00
ISP Finance Services
7D
-5.3%
1Y
-14.2%
SRFJMD
JA$7.51
Sygnus Real Estate Finance
7D
-11.4%
1Y
-28.7%
LASF
JA$1.90
Lasco Financial Services
7D
6.7%
1Y
17.3%
SCIJMD
JA$13.08
Sygnus Credit Investments
7D
0.6%
1Y
21.3%
MJE
JA$11.00
MAYBERRY JAMAICAN EQUITIES
7D
-0.7%
1Y
22.2%