IPOS and more IPOS

First Rock IPO closed on the originally scheduled day last week. There was no announcement made about the level of subscription, but IC Insider.com gathers the issue was oversubscribed.
Sharp on the heels of First Rock is Trans Jamaica Highway that is coming to gobble up as much as $14 billion. IC Insider.com’s preliminary review of Trans Jamaica Highway prospectus is that it lacks critical information for investors to make a proper assessment of the issue easily. So much is happening with the company finances, that investors should be provided with a profit forecast for 2020 and 2021 at least. Building a robust capital market requires more information not less. It is full time that investors get all relevant information so they can make informed investment decisions. The average Jamaican cannot make a proper assessment of this unusual company. It is unacceptable that some companies have to provide forecasted earnings regardless of how meaningless they may be and others with relevant information that can guide investors, keep it to themselves.
IC Insider.com’s preliminary assessment is that the PE ratio for Trans Jamaica based on estimated 2020 earnings is around 25. It not attractively priced as Wigton Windfarm. A more detail assessment of the offer will be coming soon.
IC Insider.com gathers from usually reliable sources that Caribbean Assurance Brokers’ prospectus will be out on Thursday as they seek to raise just $100 million from the market.