Decline for JSE markets again

The Jamaica Stock Exchange continues to fall following the release of first quarter results and closed trading on Wednesday. The JSE Combined Index dropped 4,941.31 points to 405,097.60, with all three markets closed for the day, with investors continuing to pull in their horns until late June or early July.
In the main market, the All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 5,169.29 points to 449,757.41. The JSE Main Index shed  4,912.09 points to close at 391,568.41, the Junior Market slipped for a fourth day by 38.57 points to 4,336.16 and the JSE USD market index dipped 0.32 points to 222.86.
Investors exchanged 18,816,440 shares in all markets, with the value of stocks traded in the Main and Junior Markets amounting to $368.34 million and in the JSE USD market, US$15,594.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 25.6 based on 2021-22 earnings and 13.6 times those for 2022-23 at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.   
Investors need a series of measures and pertinent information to successfully navigate the many investment choices in the local stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help with decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational investment decisions by investing in stocks that are close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to take emotions out of the investment decision and put in on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The ICInsider.com PE Ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It shows companies grouped on an industry basis, allowing easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts that show the closing volume for the bids and offers.
The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2021 and 2022 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items. The PE Ratio is the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks.

Two JSE markets rise one fall

The Jamaica Stock Exchange three markets enjoyed mixed fortunes at the close of trading on Wednesday, with Main and Junior Markets recording gains, but the JSE USD market slipped modestly. The JSE Combined Index rose 1,616.71 points to close at 415,445.40.
The All Jamaican Composite Index climbed 2,293.01 points to 458,821.97, the JSE Main Index rallied 1,632.06 points to end at 401,425.56, the Junior Market rose 9.99 points to 4,462.21 and the JSE USD market index lost 1.15 points to end at 223.61.
Trading ended with an exchange of 24,826,294 shares in all markets. The value of stocks traded in the Main and Junior Markets totalled $446.3 million and the JSE USD market amounts to US$363,713.
The market’s PE ratio ended at 26.6 based on 2021-22 earnings and 14.6 times those for 2022-23 at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Investors need a series of measures and pertinent information to successfully navigate the many investment choices in the local stock market. The ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and the more detailed daily report charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help with decision-making.
Investors should use the chart to help make rational investment decisions by investing in stocks that are close to the average for the sector and not going too far from it unless there are compelling reasons to do so. This approach helps to take emotions out of the investment decision and put in on fundamentals while at the same time not being too far from the majority of investors. Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The ICInsider.com PE Ratio chart covers all ordinary shares listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange. It shows companies grouped on an industry basis, allowing easy comparisons between the same sector companies and the overall market.
The net asset value of each company is reported as a guide to assess the value of stocks based on this measure quickly. The chart also shows daily changes in stock prices and the percentage year to date price movement based on the last traded prices. Dividends payable and yields for each company are shown in the Main and Junior Markets’ daily report charts that show the closing volume for the bids and offers.
The EPS & PE ratios are based on 2021 and 2022 actual or projected earnings, excluding major one off items. The PE Ratio is the most popular measure used to determine the value of stocks.

 

Junior Market pulls back from record high

Trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market on Tuesday, with the volume of stocks traded diving by 59 percent and the value dipping 61 percent lower than on Monday, leading the market into a decline after 43 securities were traded, similar to trading on Tuesday and ended with 14 rising, 23 declining and six closing unchanged.
The Junior Market Index dropped 33.11 points to  4,452.22 after reaching a record intraday high of 4,543.70 within an hour of opening.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 14. The PE ratios of Junior Market stocks incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for companies with financial years closing up to the end of August 2023.
Overall, 13,201,837 shares traded for $72,767,087 up from 31,884,375 units at $188,460,185 on the Monday. Spur Tree Spices led trading with 2.42 million shares for 18.3 percent of total volume, followed by Future Energy Source with 2.33 million units for 17.7 percent of the day’s trade, Elite Diagnostic with 1.90 million units for 14.4 percent market share and Derrimon Trading with 1.05 million units for 7.9 percent market share.
Trading averaged 307,019 shares at $1,692,258 in contrast to 741,497 shares at $4,382,795 on Monday with month to date, averaging 524,258 units at $3,037,526 compared to Monday trades. April closed with an average of 449,923 units at $1,781,786.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and three with lower offers.
At the close, Blue Power advanced 26 cents in closing at $3.85, with 6,369 shares clearing the market, CAC 2000 increased 65 cents to close at $6.75 after exchanging 65 stock units, Dolphin Cove fell 60 cents to $21.40 in trading 48,298 units. Elite Diagnostic climbed 30 cents in ending at $3.90 after trading 1,902,202 stocks, Fontana fell 75 cents to end at $10.50 with 127,121 stocks changing hands, Fosrich rose $1.37 in closing at a 52 weeks’ high of $34.97 after an exchange of 575,546 units. Future Energy Source gained 28 cents to end at $6.78, with 2,333,516 shares changing hands, Honey Bun lost 20 cents to close at $9.27 in switching ownership of 15,379 stock units, iCreate shed 24 cents after ending at $3.24 trading 319,360 stock units. Iron Rock Insurance dropped 30 cents to $3.30 in exchanging 140 stocks, ISP Finance fell $7.49 to close at $22 with the swapping of 941 units, KLE Group lost 65 cents to end at $1.95 after trading 5,054 shares. Knutsford Express declined 10 cents to $7.90 in an exchange of 59,645 shares, Lasco Manufacturing shed 48 cents in ending at $5.10, with 57,949 stock units crossing the market, Mailpac Group rallied 13 cents in closing at $3.17 with an exchange of 137,725 units. Main Event dropped 87 cents in closing at $9 while exchanging 61,254 stocks, Medical Disposables declined 79 cents to close at $6 after 574,571 shares crossed the exchange, Spur Tree Spices fell 27 cents to end at $3.80 in exchanging 2,417,836 stocks. Stationery and Office Supplies lost $1.25 to close at $8.25, with 16,626 stock units changing hands and tTech popped 16 cents ending at $3.95 in trading 34,234 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Unemployment at record levels in Jamaica

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As Jamaica’s economy continues to recover from the negative effects of Covid-19, with a sharp drop in the number of persons unemployed and the number of persons employed is 16,000 less than the previous highest previous level in January 2020, according to data released by the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (Statin)
“In January 2022, there were 1,257,100 employed persons, an increase of 57,800 or 4.8 percent over January 2021”, Statin reported. But the 2022 numbers lag that of January 2020 with 1,273 million persons employed. With a full labour force of 1.34 million only 83,000 persons were regarded as unemployed as of January, the lowest on record with an unemployment rate of 6.2 percent bettering the previous lowest rate of 7.1 percent in October last year and much better than 8.8 percent for the same quarter of 2021.
While the unemployed numbers have fallen, the number of persons in the workforce declined from 1.373 million in 2020 to 1.34 million in 2022 a drop of 39,000. The job seeking rate declined to just 3.9 percent in the latest survey down from 4.9 percent in January 2020.
The largest increase in employment by occupation group was in ‘Clerks’. There were 120,500 persons employed in the occupation group ‘Clerks’ in January 2022, increased by 22,100 or 22.5 percent compared to January 2021.
Real Estate and Other Business Services had the largest increase by industry group compared to January 2021.

The Hampshire Apartments complex a Guardian Life project.

There were 126,600 persons employed in this industry group in January 2022, an increase of 25,200 or 24.9 percent versus the 2021 quarter. The second highest increase was in ‘Accommodation and Food Service Activities’, which employed 13,900 more persons.
The number of persons classified as Outside the Labour Force was 755,600 in January 2022, a decrease of 22,400 or 2.9 percent from 778,000 in January 2021.
Of import, the data would have done at a period when the tourism sector was operating at around 30 percent capacity as well as some other businesses that were yet to recover fully from the decline since 2020, as such the next reading could result in another fall in the unemployment rate and a strong possibility that total employment could get to record levels.

Profit bolts 43% at Lasco Manufacturing

Profit popped 43 percent in the December quarter to $403 million at Lasco Manufacturing, from $281 million in 2020. For the nine months to December, profit climbed 16 percent to $1.19 billion from $1 billion in 2020 resulting in earnings per share of 10 cents for the quarter and 29 cents for the year to date.

Lasco Manufacturing dominated Junior Market trading with 3.3 million shares.

Sales revenues rose 16 percent for the quarter, to $2.4 billion from $2.1 billion in 2020 and increased 14 percent for the year to date, to $7 billion from $6.2 billion in 2020.
Profit margin rose in the December quarter to 38 percent from 36 percent in 2020 and slipped from 38 percent in 2020 to 37 percent for current the year to date.  The effect, gross profit rose 22 percent in the quarter to $920 million from $754 million and increased 11.7 percent for the year to date, to $2.6 billion from $2.35 billion in 2020.
Administrative and other expenses rose marginally by 4 percent to $327 million in the quarter and slipped 3 percent in the nine months to $950 million from $983 million in 2020. Finance cost declined in the quarter, to $11 million from $15 million in 2020 and from $46 million in 2020 to $40 million for the nine months. Corporate taxes jumped 45 percent to $194 million from $134 million in the 2020 December quarter and by 87 percent to $521 million for the nine months from $279 million.
Gross cash flow brought in $1.4 billion but changes in working capital, loan repayment and the paying of $300 million in dividends, moved the cash position up by $331 million and resulted in cash funds on hand at $2.2 billion.
At the end of December, shareholders’ equity stood at $8.8 billion with long term borrowings at just $8 million and short term loans at $455 million. Current assets ended the period at $6.6 billion including trade and other receivables of $2.5 billion, cash and bank balance $2.56 billion. Current liabilities ended the period at $1.95 billion. Net current assets closed out the year at $4.7 billion.
IC Insider.com forecast is for earnings of 40-45 cents per share for the fiscal year with a PE of 11 times current year’s earnings at the last traded price of $4.60 on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
ICInsider.com assigns its coveted ICBUYRATED accolade on this stock.

Junior Market slips with robust trading

Trading activity picked up on Thursday, with the volume of stocks traded rising 24 percent and the value climbing 23 percent higher than on Wednesday and ended with rising stocks just edging out those that declined at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market, with Future Energy Source hitting a new record high of $5.02.

Future Energy new Beechwood Avenue service station

Overall, 40 securities traded against 41 on Wednesday with 18 rising, 17 declining and five ending unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 4.00 points to settle at 4,009.93.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 18. The PE ratio of each stock in the chart below is based on ICInsider.com earnings forecast for companies with financial years up to August 2022.
A total of 16,237,588 shares traded for $73,819,286 up from 13,064,259 units at $60,163,205 on Wednesday. Future Energy Source dominated trading with 7.16 million shares for 44.1 percent of total volume followed by Spur Tree Spices with 2.09 million units for 12.9 percent of the day’s trade and Mailpac Group with 1.24 million units for 7.6 percent market share and Lumber Depot ended with 1.19 million units changing hands for 7.4 percent market share.
Trading averaged 405,940 shares at $1,845,482 up from 318,640 shares at $1,467,395 on Wednesday and month to date, an average of 422,158 units at $1,736,927, compared to 424,334 units at $1,722,356 previously. January closed with an average of 319,395 units at $1,181,136.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Access Financial lost $1.48 to $20.02 in finishing at 16,240 shares, Blue Power dropped 19 cents to close at $3 exchanging 37,408 units, Caribbean Assurance Brokers gained 16 cents ending at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.40 as 204,605 stocks passed through the exchange. Dolphin Cove climbed 16 cents in closing at $29.95 after exchanging 182,924 stock units, Elite Diagnostic shed 23 cents to end at $3.26 with the swapping of 27,759 units, Express Catering fell 15 cents to $5.85 in switching ownership of 157,512 stocks. Fontana declined 50 cents to $10.50 and closed, with 413,248 stock units changing hands, Fosrich declined 10 cents to end at $14.20, with 21,133 shares crossing the market, Future Energy Source advanced 23 cents in closing at 52 weeks’ high of $5.02 after trading 7,159,766 units up to $5.20. Honey Bun lost 22 cents to close at $10.07 in an exchange of 157,085 stocks, Iron Rock Insurance rose 51 cents to $3.95 in swapping of 102,513 shares, Jamaican Teas shed 22 cents to close at $4.08, with 334,737 stock units changing hands. Lasco Financial rallied 46 cents to $3.78 with an exchange of 383,158 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing dipped 25 cents to $4.60, with 321,152 stocks clearing the market, Lumber Depot increased 26 cents to end at $3.89 1,194,535 units changing hands. Medical Disposables popped 35 cents to $7.10 in exchanging 2,810 shares, SSL Venture advanced 14 cents to $1.94 while exchanging 16,160 stock units, Stationery and Office Supplies increased 30 cents in closing at $7.30 with an exchange of 34,711 units and tTech fell 20 cents to close at $3.91 after 121,488 shares crossed the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Gains for JSE USD Market

Trading on Thursday ended with the volume of shares changing hands rising 29 percent more with 58 percent higher value than on Wednesday, at the close of the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market and resulting in the majority of stocks rising.
Trading ended with seven securities changing hands, up from four on Wednesday with prices of five rising and two declining.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index climbed 6.32 points to 204.80. The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 13.8. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with the financial year up to August 2022.
Overall, 643,585 shares traded, for US$54,243 compared to 498,081 units at US$34,261 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 91,941 units at US$7,749, compared to 124,520 shares at US$8,565 on Wednesday and month to date averages 81,988 shares at US$4,261 versus 80,405 units at US$3,706 on the previous day. January ended with an average of 91,572 units for US$7,142.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital USD share fell 0.09 of a cent to end at 6.9 US cents, with 16,345 shares clearing the market, Margaritaville popped 2 cents in closing at 24 US cents after switching ownership of one stock unit, Proven Investments advanced 0.02 of a cent in ending at 22.95 US cents exchanging 108,180 stock units. Sterling Investments shed 0.06 of a cent to close at 2.25 US cents with the swapping of 7,824 units, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share gained 0.93 of one cent to 12.93 US cents, with 15,250 units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway rose 0.05 of a cent in closing at 0.85 of one US cent after 485,400 stocks crossed the market.
In the preference segment, JMMB Group 5.75% rallied 7 cents to US$2.09 in exchanging 10,585 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

Profit climbs 24% in Q2 at Wisynco

Revenues at Wisynco Group jumped 19 percent for the quarter to December to $9.5 billion above the $8 billion for the similar quarter of the previous year while for the half year revenues were up 17 percent to $18.7 billion from $16 billion in 2020.

Wisynco traded at $20 on Friday after the posting of results.

“We have seen a continued recovery in our Revenues with all Channels increasing at vibrant levels. Exports as well for the quarter were up 103 percent over the same quarter of the prior year. Our increased efforts and focus have resulted in improved results in this area and we have noticed wider consumer acceptance for our products in these important export markets.” William Mahfood, Chairman and Andrew Mahfood, Chief Executive Officer stated in their joint report to shareholders. “Exports have moved from 3 percent of overall sales to 5 percent,” the chairman informed ICInsider.com.
Gross Profit climbed 24.3 percent for the quarter to $3.3 billion from $2.7 billion in the same quarter of the previous year while it grew 18.6 percent from $5.6 billion to $6.6 billion. Improvement in gross margin from 33.3 percent for the 2020 December quarter to 34.8 percent helped to swell the gross profit and helped to drive net profit for the quarter as well as a smaller rise in margins from 34.6 percent to 35.2 percent contributed to improved numbers for the half year and bodes well for the second half. Selling, Distribution expenses grew at a slower pace than sales revenues at 17.6 percent to $1.74 billion for the quarter and 11.4 percent for the six months to $3.39 billion from $3 billion in 2020. Administrative expenses for the quarter rose by 6 percent to $357 million from $337 million in 2020 and for the year to date, they rose 6.4 percent from $691 million to $735 million in the prior year.

Wata is one of Wisynco best-known brands

Profit before Taxation surged 84.6 percent for the quarter to $1.5 billion, over the $836 million in the comparative quarter for the prior year and includes an exchange gain of $280 million compared to an exchange loss of $26 million for the 2020 quarter. Profit before taxation for the half year jumped 51.6 percent to $2.8 billion compared to $1.9 billion in the prior year.
After provision for taxes, Wisynco recorded net profits attributable to stockholders of $1.2 billion, or 31c per share for the quarter, 74 percent greater than the $688 million earned for the prior year and the six months net profit rose from $1.54 billion to $2.13 billion, with 57 cents in earnings per share.
Cash inflows from operations were $2.9 billion, up from $2.45 billion in 2020.
Shareholders’ Equity stood at $17 billion, with borrowings at $1.9 billion. Current Assets ended the quarter at $16 billion up from $13 billion the previous year and Current Liabilities stood at $5.6 billion compared to $4.6 billion at the end of 2020. Cash funds and short term investments ended the period at $9.6 billion up from $6.9 billion in 2020, Mahfood points to this amount and suggests that it is not contributing much to profits. The conclusion is that the company will be on the watch for viable acquisitions to provide a better rate of return.

True Juice orange juice bottled and distributed by Wisynco.

The board declared an interim dividend of 20c per share, up from the 10 cents per share interim dividend declared in January 2021. The dividend will be paid on March 1, to shareholders on record on February 15. The stock trades ex-dividend February 14, 2022.
“We started to see a better turnaround in the operations from the middle of last year,” William Mahfood advised ICInsider.com. He felt that improved service to customers and increased attention paid to the cost were contributing factors as well. Mahfood indicated that January was a strong month for the group and hopes that it will carry through for the rest of the quarter. Although only around 10 percent of revenues go directly into the hotel sector, there is evidence of a strong rebound in tourism in the sector that is contributing to the resurgence in sales.
ICInsider.com projection is for earnings of $1.30 for the current year ending in June and $1.75 for the next fiscal year. The stock climbed from $17.75 before the release of the results after the market closed on Thursday to $20 at the close on Friday for a PE ratio of 15 and 11 times next year’s earnings.

Jamaica’s remittances hit US$3.5B in 2021

Total remittance inflows for December last year rose 6.7 percent to US$321.6 million compared to US$301 million generated in 2020 as total inflows for 2021 ended at $3.5 billion an increase of 20.4 percent or $600 million more than the $2.9 billion in 2020 bank of Jamaica report shows.
Total inflows are up by $1.09 billion over the inflows of $2.4 billion in 2020. The growth in the last two years has been the best since going back to 2007. The rate of increase in the last seven months of 2021 grew at an average of 9.5 percent over the same period in 2020 an indication that growth in 2022 is unlikely to be the average of 20.4 percent for 2021 or the 20.8 percent in 2020 over 2019. If the rate falls to say seven percent which is slightly above the increase in last year’s December total inflows would be in the order of $3.75 billion or $250 million more than for 2021.

More declines for Trinidad stocks

Price movements were mostly down at the close of trading on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday as the volume of shares exchanged surged 293 percent valued 38 percent more than on Wednesday.
The number of securities traded remained 16 as was the case on Wednesday, with two rising, six declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index slipped 1.40 points to 1,515.09, the All T&T Index declined 6.39 points to end at 2,120.41 and the Cross-Listed Index rose 0.55 points to settle at 121.57.
A total of 3,682,320 shares traded for $12,609,856 up from 937,553 units at $9,155,489 on Wednesday. An average of 230,145 units traded at $788,116 compared to 58,597 shares at $572,218 on the previous day, with trading month to date, averaging 105,529 units at $707,865 versus 53,059 units at $674,075. The average trade for January amounts to 39,943 units at $369,498.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, Agostini’s lost $1 to end at $45, with100 shares changing hands, Angostura Holdings ended unchanged at $19.99 with the swapping of 64 units, Ansa McAl dropped 25 cents in closing at $58.75 after ownership of 550 stock units was shifted. Clico Investment Fund remained at $29, with 256 stocks crossing the market, First Citizens Group declined $1 to $63 trading 269 units, FirstCaribbean International Bank rose 14 cents to $6.14 after 100 stocks changed hands. GraceKennedy finished at $6.10 with an exchange of 48,271 shares, Guardian Holdings shed 25 cents to close at $29.75 after 7,980 stock units cleared the market, JMMB Group ended at $2.30 after exchanging 3,381,000 units. Massy Holdings remained at $106 while exchanging 18,240 stock units, NCB Financial Group finished at $8 in swapping 186,740 stocks, One Caribbean Media rallied 10 cents to $4.20 after exchanging 20,200 shares. Republic Financial Holdings finished at $143 in an exchange of 2,128 stock units, Scotiabank ended at $72.01 after trading at 475 stocks, Trinidad & Tobago NGL fell 49 cents to $19.50 with an exchange of 300 shares and West Indian Tobacco shed 54 cents to $26.06 in trading 15,647 units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.

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