RA Williams gained 61 percent and slipped to the 5th position, on the Junior Market ICTOP10 this week. Fontana comes into the TOP10 at the expense of Iron Rock Insurance, with a gain of 15 percent to close out the week at $3.22, as the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange closed the week, with less than a one percent slippage, with the market index declining just 15 points to 2,923.65 from 2,939.15 points at the close of the prior week. Several stocks beat the market movement.
The past week’s top performing Junior Market stocks include five on this ICInsider.com TOP10 list. Those on the list are RA Williams Distributors, Access Financial, Caribbean Assurance, Main Event and Omni Industries.
The top 10 winners. The top performer for the past week by a wide margin was R.A. Williams Distributors, which surged 61.54 percent to 63 cents, more than four times the next best gainer. Iron Rock Insurance followed, with a 15 percent gain and Access Financial Services up by 14.92 percent.
ICTOP10 forecast. The market has many stocks with potential for above-average growth over the next year, with Kintyre Holdings at the top, with potential to gain 1,000 percent, followed by Express Catering 500 percent, Caribbean Assurance Brokers 370 percent, Caribbean Cream 350 percent. R.A. Williams Distributors is still in Junior Market ICTOP10, at number 5 with a potential gain of 200 percent. See above chart for all ten stocks.
Rounding out the top five winners for the week are Main Event Entertainment, up 14.33 percent and Spur Tree Spices rallied by 13.28 percent. Indies Pharma popped 12 percent, Limners and Bards climbed by 7.84 percent, Omni Industries rose by 6.82 percent, Consolidated Bakeries ended with a gain of 6.3 percent and JFP 5 percent.
Downside, Everything Fresh posted the biggest decline, falling 15.15 percent, followed by ISP Finance Services slipping 15.03 percent, GWest Corporation fell 14.55 percent, MFS Capital Partners dropped 12.73 percent, while Elite Diagnostic slipped 10.59 percent and EduFocal 10.53 percent.
The rest of the TOP10 losers are: Paramount Trading and Derrimon Trading, declining 10 percent, followed by ice cream makers, Caribbean Cream down by 8.75 percent and Blue Power 8.57 percent.
Overall, the winning stocks are dominated by the standout mover, R.A. Williams Distributors. The rest of the gains were modest and broadly spread across insurance, financial services, entertainment, food, and pharmaceuticals. On the losering side, declines were fairly evenly clustered between 8.5 percent and 15.2 percent, with no single stock experiencing an outsized drop, spanning sectors such as retail, finance, healthcare and trading.
Several Junior Market stocks posted strong gains during the past week. Edufocal led with a 46.15 percent surge, followed by One Great Studio up 13.16 percent, and Iron Rock advancing 12 percent. Other notable winners included ONEonOne with a rise of 11.11 percent, MFS Capital Partners gaining 10 percent and IPCL advancing 8.7 percent.
Express Catering, not without some flaws, including excessive interest-free lending to its parent company, is expected to generate improved profits in the current fiscal year, with tourism traffic to the country gradually improving. RA Williams sits in the number 3 position as of Friday, with first quarter results showing a major turnaround and delivering a solid rise in revenues and profit; Caribbean Assurance Brokers and Caribbean Cream follow. Main Event makes the list based on the assumption of a recovery in operations in 2027.
Company results for Main Market listed companies continue to show encouraging outcomes for the year, auguring well for increased stock prices for the balance of the year, barring any negative developments in the economy that could derail the market.
What the company results are pointing to is the potential for more gains in the months ahead if current trends holds.
Express Catering will benefit from the recovery expected in the tourism sector in the coming months and is one worth acquiring at current low prices. Caribbean Cream put in an impressive first quarter, with the price around $2, the upside is great, with projected earnings of 55 cents per share and RA Williams has returned to profit making and should deliver attractive gains in the months ahead. Image Plus and MFS Capital have been expanding with acquisitions and or expansion of existing business lines.
The market’s average PE is 9.5, with the TOP 10 averaging a mere 4 times this year’s earnings, suggesting a healthy upside going forward. Jetcon Corporation’s performance follows a doubling in revenues in the first quarter, and a 560 percent jump in profits. The stock is not in the TOP 10 currently, with the solid gains year to date. With ICInsider.com’s forecast of earnings at 45 cents per share, the stock should nearly double from the current price of $3.35 in heading to the $6-7 level by year end.
Caribbean Cream enjoyed a big bounce after returning to profit in the first quarter, pushing the price off the 2026 lows into the $2 region. Investors in the stock should enjoy a solid rise in price over the next twelve months, with earnings projected at 45 cents. RA Williams returned to a small profit in the 2026 fiscal year to April, following a surge in revenues, with indications of a jump in profits for the current year. AMG Packaging inclusion is based on recovery and expansion in the 2027 fiscal year, while MFS Capital Partners will enjoy greater revenues and profits from Cambio and other areas of expansion.
“This strong performance was driven primarily by higher sales volumes, reflecting sustained demand in the domestic market associated with ongoing recovery activities following Hurricane Melissa,” management stated.
Kintyre Holdings declined from the last report to as low as 39 cents, but strong buying in the stock pushed it back up to 54 cents by the close of the week. The stock holds the number one position in the TOP10, with considerable room to run, according to ICInsider’s earnings this yearprojection of 20 cents per share.
Kintyre doubled in price during December, leading the Junior Market list with potential gains of 567 percent, with Express Catering collapsing to $2.40 this week, with a potential to gain 313 percent. Sygnus Credit Investments leads in the Main Market with a potential gain of 444 percent, followed by Innovative Energy, 435 percent and JMMB Group, 400 percent.
IC TOP10 stocks that will likely deliver the best returns are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued companies when making investment decisions.
With the above gains, the stock sits at the number two position in the TOP10 chart, with more room to run, with ICInsider’s projection of 20 cents per share for earnings this year.
Stanley Motta dropped 11 percent but fell out of the Main Market ICTOP10, with Berger Paints returning after a long absence, based on an increase in projected earnings. Guardian Holdings declined 9 percent to $335 and JMMB Group rallied 9 percent to $18.49.
IC TOP10 stocks that will likely deliver the best returns are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued companies in making investment decisions.
The Junior Market ICTOP10 had a torrid period since late October, with nine stocks falling and none rising. Elite Diagnostics lead the list with a fall of 21 percent. Caribbean Assurance Brokers, is down just 3 percent, Consolidated Bakeries and Medical Disposables declined by 10 percent and fell out of the TOP10, following downward revisions to earnings following the release of third quarter results. The TOP10 charts list the other losers.
Caribbean Producers, TransJamaican Highway, along with Scotia Group and VM Investments fell out of the Main Market TOP10, with JMMB Group, Jamaica Broilers, along with the private creditor Sygnus Credit Investments and Stanly Motta joining the TOP10.