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Jamaican (JSE) Market Analysis & Valuation

UpdatedJul 09, 2024
DataAggregated Company Financials
Companies91
  • 7D0.1%
  • 3M-1.9%
  • 1Y-1.8%
  • YTD-1.8%

The Healthcare sector gained 4.8% while the market remained flat over the last week. As for the longer term, the market has also been flat over the past year.

Market Valuation and Performance

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

DateMarket CapRevenueEarningsPEAbsolute PEPS
Tue, 09 Jul 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$144.1b13.6x10.5x1.3x
Thu, 06 Jun 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$152.9b13.9x9.9x1.3x
Sat, 04 May 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.2tJA$149.9b14.8x10.1x1.3x
Mon, 01 Apr 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$150.4b14.6x10.4x1.3x
Wed, 28 Feb 2024JA$1.6tJA$1.2tJA$165.0b15x9.4x1.3x
Fri, 26 Jan 2024JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$145.4b14.7x10.3x1.3x
Sun, 24 Dec 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$145.5b14.6x10x1.3x
Tue, 21 Nov 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$157.0b14.2x8.8x1.2x
Thu, 19 Oct 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$142.9b15.1x9.8x1.3x
Sat, 16 Sep 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$143.4b14.1x9.7x1.3x
Mon, 14 Aug 2023JA$1.4tJA$1.1tJA$126.1b15.3x11.3x1.3x
Wed, 12 Jul 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$134.6b15.6x10.9x1.4x
Fri, 09 Jun 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.1tJA$133.0b15.5x11.1x1.4x
Sun, 07 May 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$134.2b16x11.2x1.4x
Tue, 04 Apr 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$135.0b15.2x11.3x1.5x
Thu, 02 Mar 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$137.8b15.3x11x1.5x
Sat, 28 Jan 2023JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$138.1b15.8x11.1x1.5x
Mon, 26 Dec 2022JA$1.5tJA$1.0tJA$138.4b14.6x11.1x1.5x
Wed, 23 Nov 2022JA$1.5tJA$993.5bJA$134.9b14.4x11.2x1.5x
Fri, 21 Oct 2022JA$1.6tJA$953.7bJA$137.1b15.7x11.7x1.7x
Sun, 18 Sep 2022JA$1.6tJA$944.2bJA$138.0b17.1x11.7x1.7x
Tue, 16 Aug 2022JA$1.6tJA$928.0bJA$138.4b15.9x11.9x1.8x
Thu, 14 Jul 2022JA$1.7tJA$904.8bJA$129.0b16.5x13.3x1.9x
Sat, 11 Jun 2022JA$1.7tJA$893.1bJA$128.5b14.1x13.3x1.9x
Mon, 09 May 2022JA$1.8tJA$837.8bJA$112.5b19.1x16x2.1x
Wed, 06 Apr 2022JA$1.7tJA$831.8bJA$111.4b19.6x15.5x2.1x
Fri, 04 Mar 2022JA$1.7tJA$825.1bJA$109.1b18.6x15.6x2.1x
Sun, 30 Jan 2022JA$1.7tJA$822.7bJA$108.7b18.4x15.6x2.1x
Tue, 28 Dec 2021JA$1.6tJA$820.9bJA$108.9b17.9x15.2x2x
Thu, 25 Nov 2021JA$1.6tJA$817.7bJA$111.1b17.3x14.8x2x
Sat, 23 Oct 2021JA$1.7tJA$792.3bJA$105.8b17.8x15.9x2.1x
Mon, 20 Sep 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.9bJA$102.8b18.1x16.4x2.1x
Wed, 18 Aug 2021JA$1.7tJA$787.5bJA$104.2b17.4x16.5x2.2x
Price to Earnings Ratio

16.5x


Total Market Cap: JA$1.7tTotal Earnings: JA$104.2bTotal Revenue: JA$787.5bTotal Market Cap vs Earnings and Revenue0%0%0%
Jamaican Market Price to Earnings3Y Average 12.3x202220232024
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 10.5x which is lower than its 3-year average PE of 12.3x.
Past Earnings Growth
  • The earnings for Jamaican listed companies have grown 11% per year over the last three years.
  • Revenues for these companies have grown 15% 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 Market0.12%
Healthcare4.76%
Consumer Staples2.01%
Materials1.54%
Real Estate1.10%
Industrials0.33%
Tech0.01%
Consumer Discretionary-0.24%
Energy-0.40%
Financials-1.00%
Utilities-2.35%
Telecom-4.85%
Sector PE
  • Investors favour the Energy sector the most for future growth, which is trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 65.9x.
    • It looks like investors are confident that earnings will grow faster in the future than they have historically.
  • The Materials sector is the least preferred by investors for future growth, which is trading below its 3-year average of 12.1x.
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
NCBFG NCB Financial GroupJA$57.885.2%
+JA$9.1b
-11.3%PB0.9xFinancials
SEP SeprodJA$86.998.7%
+JA$5.1b
24.2%PE16.6xConsumer Staples
PJAM Pan Jamaica GroupJA$49.505.3%
+JA$4.1b
-1.9%PE24.4xReal Estate
SGJ Scotia Group JamaicaJA$45.501.9%
+JA$2.6b
32.1%PB1.1xFinancials
CCC Caribbean CementJA$64.894.7%
+JA$2.5b
20.2%PE7.7xMaterials
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WISYNCO

JA$20.50

Wisynco Group

7D

-3.5%

1Y

13.6%

JMMBGL

JA$23.10

JMMB Group

7D

-5.9%

1Y

-23.0%

LASF

JA$1.71

Lasco Financial Services

7D

-21.2%

1Y

-29.0%

JBG

JA$35.50

Jamaica Broilers Group

7D

3.1%

1Y

1.5%

JSE

JA$10.03

Jamaica Stock Exchange

7D

-8.8%

1Y

-8.0%

SEP

JA$86.99

Seprod

7D

8.7%

1Y

24.2%

SGJ

JA$45.50

Scotia Group Jamaica

7D

1.9%

1Y

32.1%

NCBFG

JA$57.88

NCB Financial Group

7D

5.2%

1Y

-11.3%

LASM

JA$6.39

Lasco Manufacturing

7D

6.5%

1Y

46.6%

CCC

JA$64.89

Caribbean Cement

7D

4.7%

1Y

20.2%

KW

JA$25.99

Kingston Wharves

7D

4.5%

1Y

-10.4%

CHL

JA$11.25

Cargo Handlers

7D

-14.4%

1Y

-43.9%

CAR

JA$9.47

Carreras

7D

-2.4%

1Y

17.6%

SJ

JA$40.00

Sagicor Group Jamaica

7D

-2.4%

1Y

-16.7%

PJAM

JA$49.50

Pan Jamaica Group

7D

5.3%

1Y

-1.9%

SVL

JA$23.01

Supreme Ventures

7D

-9.3%

1Y

-19.3%