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7 junior stocks set to rise

April 13, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The bid on AMG is at $2.50 v $2.26 last sale, after reporting a 35% rise in profit.

Activity on the Junior Market closed with 5 securities traded ending with 94,837 units changing hands valued at $167,319. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 4.69 points to close at 727.89, with the price of 2 stocks advancing and 1 declining but there are 7 stocks that seem poised to arise in the days ahead.
At the close of the market, there were 7 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 12 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale. Noted amongst the stocks with higher bids are AMG Packaging with a bid of $2.50 against the last selling price of $2.26. The company reported 35 percent increase in 6 months profit and an even greater increase in the November quarter Caribbean Cream reported increased profit for the full year and the February quarter of $49 million or 13 cents for the twelve months and 5 cents for the quarter or $18 million. .

The bid for the stock is 66 cents versus the last price of 65 cents. Caribbean Flavours, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing and Medical Disposables all have bids higher than the last selling prices. The three Lasco companies should be reporting full year results at the end of April.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers that gained 10 cents in trading 2,200 shares, to close at an all-time high of $20.10. Caribbean Producers with 2,100 units put on 5 cents to $2.35, Jamaican Teas gained 2 cents to end at $2.55 while trading 11,606 shares, 15,400 Lasco Distributors’ shares traded at $1.37 and Lasco Manufacturing lost 5 cents in closing at $1.05 while trading 63,531 shares.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Jamaican Teas, Kremi, Lasco

Cargo Handlers jumps to $20

March 13, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Activity on the Junior Market closed with 7 securities traded ending with 1,101,423 units changing hands valued at $2,383,123. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 4.38 points to 721.03, with the price of 4 stocks advancing and 2 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and there were 7 that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial finishing with 7,000 shares changing hands, to gain 11 cents at $9.71. Cargo Handlers concluding trading with 51,200 shares with a gain of $1.20 to an all-time high of $20, General Accident finishing with 58,723 shares changing hands, and ended up 5 cents more at $1.66, Lasco Financial concluding trading with 100,000 units to close with a 1 cent gain at $1.16, Lasco Distributors ending with 120,000 shares changing hands at $1.55, Lasco Manufacturing contributed 760,500 and lost 3 cents to $1.15 and Medical Disposables ending trading with 4,000 shares with a loss of 5 cents to $1.75.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, General Accident, Lasco, Medical Disposables

Lasco Manufacturing on top

February 17, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Lasco water treatment machines, part of the new factory facility at the White Marl in St Catherine,

Lasco Manufacturing stole the spotlight in the junior market on Tuesday, with more than 3.4 million shares changing hands but the price slipped 10 cents at the close. Trading closed with 8 securities being active, ending with 4,447,822 units changing hands valued at $5,715,609.
The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.92 points to close at 717.77, with the prices of 5 stocks advancing and 2 declining. At the close of the market, there were 2 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 3 with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities had no stocks being offered for sale.

Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers finished with 800 shares as the price jumped at 80 cents to a new all-time high of $17, Caribbean Flavours closing with 101,873 shares to end with an increase of 15 cents to $2.35, General Accident ended trading with 383,758 shares trading at 5 cents to $1.70, Jamaican Teas closing with 200 units trading at 1 cent more to $2.56, Lasco Distributors closing with 500,000 units and put on 3 cents to $1.51. Dolphin Cove closed with 400 units trading to end at 29 cents to $8.51, Lasco Manufacturing in trading 3,458,331 shares lost 10 cents to $1.17, Paramount Trading finished with 2,460 shares changing hands at $4.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Jamaican Teas, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading

Junior market up 2% on Friday

January 30, 2015 by IC Insider.com

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Junior market stocks gained on Friday spurred by strong profit performance by a number of companies. Activity on the Junior Market closed with 6 securities traded ending with 596,102 units valued at $1,102,644. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 13.55 points or 2 percent to close at 689.58, with the price of 4 advancing and none declining.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices, there were no stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market ended with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and there were 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial closed with 6,920 shares trading with an increase of 24 cents to $9.20. Cargo Handlers exchanged 21,915 units, as it gained 20 cents to close at an all-time high of $16.20, Lasco Distributors finished with 5,431 shares trading, while rising 12 cents to $1.30. Lasco Financial ending with 23,226 units to close with a gain of 5 cents at $1.05, General Accident exchanged 10,696 units trading at $1.80 and Lasco Manufacturing closed with 527,914 units trading at $1.20.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, Cargo Handlers, General Accident, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing

Cargo Handlers profit up 43%

January 27, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Junior market Cargo Handlers, reported their first quarter results to December, last year, continuing the strong growth trend of the 2014 fiscal year, with another impressive increase in operating revenue which jumped 40 percent over 2013, to $62 million. Profit was up by 43 percent to $40 million, ending with earnings per share of 96 cents. Other income fell from $6.8 million to $341,000.
Trading on the Junior Market was very low but for lack of buying interest but more due to sellers holding out for higher prices and in a number of cases there is no selling interest for nearly a third of the listings.
The market closed with only 4 securities traded and ended with 78,878 units valued at $142,210. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 0.35 points to close at 692.76, with the price of 1 advancing and none declining. At the close, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 stocks with the offer that was lower. The junior market closed with only 3 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Producers closing with 970 shares and gained 1 cent to $2.05, Blue Power ending with 1908 units changing hands at $6.51, Eppley 9.5% preference share traded 10,000 units at $6 and Lasco Financial ended trading with 66,000 shares at $1.05.

Filed Under: Buy Rated, Company News, Company Results, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Producers, Eppley, Lasco Financial

Cargo Handlers’ Q4 profit doubles

January 1, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Profit for the September quarter at Cargo Handlers is up 117 percent over the 2013 results to $49.7 million from revenues that climbed a very strong 77 percent. Profit rose by a smaller 55 percent, for the nine months ending September this year, to $131.7 million or $3.52 per share from revenues for the nine months of $220 million.
Other income, mainly foreign exchange gains, fell 13 percent in the quarter and was flat for the year, at $16 million. During the year the company earned $13.6 million from leasing and $8.9 million from management fees charged to a related party – Bulk Liquid Carrier and Petroleum Transport Ltd.
Administrative expenses dropped 31 percent in the quarter and 9 percent for the year but operat9ing expenses climbed 37 percent for the quarter and 22 percent for the year well below the increase in revenues. The company paid a dividend of $1.80 per share during the year for a yield in excess of 13 percent based on the stock price of $13.50 at the start of 2014.
Looking forward the foreign exchange gains earned in the last two years is unlikely to repeat in 2015 as the Jamaican dollar is unlikely to slip to the same degree it did in the recent past, so earnings will need to exclude most of these gains which amounts to just over 40 cents per share. Investors could be looking at earnings per share around $4.80 in 2015. At a price of $16 the stock is undervalued but they are difficult to come by.
Equity capital stood at $200 million and net book value at $5.33 per share. There is virtually no borrowings and cash of $93 million.
The company is involved in primarily in stevedoring services and is in the process of acquiring a petroleum haulage company which it now manages pending completion of the sale. The stock is listed on the Jamaican Stock Exchange.

Filed Under: Buy Rated, Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Bulk Liquid Carrier and Petroleum Transport Ltd, Cargo Handlers, company results, Jamaica Stock Exchange

Cargo Handlers at new high

December 23, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Cargo Handlers closed at a new all-time high, on the junior market on Tuesday, but with only a small volume and Blue Power was by far the leading trade with a value of $3,370,500. Activity elsewhere saw trading in only 6 securities traded and ended with 739,790 units valued at $3,626,764.
At the close of the JSE Junior Market Index rose 5.63 points to close at 688.61 with the price of 2 advancing and 2declining. Trading ended with 3 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market had only 4 securities closing without bids to buy. There were 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stock trading on the junior market on Tuesday are, Cargo Handlers that ended trading with 220 shares and jumped $1.40 to close at a new high of $16. Dolphin Cove closed with 2,000 shares, the price rose 50 cents to $9. Lasco Financial ended with 17,700 shares trading and lost 1 cent to 97 cents, Lasco Manufacturing closed 1 cent lower at $1.11 while trading 146,870 shares. Blue Power closed trading with 535,000 units, the price ended at $6.30 and Lasco Distributors closed with 38,000 shares at $1.45.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Dolphin Cove, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing

Activity picks up on junior market

December 22, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Dolphin Cove was one of the stocks gaining on the junior market on Monday

Activity is picking up in the junior market with far less stocks closing without bids on Monday. There has been noticeable improvement in this measure over the last two weeks with the number falling from as high as 11 a few weeks ago.
Trading on the Junior Market closed with only 7 securities traded and ended with 187,106 units valued at $207,965. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 3.44 points to close at 682.98, with the price 4 advancing. At the close of the market, there was 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 2 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to show improvement in sentiment with only 4 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
The stocks trading in the junior market on Monday are, Cargo Handlers that ended with 754 shares changing hands, to close with a gain of 40 cents at $14.60. Dolphin Cove ended with 2,475 trading to close 40 cents higher at $8.50, Lasco Manufacturing finished trading 32,500 units for 2 cents more at $1.12, Medical Disposables concluded trading with 7,000 shares changing hands, to close 5 cents up at $1.75. AMG Packaging closed with 23,300 units trading as the price remained at $2.15, Lasco Distributors closed with 15,000 shares changing hands at $1.45 and Lasco Financial finished with 106,077 shares at 98 cents.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables

Lasco Manufacturing dominates juniors

November 27, 2014 by IC Insider.com

Heating of raw material to make bottles for Lasco’s new drinks

The Junior Market closed with 7 securities trading with Lasco Manufacturing accounting for 2.5 million units of the stocks to trade and resulted in activity in 3,366,459 units valued at $3,455,131. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 6.53 points to close at 685.49, with the price 5 advancing and none declining.
At the close of the market, there were 1 stock with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower. The junior market continues to exhibit weakness with 7 securities closing with no bids to buy. There were 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Cargo Handlers concluded trading with 500 shares while gaining 90 cent $15, the high first reached in February this year. Lasco Distributors ended trading with 407,000 shares and increased of 10 cents to $1.50, Lasco Financial closed with 3,000 shares as the price climbed 1 cent to 94 cents. Lasco Manufacturing finished trading with 2,483,104 shares changing hands, to close 3 cents higher to $1.02, Paramount Trading saw trading in 15,255 shares as the price climbed 5 cents to $2.60, Caribbean Cream ended with 457,500 shares changing hands, to close at 71 cents and Access Financial ended with 100 shares changing hands to close at $10.01.
Blue Power released six months results to October showing profits of $52 million compared to $55 million in the same in 2013. For the three months profit declined to $22.8 million from $25.2 million as the lumber division contributed lower revenues than in 2013. Earnings per share are still strong at 91 cents and should go on to approach the $2 level by year end.

Filed Under: Company News, Company Results, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Cargo Handlers, Lasco, Paramount Trading

KLE Group 15.8m shares dominated JSE

September 9, 2014 by IC Insider.com

In Tuesday’s trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, struggling junior market listed, KLE Group traded 15,846,209 units for a value of $15,85 million, as a few shareholders offloaded their holdings. The stock accounted for 76 percent of the volume traded during the day. The prices of 8 stocks rose and 3 declined as 25 securities changed hands, resulting in 20,967,566 shares trading, valued at $52,029,951.
Main Market| The JSE Market Index gained 286.33 points to 71,912.74 and the JSE All Jamaican Composite index rose 320.17 points to 79,119.70.
Gains| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with gains, at the end of trading in the main market are, Desnoes & Geddes with 500 shares to close with a gain of 9 cents at $4.59, Jamaica Broilers with 500 trading to close 1 cent higher at $4.53, National Commercial Bank 22,590 shares, closing 20 cents higher at $18.20 and Proven Investments ordinary share, traded 9,100 units for a gain of 0.10 US cent to end at 17.25 US cents.
Firm| The stocks in the main market to close without a change in price, with volume and last traded prices are, Caribbean Cement 2,500 units to close at $2.70, Ciboney with 4,000 shares at 7 cents, Grace Kennedy with 350 shares, ended at $60.50, Jamaica Money Market Brokers 12,500 units traded at $6.95, Pan Jamaican Investment had 36,815 units exchanged at $49, Sagicor Group 29,379 shares at $9.30 and Scotia Group with 15,512 shares at $19.

Declines| The volume and last traded prices of stocks with losses, at the at the end of trading in the main market are, Carreras with 257,986 shares, lost 30 cents at $34.50 and Jamaica Producers with 1,272,314 shares lost 3 cents at $15.58.
Preference| Jamaica Money Market Brokers 8.75% preference share 241,000 closed at $3 and Proven Investments 8% preference share saw 71,400 units being exchanged at $5.
Junior Market| The JSE Junior Market Index gained 3.01 points to close at 656.87 as 10 stocks traded, with 3 advancing and 1 declining.
Gains| Stocks recording gains at the end of trading in the junior market, are Cargo Handlers with 720 shares, to close with a gain of 20 cents at $14.10, Dolphin Cove had only 240 units changing hands, to close 50 cents up at $8.50 and Lasco Distributors traded 79,000 shares, with a 2 cent rise to $1.13.
Firm Trades| Stocks in the junior market that traded to close at the same price as the day before are, Blue Power with 6,000 shares at $9.05, Jamaican Teas 4,000 units at $3.30, KLE 15,846,209 units at $1, Knutsford Express 3,188 shares at $5, Lasco Financial with 50,000 units, ended at $1 and Lasco Manufacturing had 3,000,961 shares trading at $1.04.
Declines| Just one stock declined in the junior market at the end of trading, as AMG Packaging lost 3 cents, in trading 802 units at $2.40.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 4 stocks with offers that were lower.