Watch Sagicor & NCB
The price could move higher this week with limited supply for sale on the market, below $50.
Helped by the sharp rise in the price of Sagicor, the main market climbed more than 8,000 points for the week, with the biggest move coming on Thursday of just under 7,000 points, while the Junior Market had no clear direction.
Trading for the week suggests that investors are over the impact on the market of the Initial Public Offer of Wigton Windfarm that opened on the 17 of April.
The release of some of the 2019 first quarter results are due late this week and are worth watching. Chief amongst them will be Caribbean Cement, NCB Financial Group and Supreme Ventures. While NCB’s results are due on Thursday and investors could react to them on Friday, others may not comeuntil after trading on Friday, as such may not have any impact until the following week. Investors should keep an eye on, Wisynco that continues to hold just under $12. The company continues to expand the volume of products and companies it represents that augurs well for increased profit going forward. The stock remains one of the most appealing main market buys currently. RJR and Seprod remain attractive buys, continue on the watch list and are joined by Barita Investments.
The picture for the Junior Market is unclear but with Caribbean Cream full year results to February, due by the end of the week, it will be interesting how investors treat with it.
How do I invest in stocks?
Persons interested in investing in stocks should open an account at a brokerage company so they can start investing when they decide to take the plunge.
Stocks are not like fixed interest securities where the returns are usually known, up front. Put another way, there are no guarantees about the returns on stock market investments, that is a negative. History shows it to be a huge positive with no limit to possible gains. The basic principle is to find companies that are likely to increase profit going forward. This is most important, as profit are the main reasons why investors buy a stock, as it increases the value of a company.
Buy stocks with low price earnings (PE) ratio relative to the rest of the market. What does this mean? Listed companies are required to report profit and show the amount of profit earned per share (EPS). EPS is the profit for each issued share. In simple terms, the EPS is arrived at by dividing the profit by the total issued shares. This figure by itself does not mean much, but it allows for the computation of one of the most important and used investment tools, the PE ratio. PE is the price of the stock on the stock exchange divided by EPS.
Do not buy stocks because the price is low in monetary terms. Instead, have laser like focus on stocks with lower PE ratios. Sometimes when persons buy shares, also called stocks, they may see quick gains, as may happen with the Wigton Windfarm initial public offer (IPO) issue that is now on the Market. More often, investors will not see any gains for months but then may do so with the passage of several months, if the company reports increased profit. Effectively, if one buys stocks of good quality companies they will usually grow in value.
A good quality company is one that has consistent growth in earnings over a number of years, with few if any decline. There is more to it than the above, but these are a few basics. New investors are well advised to start small until they get a better feel of the market. Yes, you can start with $10,000, but $25,000 may be better.
Investors can find the earnings per share EPS and PE ratios for each local stock, on the stock market trading chart shown daily and included in the Junior and Main market reports. The key to using them is to find those stocks with the lowest PE ratios and get more information on them. This website analyses the companies on an ongoing basis to provide relevant investment information for investors.
When investing try to have about five different companies. Some companies to consider investing in now are: Wisynco, NCB, Fontana, General Accident and Wigton
Sagicor Group & CAC jump IC TOP 10
Sagicor Group jumped to $45 at the close of the market for the past week, from $38.15 and CAC 2000 climbed to $12 from a $10 bid to exit IC Insider.com’s TOP 10 stocks.
Investors responded to the release of Sagicor’s 2018 full year results showing earnings of $3.65 per share, pushing the price higher while CAC price dropped too far at the end of the previous week and encouraged buying that pushed the price higher this week. Making way for the stocks moving on are, Sygnus Credit Investments in the main market and Lasco Manufacturing entering the Junior Market list.
Several Junior Market stocks suffered losses this past week, as the market pulled back more than 9 percent for the year to date up to Wednesday and created greater potential gains for a number of stocks.
The three leading Junior Market stocks for the coming week are Caribbean Producers with projected gains of 246 percent, Elite Diagnostic with potential gains of 245 percent and Iron Rock with potential gains of 243 percent.
Victoria Mutual Investments is now the top Main Market stock with 163 percent likely gain, followed by Radio Jamaica with 161 percent and Sterling Investments with potential to gain 153 percent.
Wigton Windfarm, Jamaica’s latest initial public share offer that came to the market this past week remains at number 4 position on the stock list. The stock comes to the market at 50 cents per share and boast a PE of 8.3 times based on normalized earnings for the year to March 2019.
The main market, closed the week with the overall PE at 13 and the Junior Market at just 10. The PE ratio for Junior Market Top 10 stocks average 6.3 and the main market PE is now 8.3. These levels, point to the huge upside for the TOP 10 stocks over the next 12 months.
The TOP 10 stocks now trade at an average discount of 36 percent to the average for the Junior Market Top stocks and main market stocks trade at a discount of 37 percent to the overall market.
TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns within a 12 months period. Projected earnings, for each company’s current fiscal year, are used in determining, the selected stocks. The PE for and projected earnings for each stock are computed to show potential gains for the year, which are ranked in descending order. Potential values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Earnings per share are revised on an ongoing basis as new information is received that can result in changes in and out of the list.
This report is compiled by persons who may have interest in the securities commented on.
Volume picks up on TTSE – Thursday
Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange ended on Thursday with trading in 11 securities against 20 on Wednesday, with 2 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged and West Indian Tobacco ending at a 52 weeks’ high.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 0.93 points to 1,330.30. The All T&T Index declined 1.85 points to 1,765.87, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 120.73.
Trading ended with 161,187 shares at a value of $3,029,240, compared to 56,733 shares on Wednesday valued at $2,324,434.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 5 with lower offers.
At the close of the market, stocks ending with gains| Massy Holdings gained 5 cents and closed at $53.10, after exchanging 1,143 shares and West Indian Tobacco added 5 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $98.85, with 1,360 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments ended trading 1,231 stock units and fell 1 cent to $22.69, First Citizens concluded trading of 4,755 shares with a loss of 27 cents, to close at $36.62 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded with a loss of 10 cents and ended at $29.40, with 4,770 units changing hands.
strong>Stocks closing firm| Ansa Mcal ended at $55.24, trading 368 units, National Flour ended at $1.67, with an exchange of 109,010 units, Point Lisas closed at $3.45, with 4,543 stock units changing hands, Republic Financial Holdings completed trading of 3,090 shares at $120. Scotiabank concluded trading at $62.50, with 30,106 stock units changing hands and Unilever Caribbean settled at $26.30, after exchanging 811 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Volume dives on TTSE – Wednesday
The volume and value of stocks trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange dived on Wednesday but the number of securities changing hands rose to 20, compared 14 on Tuesday but 7 were for a mere 10 units each.
At the close, investors exchanged 56,743 shares for $2,324,434 compared to 218,204 shares at $5,294,306, on Tuesday. The market closed with 4 stocks rising, 4 declining and 12 remaining unchanged. At the close, two securities ended at 52 weeks’ highs.
At the market’s close, the Composite Index added 0.18 points to 1,331.23. The All T&T Index rose 0.36 points to 1,767.72, while the Cross Listed Index closed unchanged at 120.73.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended at 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
At the close of the market, stocks ending with gains| First Citizens rose 34 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $36.89, after exchanging 127 shares, Guardian Holdings gained 5 cents, while trading 4,117 units to close at $18.55, LJ Williams B share, gained 5 cents and settled at a 52 weeks’ high of 95 cents, after exchanging 260 shares and Prestige Holdings rose 19 cents and completed trading of 10 units at $8.
Stocks closing with losses| Clico Investments lost 30 cents and ended at $22.70, with 23,849 stock units changing hands, Massy Holdings traded 658 shares and fell 95 cents to $53.05, National Flour fell 1 cent in completing trading of 1,500 units, at $1.67 and Point Lisas traded with a loss of 10 cents at $3.45, with 10 stock units changing hands.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s closed at $23.33, after exchanging 10 shares, Ansa Merchant settled at $37, trading 10 shares, Grace Kennedy ended at $3.35, with 30 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group ended at $1.75, after exchanging 1,210 shares. LJ Williams A Share completed trading 10 units at 20 cents, One Caribbean Media exchanged 2,938 shares to close at $10.30, Republic Financial Holdings settled at $120, after exchanging 10,102 shares, Sagicor Financial concluded trading of 10 shares at $8.66. Scotiabank ended at $62.50, with 2,200 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL completed trading at $29.50, with 7,802 units, Unilever Caribbean closed at $26.30, after exchanging 1,880 shares and West Indian Tobacco ended at $98.80, with 10 stock units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.