Declining stocks controlled trading closed on Monday, with the volume of stocks traded surging 118 percent higher, with the value rising 112 percent over Friday trades and leading to a decline in the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.
Market activity led to 38 securities trading compared to 36 on Friday and ended, with seven rising, 22 declining and nine ending unchanged. At the close, the Junior Market Index lost 31.27 points to settle at 3,217.20.
The PE Ratio, a measure used to compute appropriate stock values, averages 12 based on ICInsider.com’s earnings forecast for 2021-22.
A total of 7,417,126 shares traded for $21,433,263 compared to 3,408,470 units at $10,100,692 on Friday.
Future Energy Source led trading with 30.4 percent of total volume after an exchange of 2.26 million shares followed by Limners and Bards 19.8 percent with 1.47 million units and Derrimon Trading 11.3 percent with 837,570 shares.
Trading averaged 195,188 units at $564,033 in contrast to 94,680 shares sat $280,575 on Friday and month to date, an average of 203,402 units at $586,102, compared to 204,065 units at $587,883 on Friday. August closed with an average of 464,471 units at $1,258,652.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows five stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
At the close, AMG Packaging rose 5 cents to $1.71 in switching ownership of 23,781 shares, Blue Power fell 70 cents to $2.75, with 1,000 stock units crossing the exchange, CAC 2000 shed 65 cents in closing at $8.50 with an exchange of 9,395 units. Cargo Handlers declined 70 cents to $7.30 after exchanging 4,850 stocks, Caribbean Assurance Brokers lost 5 cents to close at $1.75, with 13,929 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Cream dropped 5 cents to $6, with 8,408 shares crossing the market. Consolidated Bakeries declined 10 cents to $1.80, trading 642 stock units, Elite Diagnostic lost 4 cents to close at $3.03 in trading 23,400 units, Express Catering shed 20 cents to $4.30 in exchanging 68,756 stocks. Fosrich climbed 8 cents to $8.10 after exchanging 2,042 units, Future Energy Source spiked 36 cents to $2.80 in trading 2,255,199 shares. General Accident dropped 24 cents to close at $5.30, with 230,444 stocks crossing the market, GWest Corporation fell 20 cents to 83 cents with the swapping of 11,048 shares, Honey Bun declined 78 cents in closing at $8.20 while exchanging 9,677 units. Indies Pharma lost 23 cents to close at $3.17 in an exchange of 11,606 stock units, Knutsford Express shed 15 cents to $6.85 in exchanging 1,011 units, Lasco Distributors popped 12 cents to $3.82 with 3,067 shares crossing the exchange. Limners and Bards fell 50 cents to $3.30 with the swapping of 1,469,967 units. Lumber Depot declined 10 cents in closing at $2.90 after exchanging 683,558 shares, Mailpac Group rallied 10 cents to $3.60 after trading 72,669 stocks, Medical Disposables dropped 47 cents to $4.47, with 343,907 stock units clearing the market. Stationery and Office Supplies shed 70 cents ending at $5.90 with 2,800 units crossing the exchange and Tropical Battery lost 4 cents to close at $1.27 while exchanging 69,176 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Rising T&T stocks beat out decliners
Market activity ended on Monday, resulting in more stocks rising than falling at the close of trading, with the market declining after trading 35 percent fewer shares, with 34 percent less value than on Friday, on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
At the close, 20 securities traded up from 16 on Friday, with five stocks rising, three declining and 12 ending unchanged.
The Composite Index popped 5.82 points to 1,430.09, the All T&T Index fell 2.55 points to close at 1,927.56 and the Cross-Listed Index climbed 2.07 points to settle at 125.83.
A total of, 349,908 shares traded for $3,861,485 from 542,289 units at $5,864,938 on Friday.
An average of 17,495 units traded at $193,074, compared to 33,893 at $366,559 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 25,588 units at $399,983 versus 26,317 units at $418,624. The average trade for August amounts to 16,186 units at $226,311.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows four stocks that ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
At the close, Agostini’s lost 10 cents to close at $24.40, trading 2,000 shares, Angostura Holdings remained at $17.10 with the swapping of 600 stock units, Ansa McAl ended at $57 with an exchange of 10,716 stocks. Calypso Macro Investment Fund shed 30 cents to $16.20, with 50 units clearing the market, Clico Investment Fund rose 7 cents to $26.57 after 4,094 units crossed the market, First Citizens Bank traded 790 shares at $50.50. GraceKennedy popped 5 cents in closing at $6.30 after an exchange of 1,680 stocks, Guardian Holdings closed at $32.75 while exchanging 206 stock units, Guardian Media remained at $3.10, with 385 units changing hands. JMMB Group popped 2 cents to $2.22 in an exchange of 63,500 stocks, Massy Holdings traded 615 stock units at $82, National Enterprises ended at $3.30 after 11,315 shares changed hands. NCB Financial Group advanced 24 cents to $8.25 after exchanging 235,375 stock units, One Caribbean Media dropped 60 cents to $4.26 in switching ownership of 1,000 stocks, Republic Financial Holdings remained at $135.45 after exchanging 4,491 shares. Scotiabank traded just two shares at $61.50, Trinidad & Tobago NGL close unmoved at $17 in exchanging 6,414 units, Trinidad Cement traded 2,000 shares at $3.90. Unilever Caribbean climbed 18 cents to close at $16.40 in trading 1,230 stock units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $30.99 with an exchange of 3,445 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Lumber back in ICTOP10
Markets keep bouncing around with no clear direction and could be weight down by a number of factors, including rising interest rates as Bank of Jamaica starts its tightening of the financial market, Barita Investments APO that will drain or divert funds from secondary trading of other stocks and the absence of any other major news that could move stock prices meaningfully. Against this background, there was little movement in and out of the ICTOP10 listings this past week.
Lumber Depot moved back into the ICTOP10 with the price pulling back under $3 and replaced tTech that enjoyed a price bounce from $4.20 last week to $4.50 this past week.
Elsewhere, in the Junior Market, Dolphin Cove rose $1 to $10.15 and Stationery and Office Supplies rose 85 cents to $6.60 and in the Main Market, Berger Paints rose $1.19 to $13.74, JMMB Group fell 76 cents to $35.74, Guardian Holdings dropped $19 to $590 and Grace Kennedy lost $2 to end at $100 as demand for the stock seems lukewarm at this stage of the market, with the third quarter results being a month and a half away and Sygnus Credit Investments rose 84 cents to $16.
The top three Main Market stocks are, Berger Paints followed by JMMB Group and Guardian Holdings, with expected gains of 212 to 257 percent for the three, versus last weeks’ 202 to 290 percent.
The top three stocks in the Junior Market, are Elite Diagnostic, followed by General Accident and Medical Disposables, with all three having the potential to gain between 224 percent and 291 percent, which is similar to last week.
This past week, the average gains projected for the Junior Market, moved from 209 percent to 197 percent and Main Market stocks moved from 170 percent to 173 percent.
The Junior Market closed the week with an average PE of 12 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings and currently trades well below the target of 20 as well as the historical average of 17, for the period to March this year, based on 2020 earnings. The TOP 10 trades at a PE of 6.9, with a 42 percent discount to that market’s PE and the potential to rise 67 percent to March next year, based on an average PE of 20.
The JSE Main Market ended the week with an overall PE of 16, a little distance from 19 the market ended at in March, suggesting a 23 percent rise at a PE of 19 and 29 percent at a PE of 20 from now to March 2022. The Main Market TOP 10 trades at a PE of 7.6, with a 52 percent discount to the PE of that market, well off the potential of 20.
ICTOP10 stocks are not intended to be a selection of the best stocks in the market but ones that are most likely to be the best winners within a fifteen months period. ICInsider.com ranks stocks to filter out the bigger winners from the rest, allowing investors to focus on potentially huge winners, helping to keep out emotional attachments to stocks that often result in costly mistakes being made.
IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to March 2022 and ranked in order of potential gains, based on likely increase for each company, taking into account the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and result in movements in and out of the lists weekly. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
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Gains for JSE US market to close week
Trading on the US dollar market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange ended on Friday with the index advancing after investors exchanged 97 percent fewer shares than on Thursday, with 99 percent less value, resulting in an even number of stocks rising and falling.
Similar to Thursday, trading on Friday ended with five securities changing hands, with the prices of one rising, one declining and three remaining unchanged.
The US Denominated Equities Index popped 1.44 points to end at 181.70.
The PE Ratio, a measure that computes appropriate stock values averages 11.5 based on ICInsider.com’s forecast of 2021-22 earnings.
Overall, 142,093 shares traded for just US$3,779 down from 4,784,977 units at US$360,436 on Thursday. Trading averaged 28,419 units at US$756 versus 956,995 shares at US$72,087 on Thursday, with an average of 101,668 shares at US$11,301, month to date, versus 107,672 units at US$12,166 on Thursday. August ended with an average of 210,413 units for US$12,959.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital fell 0.5 of a cent to 7 US cents with an exchange of 8,000 shares, Margaritaville remained at 9 US cents with 9,000 units traded, Proven Investments rose 0.04 of a cent to finish at 22.06 US cents with 1,938 stocks changing hands. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share settled at 12.5 US cents with the switching ownership of 8,155 stock units and Transjamaican Highway finished trading at 0.81 US cents with 115,000 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Declining TT stocks hold upper hand
Market activity ended on Friday, resulting in declining stocks overwhelming the sole stock that rose at the close of trading, after trading marginally more shares, with a 63 percent increase in value than on Thursday, at the close of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange.
Sixteen securities traded compared to 20 on Thursday, with one stock rising, seven declining and eight remaining unchanged. The Composite Index popped 3.29 points to 1,424.27, the All T&T Index advanced 7.16 points to 1,930.11 and the Cross-Listed Index dipped 0.12 points to settle at 123.76.
A total of, 542,289 shares traded, for $5,864,938 compared to 539,983 units at $3,609,797 on Thursday. An average of 33,893 units traded at $366,559, up from 26,999 shares at $180,490 on Thursday, and trading month to date averaging 26,317 units at $418,624 versus 25,851 units at $422,667. The average trade for August amounts to 16,186 units at $226,311.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Agostini’s dropped 5 cents to close at $24.50 after trading 5,312 shares, Ansa McAl remained at $57 with the swapping of 1,490 stock units, Clico Investment Fund shed 1 cent in closing at $26.50, with 38,472 units crossing the market. First Citizens Bank closed at $50.50 after 945 stocks crossed the market, FirstCaribbean International Bank remained at $6.60 in trading 2,775 stocks, GraceKennedy traded 15,510 stock units at $6.25. Guardian Holdings fell 20 cents in closing at $32.75, with 3,391 units crossing the exchange, Guardian Media finished at $3.10, with 197,915 shares changing hands, JMMB Group declined 2 cents to $2.20 after exchanging 434 shares. Massy Holdings lost 3 cents in ending at $82 after an exchange of 27,342 stock units, NCB Financial Group remained $8.01 in switching ownership of 40,000 units, Republic Financial Holdings dropped 1 cent to $135.45 in 877 stocks changing hands. Scotiabank gained $1.50 to close at $61.50 while exchanging 925 shares, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $17 trading 2,913 stocks, Trinidad Cement fell 6 cents to $3.90 with an exchange of 198,343 stock units and West Indian Tobacco closed at $30.99 after 5,645 units traded.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
First Rock Capital drives trading volume
First Rock Capital traded over 4.7 million stock units on the JSE USD market on Thursday, driving the volume of shares changing hands up by 6,728 percent, while the value surging 2925 percent above Wednesday’s levels and had a hand in rising stocks just outnumbering falling ones.
Five securities traded compared to four on Wednesday, with the prices of two rising, one declining and two closning unchanged. The US Denominated Equities Index inched 0.24 points higher to 180.26. The PE Ratio, a measure that computes appropriate stock values, averages 11.6 based on ICInsider.com’s 2021-22 earnings forecast.
Overall, 4,784,977 shares traded for US$360,436 compared to just 70,076 units at US$11,915 on Wednesday. Trading averaged 956,995 units at US$72,087 compared to 17,519 shares at US$2,979 on Wednesday and month to date averages 107,672 at US$12,166 versus 31,839 units at US$6,816 on Wednesday. August ended with an average of 210,413 units for US$12,959.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ending with a bid higher than the last selling price and one with a lower offer.
At the close, First Rock Capital rose half a cent to 7.5 US cents with a solid 4,728,266 shares traded, Margaritaville remained at 9 US cents with an exchange of 41,000 units, Proven Investments dropped 1.38 cents to end at 22.02 US cents with a transfer of 8,700 stock units. Sterling Investments increased by 0.4 of a cent to close at 2.14 US cents with 2,027 stocks changing hands and Sygnus Credit Investments USD stock settled at 12.5 US cents with 4,984 shares crossing the exchange.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.