Mayberry’s latest stock picks

Mayberry Investments released their most recent recommendations for 6 Jamaica Stock Exchange listed stocks that they say are BUYS and their closing prices for 19th November.
The stocks selected are considered undervalued by Mayberry and are shown with earnings and PE ratios and comprise:• JMMB Group: $13.91 per share – P/E ratio 7.31 • Jetcon Corporation: $4.97 per share – P/E ratio 12.18 • Jamaican Teas: $4.10 per share – P/E ratio 10.73 • Sterling Investments: $15.50 per share – P/E ratio 8.34 • General Accident Insurance: $3.06 per share – P/E ratio 6.20 • Pulse Investments: $3.90 per share – P/E ratio 4.21
Mayberry indicates, that recent stock splits provide additional buying opportunities as stocks are more liquid and list the following as the candidates to benefit from stock splits.
Paramount Trading, Jamaica Stock Exchange, Cargo Handlers, EPPLEY Limited that will split the it’s $735 priced stock into 150 units, to take effect from the opening of trading on Thursday, December 1.
The Mayberry report also states that company developments that are positive, include the granting of commercial banking licence for the JMMB Group, Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s) to come within the next 3 months that will provide opportunities for new Investments as well as expansion plans at Honey Buns and National Commercial Bank’s record profits.

IC Insider’s view the top six selection a good choice, with some listed in IC Insider’s TOP 5 selection. the Mayberry’s selection seems to focus on historical or trailing earnings and could result in missed opportunities for investors. Jetcon’s PE is put at 12.18 which may be consider relatively high, suggesting that full year earnings would be 40 cents per share. Nine months earnings before tax is at that level, hence the PE seems overstated. Jamaican Teas earnings from continuing operations is 44 cents, with the stock priced at $4.10 the PE is around 9 and Pulse appears lowly valued but may require a lot of convincing of the market that that is the case, with a lot of its profit coming from real estate valuation gains and bartering arrangements.
Stock splits, create more liquidity in the stocks of companies that undertake them. Investors in the Jamaican market have driven most of the stocks that have split to full valuation and pushed the vast majority to be amongst the highest valued on the market.