NCB Financial Group sold all the JMMB Group shares amounting 326.7 million units amounting to 20 percent of the total issues shares of the money market brokerage.
The shares were put through the Jamaica Stock Exchange only a few minutes after trading opened today, at $28.25 each and resulting in a consideration of $9.2 billion.. In September this year, PanJam Investment purchased 100 million or 6.1 percent of JMMB shares from NCB, leaving the block that was traded today. A spoke person for PanJam, indicated that they are not the buyers of today’s trade. Our sources indicate that Proven Investments are the buyers of the block today.
Proven buys NCB’s block of JMMB shares
December 27, 2018 by
Fontana listing in January
December 27, 2018 by
Artist impression of Fontana Waterloo Road
Fontana shares are not likely to start trading until January. Feedback from the Jamaica Stock Exchange indicates that the listing committe that has to meet to approve the listing wont meet until next week.
IC Insider.com had previously reported that it would list today which was based on information gleaned from our sources. The shares allocated for the public pool that seems to be at variance with the terms of the propectus would need sorting out, before the shares are listed if in fact the allocation announced is different from the terms of the prospectus.
Rita’s 14% of Barita value exceeds 62%
December 26, 2018 by
Rita Humphries-Lewin and husband Carl.
Rita Humphries-Lewin sold 81.56 percent of her shares in Barita Investments and collected $2.64 billion for it, but the amount she retained is now valued more than the amount sold in August this year, to Conerstone Investments Holdings.
Up to early part of August, Humphries-Lewin owned 339,975,664 in Barita Investments or 76.25 percent of the total issued shares. At the takeover price of $9.20 that was valued at $3.13 billion. She retained 62.7 million shares representing 14.06 percent of the issued shares, now valued by the market at $2.92 billion.
With the price of the stock reaching $46.50 on Monday, the vastly reduced ownership is worth almost what the full 76 percent holding in the company was priced at, based on the acquisition price, when Conerstone acquired 75 percent of the company.
Humphries-Lewin would have collected from the shares she sold but the amount she retained
On the other hand,Cornerstone paid $3.07 billion for 75 percent of Barita but based on the latest price for the stock the block is now valued at $15.5 billion representing a huge gain of $12.4 billion in a matter of 4 months.
The new majority owners have big plans for the company that could well push the valued much higher in the not too distant future.
Barita defies broker’s sell recommendation
December 25, 2018 by
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Barita climbs to a new closing high of $46.50 on Monday.
Barita Investments closed at $46.50 on Monday with a gain of 450 percent for the year so far, to be the best performer of any stock listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Since late 2016, the stock gained 1,400 percent.
In late 2016, a leading brokerage house concluded their assessment of Barita Investments as follows, “we expect just a marginal increase in year on year net profit. Given this expectation, we estimate BIL shares to be valued at approximately $2.35 by applying the market average P/E to estimated EPS. Therefore at a current market price of $3.10, we are recommending a SELL on BIL.” Interestingly, while they recommended a sale, IC Insdier.com placed a BUY RATING on it and it occupied the number 2 spot on the main market BUY RATED list. That is a huge contrast.
That year, while reported profit was down to $207 million from $242 million, in 2015 total comprehensive income, the better measure of profitability was $691 million or $1.55 per share, compared to $201 million, a huge increase. In 2017, traditional profit slipped to $172 million after an impairment on investments charge of $81 million, total comprehensive income ended at $492 or $1.10 per share. For 2018, reported profit jumped to $374 million and total comprehensive income moved to $736 million or $1.65 per share.
Investors who sold their stock in 2016 lost out big time. Information gleaned by IC Insider.com is that the gains experienced in 2018, may not be over. The company may have pocketed around $100 million from the placement of a US$10 million bond issue recently, both the company’s equity portfolio and the equity-linked Unit Trust would have benefitted from the rise in local stock prices and resulted in increased profits for the December quarter. Then there are other fees that should have increased that will add to the profit for the quarter and for the fiscal year. Importantly, unlike in the past, when unrealized gains on securities was treated as other comprehensive income from the current year, all
Barita Investments 2017 AGM held on March 23, 2017
gains or losses will be treated as a part of regular profit and that is likely to make a big difference in how investors value the company.
The new majority owners, in the eyes of investors have brought new life to the company. At least, that is what from the meteoric rise in the stock price is saying. The company is to raise over $4 billion by way of a rights issue at a price of $15.50 each. The directors have not yet stated publicly, what the funds from the rights issue, will be used. There is talk that some of it will be invested in an expanded portfolio of equities, to take advantage of what is being seen as an improving Jamaican economy that should lead to a rise in stock prices and a role out of services to the wider Caribbean region.
Apart from the company’s stock that seems set to be 2018 number one performer, the equity linked units trust is the best performing for 2018 and seems set to cop the number one spot for the year. Their other funds have trailed the rest of the market by a mile, with the real estate and FX Growth funds down more than 20 percent.
Fontana allocation varies from prospectus
December 25, 2018 by
The Fontana prospectus states that multiple applications by any person whether in individual or joint names will be treated as a single application, but the information included in the broker’s release regarding allocation seems at variance with this.
The brokers indicated that, “multiple applications from a single person or entity were removed except where they were entitled to apply for shares in a reserved and the public pool. Once that process was completed, 2,770 applications remained for 944,150,335 shares”.
It would appear that had the allocation been done in conformity with the terms of the prospectus, the number of shares applied for would still remain at 982,194,569. All multiple applications are to be merged to be one, as such investors
Fontana Waterloo Road
in the public pool should be allocated differently than what has been announced.
Contracts once consummated, are expected to be adhered to, accordingly, the terms set out in the Fontana prospectus, need to be satisfied as far as the allocation of the shares is concerned.
The broker needs to explain to the public if in fact the allocation for the public pool is in keeping with the terms set out on page 14 of the prospectus and if not why not and what will be done to comply with the terms that investors signed on for. It appears that the brokers are trying to unilaterally vary the contract that investors signed on to and they cannot do that.
JSE in big drop on Monday
December 24, 2018 by
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, suffered a big fall, as the All Jamaican Composite Index dropped 3,740.95 points to 404,701.04 and the JSE Index dived 3,408.43 points to close at 368,728.41 as several securities traded in unusually large volume.
Trading ended with 21,522,449 units valued at $497,625,550 compared to 2,910,367 units valued at $151,839,351 changing hands on Friday.
Carreras led trading for the second consecutive day with 6,065,330 units in accounting for 28 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Jamaica Stock Exchange with 5,063,063 units or 23.5 percent of the overall volume and Sagicor Group with 3,128,470 units or 14.5 percent of volume traded.
A total of 30 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 8 rising, 13 declining with 9 remaining unchanged, compared to 32 securities trading on Friday. Barita Investments ended at record high with the price moving to $46.50 at the close after it hit an intraday high of $47.
An average of 768,659 units valued at over $17,772,341, in contrast to 97,012 shares valued at $5,061,312 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 189,073 units with a value of $7,264,184, compared to 153,070 units with a value of $8,875,444, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 3 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $4.46 and ended at an all-time closing high of $46.50, with an exchange of 12,300 shares, Caribbean Cement lost 55 cents to close at $42, trading 2,655,630 shares, Grace Kennedy lost $1 and ended trading 22,392 shares at $60, Jamaica Broilers lost $1.75 to close at 
$27.75, in trading 938,678 stock units. JMMB Group lost $1.20 in trading 650,920 shares to close at $32.80. Kingston Wharves gained 50 cents and finished trading 4,524 stock units at $77.50, Mayberry Equities shed 30 cents to close at $9.20, with 250 stocks units changing hands. NCB Financial Group dropped $3.15 in trading 158,893 shares to close at $144, PanJam Investment declined by $1.80 to $72, with 23,867 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Real Estate Fund fell 50 cents in trading 34,000 shares at $10, Salada Foods lost $1 and ended trading at $30, with 19,520 stock units. Scotia Group fell $3.49 at $52.51, with 1,574,855 units changing hands, Stanley Motta traded 51,100 shares and rose 45 cents to close at $5.45 and Supreme Ventures rose 50 cents and closed at $16 trading 80,900 shares.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 48,095 units valued at $9,479 with Productivity Business settling at 58 US cents trading 875 shares and Proven Investments ended trading 47,220 shares at 19 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index rose 0.08 points to close at 155.04.
Junior Market suffers losses – Monday
December 24, 2018 by
The Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange recorded a big fall in the Market Index on Monday by 31.03 points to close at 3,176.89 with the prices of 8 securities rising, 11 falling and 6 remaining unchanged.
Trading ended with 25 securities changing hands, resulting in an exchange of 1,192,642 units valued at $4,117,828, compared to 2,928,176 units valued at $13,658,144 on Friday, from 25 securities changing hands.
Trading ended with an average of 47,706 units for an average of $164,713 in contrast to 117,127 units for an average of $546,326 on Friday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 156,428 units at a value of $857,109, versus 164,307 units at a value of $907,282, previously. November, ended with an average of 190,475 units valued at $653,358 for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ended with higher bids than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
At the close of the day’s activity, AMG Packaging ended with a loss of 10 cents at $1.85, in trading 6,000 stock units, Blue Power fell $1.20 trading of 10,677 units and closed at $5, Cargo Handlers settled with a loss of 60 cents at $14.10, with 526 shares changing hands. Caribbean Cream ended trading of just 100 shares and rose 32 cents, to end at $5.82, Caribbean Producers finished trading of 54,500 units and rose 4 cents higher to $5.44, Derrimon Trading ended with a loss of 1 cent at $2.57, with 1,007 shares traded. Elite Diagnostic finished with a loss of 13 cents at $2.87, with an exchange of 1,229 stock units, Eppley settled at $9, in exchanging 1,180 units, Everything Fresh fell 40 cents and ended trading 160,924 shares to close at $1.40. Express Catering ended trading 8,100 shares and rose by 10 cents to $8, FosRich Group exchanged 59,022 shares with a rise of 20 cents to end at $4.05, General Accident finished trading 10 cents higher at $3.50, with 25,347 shares changing hands, GWest Corporation closed at $1.60, after 1,400 stock units traded. Honey Bun ended 37 cents higher at $3.47, trading 124,236 units, Indies Pharma ended trading 368,110 shares to close at $3.10, Jamaica
n Teas settled with a rise of 10 cents to $3.90, with 26,289 shares trading, KLE Group finished with 500 shares trading at $3.40. Knutsford Express rose $1 to end at $13, with 1,500 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors ended with a loss of 15 cents at $3.80, with an exchange of 122,927 shares. Lasco Financial concluded trading with 78,544 stock units, and falling $1.03 cents to close at $3.97, Lasco Manufacturing finished with a loss of 40 cents at $3.10, in exchanging 100,771 units, Main Event settled with a loss of 20 cents at $6, with 17,943 shares changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
Steady trading on TTSE Monday
December 24, 2018 by
Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters
Trading ended with 13 securities changing hands on Monday against 16 on Friday, and finished with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 6 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 2.01 points on Monday to 1,302.59, the All T&T Index fell 3.96 points to 1,702.44, while the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged. Trading ended with just 106,024 units valued at $4,839,646 compared to 213,145 units valued at $7,380,542 on Friday.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments finished 5 cents higher, to settle at $20.20, with 6,605 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings rose 27 cents and concluded trading of 4,867 units, at $18. Republic Financial Holdings added 25 cents and completed trading at $107.25, after exchanging 29,928 shares and Trinidad Cement rose just 1 cent and completed trading at $2.72, after exchanging 1,480 shares.
Stocks closing with Losses| First Citizens shed 45 cents and ended at $33.15, after exchanging 31,834 shares, Prestige Holdings lost 20 cents and concluded trading of 10,000 units 
at $7.30 and Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended trading 1 cent lower at $29.24, after exchanging 3,650 shares.
Stocks closing firm|Angostura Holdings settled at $16, with 6,615 stock units changing hands, JMMB Group completed trading at $1.78, after exchanging 10,000 shares, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47, in exchanging 300 shares. NCB Financial Group ended at $8.54, after trading just 345 shares, Sagicor Financial settled at $9.45, with 200 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank concluded market activity at $64, with 200 units changing hands.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
JSE squeezes out gains on Friday
December 21, 2018 by
The main market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, closed higher for the first time in four days on Thursday with the All Jamaican Composite Index advanced by 106.94 points to close at 372,136.84 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite Index rose 117.38 points to close at 408,441.99
Trading ended with 2,910,367 units valued at $151,839,351 compared with 14,405,936 units valued at $1,728,218,971 on Thursday.
NCB Financial Group led trading for the second consecutive day with 645,863 units in accounting for 22.2 percent of the day’s volume, followed by Carreras with 435,453 units or 15 percent of the overall volume and PanJam Investment with 221,900 units or 7.6 percent of volume traded.
A total of 32 securities changed hands in the main and US dollar markets, with prices of 8 rising, 12 declining with 12 remaining unchanged compared to 28 securities trading on Thursday. Barita Investments ended at record high with the price moving to $42.04 by the close while Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $9.51.
An average of 97,012 units valued at over $5,061,312, in contrast to 576,237 shares valued at $69,128,759 on Thursday. The average volume and value for the month to date, amounts to 153,070 units with a value of $8,875,444, compared to 157,223 units with a value of $9,178,153, previously. November closed, with an average of 405,528 valued at $7,755,942, for each security traded.
IC bid-offer Indicator|The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows 5 stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 closing with lower offers.
In main market activity, Barita Investments jumped $3.83 and ended at an all-time high of $42.04, with an exchange of 25,900 shares, Berger Paints fell $1.19 to end at $22, with 10,803 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cement lost 45 cents to close at $42.55, with 47,371 shares traded, Grace Kennedy lost 25 cents and ended trading 31,804 shares at $61, JMMB Group gained 50 cents in trading 153,308 shares to close at $34. Kingston Wharves finished trading with 129,705 stock units at $77, Mayberry Investments jumped 95 cents and settled at $10, with an 
exchange of 146,650 units, Mayberry Equities shed 50 cents to close at $9.50, with 7,755 stocks changing hands. NCB Financial Group climbed $1.65 in trading 645,863 shares to close at $147.15, PanJam Investment rose $1.80 and closed at $73.80, with 221,900 stock units changing hands, Sagicor Group fell $1.80 to settle at $38.20, with an exchange of 12,909 shares, Sagicor Real Estate Fund traded 65,591 shares at a 52 weeks’ intraday low of $9.51 but closed with a rise of 50 cents at $10.50 and Seprod rose 50 cents and ended trading 73,697 stock units at $31.
Trading in the US dollar market amounted to 272,654 units valued at $51,804 with Margaritaville settled 2 cents down to end at 0 US cents in trading 5,000 shares, Proven Investments ended trading of 267,654 shares and declining 1 cent to end at 2 US cents. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 12.81 points to close at 154.96.
Declining stocks dominate TTSE Friday
December 21, 2018 by
Trading ended with 16 securities changing hands on Friday against 17 on Thursday, and finished with 1 advancing, 7 declining and 8 remaining unchanged.
At close of the market, the Composite Index fell 1.81 points on Friday to 1,304.60, the All T&T Index rose 1.46 points to 1,706.40, while the Cross Listed Index shed 0.71 points to close at 121.98. Trading ended with 213,145 units valued at $7,380,542 compared to 138,424 units valued at $3,799,658 on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks closing with gains| First Citizens added 45 cents and ended at $33.60, after exchanging 2,140 shares.
Stocks closing with Losses| Ansa Mcal shares fell 45 cents and concluded trading of 149 units at $55, Clico Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents and settled at $20.15, with 34,124 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy shed 15 cents and settled at $2.85, in trading 3,252 stock units, NCB Financial Group lost 6 cents and ended at $8.54, after exchanging 98 shares, Republic Financial Holdings ended trading 8 cents lower to $107, after exchanging 41,226 shares, Scotiabank lost 25 cents and concluded 
trading of 40 stock units at $64 and West Indian Tobacco traded with a loss of 30 cents and concluded trading of a mere 20 units at $95.10.
Stocks closing firm| Agostini’s completed trading at $23.40, after exchanging 20 shares, Ansa Merchant Bank ended at $38.26, in an exchange of 12,456 shares, JMMB Group completed trading of 8,465 shares at $1.78, Massy Holdings completed trading at $47, after exchanging 16,147 shares, National Enterprises settled at $8, with 84,672 stock units changing hands, One Caribbean Media exchanged 2,000 shares, at $10.50, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $29.25, after trading 7,918 shares and Trinidad Cement completed trading 418 shares at $2.71.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.
