Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 15 securities trading, and ended with 1,497,036 units changing hands valued at $. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 25.44 points to close at 907.33, with the price of 3 stocks advancing and 9 declining and 2 closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there is just 1 stock with the bid that is higher than their last selling price and only 2 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging, ending with 5,500 shares changing hands, to close 1 cent lower at $3.19, Caribbean Cream trading 20,000 shares, 10 cents higher to new all-time high of $1.85, Caribbean Flavours finishing with 1,667 shares trading to close 1 cents higher at $2.09. Consolidated Bakeries ended with 65,234 units changing hands but lost 2 cents to close at $1.15, Derrimon Trading finished with 3,599 shares trading to close 10 cents higher at $2.20. 
Dolphin Cove concluding trading with 3,333 shares changing hands to close 25 cents lower at $11. General Accident Insurance ended trading with a loss of 20 cents to close at $1.75 with 34,252 shares trading, Honey Bun lost 33 cents in trading just 2,053 units. KLE Group traded 3,500 shares at 70 cents, Lasco Distributors traded 348,516 shares to close lower by 20 cents at $1.40, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 671,000 units with the price slipping 6 cents to $2. Lasco Manufacturing had 124,982 shares changing hands as the stock traded lower by 5 cents to $1.45, Paramount Trading ended trading with 200,000 shares to end unchanged at $5.50 and Eppley 10% preference share closed trading with 8,400 units and lost just 1 cent to $6 and the company’s 9.5% preference share saw 5,000 units treading at $6.01
9 down 3 up on junior market
Carib Producers tops trading
Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 7 securities trading, and ended with 8,635,658 units changing hands valued at $25,070,304 as Caribbean Producers accounts for the majority of the volume and value of trades. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 11.91 points to end at a new closing high of 912.66, with the price of 2 stocks advancing, 1 declining and 1 closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Producers traded 7,617,000 units to close at $2.88, after it traded earlier in the trading session at $3. General Accident Insurance concluded trading with just 5,822 shares changing hands to end at $2, Jamaican Teas ended with 150,000 shares trading unchanged at $3.50, Lasco Distributors traded 322,540 shares at $1.70, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 216,350 units, 5 cents at an all-time high of $1.86. There was dealing in 69,846 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 2 cents to $1.38 and Derrimon Trading 9.5% preference share closed trading with 254,100 units at $2.50.
16 junior stocks traded 9 up 2 down
Caribbean Cream traded over 700,000 shares and closed at a new all time high on Tuesday
At the close, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and none with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 9 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial trading 500 shares to close at $17, AMG Packaging ending with 800 shares changing hands to close higher by 1 cent at $3.20, Blue Power closed with 6,350 shares trading at $9.50, Cargo Handlers finishing with 205,972 units, closed at a new high of $22.29, after gaining a cent. Caribbean Cream traded 703,034 units to end at $1.25 to gain 10 cents, Caribbean Flavours closed trading with 8,581 shares but lost 5 cents to end at $2, Caribbean Producers with 59,329 shares traded unchanged at $2.80, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 30,000 shares changing hands to close 10 cents Higher at $2. Honey Bun traded 11,973 units at $2.69 after adding 7 cents.
Jamaican Teas had 10,000 shares changing hands at $3.50, Lasco Distributors traded 62,000 to close 6 cents higher at $1.66, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 622,000 units, between $1.60 and $1.71 but the price lost 2 cents to $1.65. There was dealing in 201,993 shares of Lasco Manufacturing, the stock closed with an 11 cents rise to $1.40, Paramount Trading ended with just 2,543 units changing hands to gain 15 cents to $3.95, Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference share saw trading in just 900 units with a 25 cents gain to $2.50 and Eppley 9.5% preference share had 12,800 units trading at $6.01.
Derrimon profit jumps 83%
Derrimon Trading profit climbs 83 percent in the March quarter to $20.5 million although sales declined by 4.8 percent in in to $1.296 billion. Despite the sale decline, gross profit increased 17 percent from $142 billion to $166 billion.Other income declined from $12.6 million down to $5.5 million and distribution expenses fell $2.5 million to $21.7 million but administrative expense were up nearly $5 million to $119 million, interest cost rose from $14.9 million to $18.88 million. The company’s shares of associated company – Caribbean Flavours and Fragrances results contributed $8.36 million to the net results. There was no ownership of the associate in the similar period in 2014.
Decline in sales is not what investors want to see from a company, even when profit rise, looking forward increasing sales is what is going to drive profits and stock prices.
During the quarter under review, the directors approved the acquisition of the assets of Northern Cash and Carry as part of the strategy to expand the Sampars footprint at strategic locations island wide.
The financial structure remains a bother and places the company at a high level of risk with debt of $657 million including preference shares of $250 million and equity of only $380 million. Of the total loans, $335 million are short term and due within a year. There is also cash funds of $81 million but with the new acquisition approved, some of the cash is likely to be used to fund the purchase. With the short term loan due within a year, the company will have to restructure the loans as it is not producing the type of cash flow that would facilitate repayment from internally generated funds. In short, the company needs more equity capital or it ought to have a hybrid of debt, with an option to convert to equity at some point in time in the future.
Earnings per shares ended at 8 cents for the quarter and should end at around 32 cents for the year. The stock traded last on the Jamaica stock market at $2.15 putting the PE at 6.7 times earnings, not leaving much room for growth in the current market environment and valuation of junior market companies at present.
9 stocks rose on junior martket
A fall in the price of dolphin cove helped pull the junior market index south
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 8 with lower offers. The junior market ended with only 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial ending with 3,540 shares changing hands, to close lower by 2 cents at $17, Caribbean Cream closed with 100 shares trading at $1.19 to gain 14 cents, but ended with an offer of 120,000 shares at $1.10. Caribbean Flavours finished trading with 15,774 units to close with a gain of 24 cents at $2.10, Caribbean Producers with 28,511 shares trading, ended higher by 15 cents to a 52 weeks’ high of $3.15, but had an offer of 18,000 units at $3.
Consolidated Bakeries traded unchanged at $1, with just 1,045 shares, Derrimon Trading finished with 38,000 shares changing hands and gained 15 cents to $2.15, Dolphin Cove had just 1,398 units changing hands at $10 while losing 75 cents, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 6,507 shares changing hands, to close 17 cents higher at $2.17. Lasco Distributors traded 21,609 shares, 10 cent higher, at $1.65, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 60,200 units, the price rose just 1 cent, to $1.31. There was dealing in 22,900 shares of Lasco Manufacturing as the stock traded lower by 3 cents to $1.37, Medical Disposables contributed 34,000 shares with the price rising 10 cents, to $1.90 and Paramount Trading ended trading with 4,000 shares to end with an increase of 4 cents at $3.76.
Junior market slips
Derrimon is 1 of just 2 stocks gaining in the junior market on Tuesday
At the close of the market, there were 5 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 1 with a lower offer. The junior market ended with 2 securities closing with no bids to buy and 6 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Access Financial traded 22,300 shares at $17.02 after falling 98 cents, Blue Power closed with 18,000 shares trading at $9.80, Cargo Handlers finished with 83,555 units to close with a gain of 20 cents to a new all-time high of $22.28, Caribbean Cream with 113,591 shares closed at $1.05 after losing 15 cents, Caribbean Producers with 233,489 shares closed at $3 to shed 7 cents, Dolphin Cove had just 300 shares trading to close at $10.75, for a fall of 27 cents, Derrimon Trading Company closed with 12,000 units trading at $2.08, up 4 cents as the company reported improved results for the march quarter with Net profit of $20.5 million compared with profit of $11.2 million in 2014.
General Accident Insurance traded 212,352 units to close at $2 after shedding 18 cents in response to poor first quarter results. Knutsford Express had only 1,000 shares changing hands at $6, Lasco Distributors ended with 1,024,375 shares trading at $1.55, for a 10 cents loss, Lasco Financial traded just 93,857 units at $1.30 with a loss of 1 cent and Lasco Manufacturing traded 6,886 units unchanged at $1.40.
Junior market inches away from high
Trading picked up on the Junior Market with 10 securities trading, the most for some time, and ended with 1,459,016 units changing hands valued at $$1,840,696. The JSE Junior Market Index rose 12.24 points to close at 836.83, juts 4 points from the all-time high. The price of 5 stocks advanced, none declined with 1 closing at a 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the market, there were 4 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 3 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 3 securities closing with no bids to buy and 7 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 15,100 shares changing hands at $3.30, Caribbean Cream trading 1,020,000 shares at 96 cents for a new 52 days closing high but traded as high as $1.05. Caribbean Producers with 11,000 shares trading, 
closed higher by 12 cents at $2.90. Consolidated Bakeries traded only 100 units at $1, Derrimon Trading finished with 2,335 shares to close unchanged at $2.04, Jamaican Teas ending trading 12,700 shares to gain 6 cents to $2.61, Lasco Distributors ended with 133,688 shares trading, 3 cents higher at $1.50, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 19,575 units, the price was unchanged at $1.30. There was dealing in 216,282 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded higher by 1 cent to $1.35 and Eppley 2019 preference share exchanged 28,236 units at $6.
7 stocks rose on junior martket
Caribbean Producers enjoyed another day trading high volume
At the close of the market, there were 6 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and only 2 with lower offers. The junior market ended with 4 securities closing with no bids to buy and 5 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, AMG Packaging ending with 137,533 shares changing hands to close higher by 25 cents at $3.25, Blue Power closed with 230 shares trading at $8.81, Cargo Handlers finished with 20,000 units to close with a gain of 25 cents to a new all-time high of $21.75, Caribbean Producers with 717,178 shares trading lower by 12 cents to $2.88, Derrimon Trading finished trading with 47,549 shares to closed unchanged at $2.04, General Accident Insurance concluded trading with 55,800 shares changing hands to close 2 cents higher at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.82. Lasco Distributors
traded 5,000 shares trading, 1 cent higher, at $1.46, Lasco Financial Services finished trading with 322,888 units, the price slipped 7 cents to $1.23. There was dealing in 6,918 Lasco Manufacturing’s shares as the stock traded lower by 1 cent to $1.34, Medical Disposables contributed 30,000 shares with the price rising 20 cents, to $1.90, Paramount Trading ended trading with 10,000 shares to end with an increase of 39 cents at $3.99. Eppley 9.5% preference share closed trading with 17,150 units and put on just 1 cent to $6.01 and the company’s 2019 preference share exchanged 245,000 units at $6.
CPJ trades 1.74m shares
Activity on the Junior Market ended with 9 securities traded, comprising 2,201,563 units changing hands, valued at $4,588,656, Caribbean Producers dominated trading with more than 1.74 million units to close at $2.31 in only two trades as the stock gained 1 cent. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 7.17 points to close at 740.74, with the price of 6 stocks advancing and 2 declining and 1 remained unchanged.
At the close of the market, there were 3 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 1 with the offer that was lower. The junior market ended with 5 securities closing with no bids to buy and 10 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Caribbean Cream trading 25,055 shares at 65 cents as the price rose by 5 cents. Caribbean Flavours had 10,968 units changing hands, 5 cents higher at $1.85, Derrimon Trading put through 15,000 shares at $2.04, Honey Bun traded 10,000 shares but lost 11 cents in closing at $1.80. Lasco Financial Services had 15,000 units trading 5 cents higher, at $1.15, Lasco Manufacturing traded 352,851 units for 7 cents more at $1.13, Medical Disposables put through 27,000 shares in trading and ended up 4 cents better off at $1.80 and Paramount Trading had 4,905 units changing hands at $3.55 for a 55 cents fall.
8 junior bids more than last sale
Activity on the Junior Market closed with 7 securities traded, ending with 123,044 units changing hands valued at a mere $321,011. The JSE Junior Market Index gained 2 points to close at 707.57, with the price of 2 stocks advancing and 2 declining.
At the close of the market, there were 8 stocks with bids higher than their last selling prices and 2 stocks with offers that were lower, a strong indicator of rising prices ahead. The junior market ended with 6 securities closing with no bids to buy and 8 securities that had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial finishing trading with 10,310 units as the price gained 29 cents to $10, 
Lasco Financial with 49,804 shares changing hands, 2 cents higher to $1.07, Consolidated Bakeries concluding trading with 2,000 shares changing hands at 82 cents, Eppley 9.5% preference shares trading 11,694 units at $6. General Accident finishing trading with 22,470 shares at $1.67, AMG Packaging closing with 12,260 units trading lower by 24 cents at $2.25, and Honey Bun dealing in 14,506 units with a loss of 4 cents to $1.91.
Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference share, was listed on Friday but there were no trades, nor interest to buy or sell during the day.
