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Jamaican (JSE) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedMay 08, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies91
  • 7D-1.8%
  • 3M-3.6%
  • 1Y-3.7%
  • YTD-2.1%

Over the last 7 days, the market has dropped 1.8%, driven by losses in the Financials and Consumer Staples sectors of 2.2% and 3.6%, respectively. On the other hand, the Materials has risen by 16%. In the last 12 months the market is down 3.7%.

Market Valuation and Performance

Has the Jamaican Market valuation changed over the past few years?

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Wed, 08 May 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$149.8b14.9x10.1x1.3x
Fri, 05 Apr 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$149.6b15.1x10.3x1.3x
Sun, 03 Mar 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$165.4b14.5x9.4x1.3x
Tue, 30 Jan 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$145.3b14.6x10.3x1.4x
Thu, 28 Dec 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$145.5b14.5x10x1.3x
Sat, 25 Nov 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$146.2b14.2x9.5x1.3x
Mon, 23 Oct 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$142.9b14.6x9.7x1.3x
Wed, 20 Sep 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$143.3b14.2x9.8x1.3x
Fri, 18 Aug 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$136.2b15.1x10.4x1.3x
Sun, 16 Jul 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$133.1b15x11x1.4x
Tue, 13 Jun 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$133.1b15.3x11.1x1.4x
Thu, 11 May 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$132.9b15.7x11.2x1.4x
Sat, 08 Apr 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$135.1b14.6x10.8x1.4x
Mon, 06 Mar 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$134.9b15.3x11.3x1.5x
Wed, 01 Feb 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$138.1b16.1x11.2x1.5x
Fri, 30 Dec 2022JA$1.6tJA$1.0tJA$138.3b15.5x11.3x1.6x
Sun, 27 Nov 2022JA$1.5tJA$993.5bJA$134.9b14.4x11.2x1.5x
Tue, 25 Oct 2022JA$1.6tJA$955.6bJA$137.2b16.6x11.7x1.7x
Thu, 22 Sep 2022JA$1.6tJA$952.5bJA$138.7b16.2x11.5x1.7x
Sat, 20 Aug 2022JA$1.6tJA$928.1bJA$138.4b16.1x11.8x1.8x
Mon, 18 Jul 2022JA$1.7tJA$910.2bJA$133.4b16.4x12.9x1.9x
Wed, 15 Jun 2022JA$1.7tJA$893.0bJA$128.4b14.3x13.4x1.9x
Fri, 13 May 2022JA$1.8tJA$838.0bJA$112.5b19.4x16.3x2.2x
Sun, 10 Apr 2022JA$1.8tJA$832.8bJA$111.6b19.2x15.7x2.1x
Tue, 08 Mar 2022JA$1.7tJA$825.1bJA$109.1b18x15.6x2.1x
Thu, 03 Feb 2022JA$1.7tJA$822.7bJA$108.7b17.8x15.7x2.1x
Sat, 01 Jan 2022JA$1.7tJA$821.7bJA$108.5b18.6x15.8x2.1x
Mon, 29 Nov 2021JA$1.7tJA$817.8bJA$111.1b17.8x15.1x2x
Wed, 27 Oct 2021JA$1.7tJA$792.2bJA$105.6b17.6x16.2x2.2x
Fri, 24 Sep 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.7bJA$102.8b17.2x16.3x2.1x
Sun, 22 Aug 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.5bJA$104.2b17.6x16.4x2.2x
Fri, 09 Jul 2021JA$1.7tJA$786.0bJA$104.0b18.1x16.8x2.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

17.5x


Total Market Cap: JA$1.7tTotal Earnings: JA$97.4bTotal Revenue: JA$752.3bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Market Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.7x202220232024
Current Market PE
  • Investors are pessimistic on the Jamaican market, indicating that they anticipate earnings will not grow as fast as they have historically.
  • The market is trading at a PE ratio of 10.1x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.7x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for Jamaican listed companies have grown 15% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 16% per year.
  • This means that more sales are being generated by these companies overall, and subsequently their profits are increasing too.

Sector Trends

Which sectors have driven the changes within the Jamaican Market?

JM Market-1.82%
Materials16.27%
Consumer Discretionary0.99%
Telecom0.46%
Healthcare-0.59%
Financials-2.22%
Industrials-2.71%
Real Estate-3.60%
Consumer Staples-3.64%
Utilities-3.67%
Tech-3.75%
Energy-5.17%
Sector PE
  • Investors favour the Energy sector the most for future growth, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 66.9x.
    • It looks like investors are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • The Consumer Staples sector is the least preferred by investors for future growth, which is trading below its 3-year average of 13.2x.
Forecasted GrowthThere is insufficient data in this market to determine future earnings growth rates.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

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

CompanyLast Price7D1YValuationSector
JMMBGL JMMB GroupJA$25.506.3%
+JA$2.9b
-12.1%PE2.2xFinancials
CCC Caribbean CementJA$65.003.2%
+JA$1.7b
29.9%PE9.9xMaterials
GENAC General Accident Insurance Company JamaicaJA$7.5723.1%
+JA$1.5b
51.4%PE20.9xFinancials
SVL Supreme VenturesJA$24.901.6%
+JA$1.1b
-7.8%PE25.4xConsumer Discretionary
LASM Lasco ManufacturingJA$5.484.4%
+JA$950.6m
40.5%PE9.4xConsumer Staples
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BPOW

JA$3.83

Blue Power Group

7D

20.1%

1Y

59.6%

SVL

JA$24.90

Supreme Ventures

7D

1.6%

1Y

-7.8%

CCC

JA$65.00

Caribbean Cement

7D

3.2%

1Y

29.9%

GENAC

JA$7.57

General Accident Insurance Company Jamaica

7D

23.1%

1Y

51.4%

JMMBGL

JA$25.50

JMMB Group

7D

6.3%

1Y

-12.1%

SEP

JA$76.60

Seprod

7D

-6.7%

1Y

9.3%

DCOVE

JA$21.00

Dolphin Cove

7D

5.3%

1Y

41.0%

LASM

JA$5.48

Lasco Manufacturing

7D

4.4%

1Y

40.5%

MGL

JA$8.00

Mayberry Group

7D

-10.0%

1Y

n/a

PBS

US$1.53

Productive Business Solutions

7D

-3.8%

1Y

-19.5%

SGJ

JA$41.25

Scotia Group Jamaica

7D

-4.1%

1Y

17.9%

DTL

JA$1.83

Derrimon Trading

7D

-12.0%

1Y

-12.4%

BIL

JA$71.02

Barita Investments

7D

-2.0%

1Y

-8.4%

LASD

JA$5.18

Lasco Distributors

7D

3.6%

1Y

99.2%

WISYNCO

JA$20.00

Wisynco Group

7D

-8.3%

1Y

18.0%