How does PTL's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

PTL is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x) compared to the peer average (1.4x).

How does PTL's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Trade Distributors Industry?

PTL is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.3x) compared to the Global Trade Distributors industry average (0.6x).

What is PTL's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

Insufficient data to calculate PTL's Price-To-Sales Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

What is the Fair Price of PTL when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

PTL (JMD1.28) is trading above our estimate of [[fair value]] (JMD0.09)

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

Insufficient data to show price forecast.

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) (JMSE:PTL) - Stock Price, News & Analysis

PTL Stock Overview

Engages in importation, distribution, and manufacturing of chemicals, lubricants, and other related products in Jamaica. More details

PTL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	1/6
Future Growth	0/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	2/6
Dividends	2/6

Risk Analysis

Debt is not well covered by operating cash flow

Dividend of 3.91% is not well covered by earnings or free cash flows

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months compared to the JM market

Does not have a meaningful market cap (JMD2B)

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Competitors

FosRich

JMSE:FOSRICH

JA$11.0b

A.S. Bryden & Sons Holdings

JMSE:ASBH

JA$44.5b

Omni Industries

JMSE:OMNI

JA$2.6b

Arita Prima Indonesia

IDX:APII

Rp190.4b

Price History & Performance

Summary of all time highs, changes and price drops for Paramount Trading (Jamaica)
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	JA$1.28
52 Week High	JA$1.74
52 Week Low	JA$0.99
Beta	0.28
11 Month Change	-4.48%
3 Month Change	15.32%
1 Year Change	-23.81%
33 Year Change	5.79%
5 Year Change	-34.69%
Change since IPO	133.58%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	PTL	JM Trade Distributors	JM Market
7D	0%	1.7%	1.3%
1Y	-23.8%	-13.9%	5.7%

Return vs Industry: PTL underperformed the JM Trade Distributors industry which returned -13.9% over the past year.

Return vs Market: PTL underperformed the JM Market which returned 5.7% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is PTL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PTL volatility
PTL Average Weekly Movement	17.6%
Trade Distributors Industry Average Movement	5.9%
Market Average Movement	8.0%
10% most volatile stocks in JM Market	16.4%
10% least volatile stocks in JM Market	4.4%

Stable Share Price: PTL's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the JM market.

Volatility Over Time: PTL's weekly volatility (18%) has been stable over the past year, but is still higher than 75% of JM stocks.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1991	70	Hugh Graham	www.paramountjm.com

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited engages in importation, distribution, and manufacturing of chemicals, lubricants, and other related products in Jamaica. The company operates through Chemicals, Construction and Adhesive, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Lubricants segments. It also distributes chemicals and chemical products for food, pharmaceutical additives, and ingredients.

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Paramount Trading (Jamaica)'s earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PTL fundamental statistics
Market cap	JA$1.97b
Earnings (TTM)	-JA$92.00m
Revenue (TTM)	JA$1.58b

1.3x

P/S Ratio

-21.5x

P/E Ratio

Is PTL overvalued?

See Fair Value and valuation analysis

Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
PTL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	JA$1.58b
Cost of Revenue	JA$1.02b
Gross Profit	JA$563.97m
Other Expenses	JA$655.97m
Earnings	-JA$92.00m

Last Reported Earnings

Aug 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.06
Gross Margin	35.71%
Net Profit Margin	-5.83%
Debt/Equity Ratio	71.8%

How did PTL perform over the long term?

See historical performance and comparison

Dividends

3.9%

Current Dividend Yield

-84%

Payout Ratio

PTL Stock Overview

Risk Analysis

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Competitors

JMSE:FOSRICH

JA$11.0b

JMSE:ASBH

JA$44.5b

JMSE:OMNI

JA$2.6b

IDX:APII

Rp190.4b

Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

First quarter 2025 earnings released: JA$0.025 loss per share (vs JA$0.037 profit in 1Q 2024)

New major risk - Market cap size

New major risk - Dividend sustainability

Full year 2024 earnings released: JA$0.009 loss per share (vs JA$0.16 profit in FY 2023)

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Announces board and Audit Committee changes

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Recent updates

First quarter 2025 earnings released: JA$0.025 loss per share (vs JA$0.037 profit in 1Q 2024)

New major risk - Market cap size

New major risk - Dividend sustainability

Full year 2024 earnings released: JA$0.009 loss per share (vs JA$0.16 profit in FY 2023)

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Announces board and Audit Committee changes

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

New major risk - Market cap size

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 18%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 24%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JA$0.012 (vs JA$0.02 in 3Q 2023)

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 15%

Insufficient new directors

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 22%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JA$0.016 (vs JA$0.042 in 2Q 2023)

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 19%

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: JA$0.037 (vs JA$0.054 in 1Q 2023)

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: JA$0.16 (vs JA$0.11 in FY 2022)

New minor risk - Share price stability

Investor sentiment deteriorates as stock falls 26%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 18%

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17%

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JA$0.042 (vs JA$0.019 in 2Q 2022)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: JA$0.054 (vs JA$0.012 in 1Q 2022)

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Upcoming dividend of JA$0.04 per share

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Independent Non Executive Director James Lechler has left the company

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS JA$0.012 (vs JA$0.01 in 1Q 2021)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2021 earnings released: EPS JA$0.041 (vs JA$0.034 in FY 2020)

Investor sentiment deteriorated over the past week

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS JA$0.005 (vs JA$0.006 in 3Q 2020)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

New 90-day low: JA$1.25

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Announces Resignation of Jukie Chin as Director

Market bids up stock over the past week

Market pulls back on stock over the past week

New 90-day high: JA$1.90

Market bids up stock over the past week

First quarter earnings released

New 90-day low - JA$1.70

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility

About the Company

Paramount Trading (Jamaica) Limited Fundamentals Summary

1.3x

-21.5x