Berger Paints still heads the IC TOP10 Main Market stocks with the potential to gain 580 percent as the company ends 2026 with less than two months to spare, hopefully unaffected by major dislocations.
During the past week the Jamaica Stock Exchange Main Market closed higher, with the JSE Index closing at 387,081.20, up 1,882.17 points, 0.49 percent, from the the close of 385,199.03 a week earlier and 69,094.32 points, up by 21.73 percent, higher than the 2025 close of 317,986.88. ICTOP10 selection, 138 Student Living led the winners for the week with a gain of 44.19 percent, followed by Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund at 20.83 percent.
Looking forward, the ICInsider.com ICTOP10 forecast for Main Market stocks for 2026 to 2027 puts Berger Paints atop the list at 580 percent, well ahead of the rest of the field, with the company expected to record a major bounce in revenues and profit above the hurricane Melissa-battered 2025 results. JMMB Group is second at 431 percent and Sygnus Credit Investments is third at 418 percent flowing from a solid bounce in its 2026 profits compared with 2025 results. Sygnus Credit Investments also appeared among this week’s top six winners, rising 13.59 percent, so the forecast and recent price action point in the same direction. 
QWI Investments is fourth at 400 percent, putting four of the top seven at or above that mark. While interest increased recently, following one of the best profit performances since listing in 2019, the forecast for Jamaica Broilers is a 392 per cent gain. Margaritaville is forecast to deliver gains of 264 percent, It was one of the week’s best performers, up by 7.08 percent. Palace Amusement rounds out the top seven at 251 percent, and it too featured among the week’s top gainers with a 16.33 percent rise. Taken together, three of the seven forecast leaders also gained this week.
The ten winners averaged a gain of 16.00 percent, and the ten losers averaged a decline of 6.67 percent.
The six top winners this past week, posted large moves. 138 Student Living surged 44.19 percent, and Sagicor Select Manufacturing and Distribution Fund rose 20.83 percent. 
Sagicor Select Financial Fund popped 19.57 percent and Palace Amusement rose 16.33 percent. Sygnus Credit Investments eked out 13.59 percent, and First Rock Real Estate Investments closed up 12.36 percent.
On the downside, the six biggest decliners were led by Mayberry Jamaican Equities, with a fall of 12.03 percent. A.S. Bryden and Sons dropped 10.07 percent, and Jamaica Producers declined 8.78 percent. West Indies Petroleum lost 8.27 percent, Lasco Distributors fell 7.78 percent, and Pulse Investments closed down 5.94 percent.
It is unclear what impact the reduction in room count, arising from the closure of a number of hotels since November last year, is playing in the reduced visitor traffic.
Kintyre Holdings tops the ICTOP 10 list by a wide margin, with a projected return of 1,076 percent, reflecting expectations of a major recovery or re-rating relative to its current price, when the suspension of trading in its shares is lifted.
Top Losers. CAC 2000 led the market’s losers, shedding 16.67 percent for the week, the steepest decline among all Junior Market stocks. One on One Educational Services, followed with a fall of 9.72 percent and ISP Finance Services, down 9.2 percent. The Limners and Bards slipped 4.55 percent, while Omni Industries dipped 3.19 percent. Rounding out the bottom half of the losers’ list, Regency Petroleum slipped 2.64 percent, Stationery and Office Supplies fell 2.53 percent, One Great Studio Company eased 2.38 percent, Paramount Trading lost 2.22 percent and MFS Capital Partners closed out the list, with a 2.08 percent fall.
MFS Capital Partners is forecast at 190 percent even after its weekly decline, indicating ICInsider.com views the pullback as a buying opportunity rather than a shift in fundamentals.
Jetcon’s profit surged 567 percent in the first quarter to 10 cents per share with increased revenues of $428 million for the second quarter, from $227 million in 2025, with profit in the June quarter hitting $65 million, up from $33 million in 2025, with profit for the half year coming in at $124 million versus just $42 million in the similar period in 2025.
The year-to-date performance should not be taken as a foregone conclusion that the year will end as badly as it started. First quarter results of Junior Market companies show that more than half of the have increased profits, a sign that prices of these stocks should be rising in the months ahead if the positive profit trend continues. Since then, some early results for the second quarter are showing continuation of the positive earnings trend. 
Jetcon Corporation surged to the top of the market with gains of 129 percent, next is Future Energy, up by a solid 26 percent, following 2026 full year results to March. Jetcon’s profit surged 567 percent in the first quarter to 10 cents per share and seems on track for 45 cents for the full year. 
The year to date performance should not be taken as a foregone conclusion that the year will end as badly as it started. First quarter results of the Junior Market companies show more than half of them recording increased profits, a sign that prices of these stocks should rise in the months ahead if the positive profit trend continues for the majority of listed Junior Market stocks.
Grace delivered Interest and Other income along with its share of results of associates and joint ventures amounting to $2.17 billion, up 21 percent over the $1.79 billion in the second quarter in 2025. For the six months to June, the Group delivered an increase of 6.6 percent to $3.8 billion from $3.567 billion in 2025.
Remittance inflows for January to April 2026 continued the positive monthly trend since November last year. Flows to Jamaica amounted to a record US$1.1536 billion, 3.2 percent over the corresponding period in 2025, with earnings of US$1,118 billion. 
At the close of the market, the JSE Combined Market Index surged 8,783.32 points to finish trading on Friday at 360,744.16, the All Jamaican Composite Index jumped 10,632.40 points to close the week at a near 4-year high of 419,073.54, the highest since August 15, 2022. The JSE Main Index rallied 8,646.78 points to 354,542.95, the Junior Market Index rose 71.88 points to 3,030.66 and the JSE USD Market Index gained 1.56 points to end at 240.87.
In the preference share segment, Eppley 7.25% preferred share rose by $2.88 in closing at $19, followed by 138 Student Living preference share that dropped by $25 to $175, Productive Business Solutions 10.5% preferred stock popped $42 and ended at $1,200 and Sygnus Credit Investments C10.5% rose $1.99 to close at $106.
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