Q4 profit doubles at Tropical Battery

Recently listed Tropical Battery saw profit after tax soaring 107 percent in the September quarter, to $27 million from $13 million in 2019, bettering the nine-month increase of 18.6 percent over the 2019 period for pretax profit. For the year to September, profit rose a more modest 16 percent to $73 million from $63 million in 2019.
Sale revenues
rose just 2.6 percent for the quarter, to $506 million from $493 million in 2019, but rose 7 percent for the year to date, to $1.87 billion from $1.74 billion in 2019.
The September quarter benefited from improved profit margin to 31.8 percent from 29.9 percent in 2019 and rose to 31.3 percent for the year, from 30.2 percent for 2019. Gross profit rose 9 percent in the quarter to $161 million from $147 million in the previous year and increased 11.2 percent for the year, to $585 million from $526 billion in 2019.
Administrative expenses grew 11 percent to $123 million in the quarter and 10.5 percent in the year period to $456 million. Finance cost rose in the quarter, to $13 million from $9 million in 2019 and $19 million to $38 million for the year.
Gross cash flow brought in $109 million but growth in receivables, inventories, addition to fixed assets offset by loan inflow, proceeds from the sale of shares and reduced payables, cash funds ended at $261 million. Net current assets ended the period at $827 million, including trade receivables of $314 million, amounts due from related parties at $177 million and cash and bank balances noted above. Current liabilities closed the period at $229 million. At the end of the year, shareholders’ equity stood at $776 billion, with borrowings at just $415 million.
“As a part of our Strategic 2021 Growth Plan, we will be focusing on creating shareholder’s value through acquisitions and partnerships of aligned profitable companies in Jamaica and across the Caribbean region. To this end, we have entered into discussions with several key partners to assist in identifying suitable acquisition targets”, March Melville, Chairman and Alexander Melville, Managing Director, stated in a jointly signed report accompanying the quarterly.
Earnings per share after tax came out at two cents for the quarter and six cents for the year. The company’s net asset value is 68 cents, with the stock selling at 76 percent above book value. With the company profits now being free of taxation, having listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange, earnings are adjusted to 8 cents, giving it a PE ratio of 15 times earnings, based on the stock price of $1.20 the traded at on Friday. IC Insider.com is forecasting 10 cents per share for a PE of 12 times 2021 earnings.

Profit more than doubles at Kremi

Profit after taxation at the IC Insider.com BUY RATED Caribbean Cream more than doubled, with a jump of 110 percent for the six months to August and 220 percent in the August quarter, to $74 million from $35 million in 2019 for the half-year and a rise from $14.7 million for the 2019 quarter to $47 million.
Operating revenues rose nine percent for the quarter, to $461 million from $422 million and six percent for the year to date, from $840 million in 2019 to $891 million. For the fiscal year to February, this year, revenues rose by 10 percent to $1.7 billion.
Improvement in profit margin resulted in gross profit rising faster than sales with 15 percent improvement in the first half of the year to $310 million versus $269 million in 2019 and 28 percent in the August quarter with gross profit of $171 from $133 million.
Selling, distribution and administrative expenses declined from $114 million in the 2019 quarter, to $111 million in 2020 and from $221 million in 2019, to $216 million in the six months to August. The decline in cost took place in spite of a sharp increase in depreciation charges in the current year, from $29 million to $59 million. Finance cost increased in the quarter to $6 million from $4 million in 2019 and from $10 million to $9 million for the six months period. Taxation doubled to $10.6 million for the half-year from $5 million in 2019 and moved from $2 million for the quarter to $6.7 million.
Historical results going back to the 2014 fiscal year shows steady annual growth in sales revenue but a more uneven increase in profits. The latter is partially due to the cost associated with expansion and the buying of market share that saw a less aggressive increase in selling prices for its products.
Earnings per share for the quarter came out at 12 cents and 20 cents for the six months.
Gross cash flow brought in $143 million, but growth in inventories, loan repayment offset by loan inflows and reduced payables pushed the cash funds to $152 million at the end of August, up from $58 million at the end of August 2019. With the increased profit for the year to date, shareholders’ equity now stands at $818 million, with borrowings at just $249 million. Net current assets ended the period at $191 million, including trade and other receivables of $63 million, while Current liabilities stood at $162 million.
The company paid 2.49 cents per share as the final dividend for the year ended February 29, 2020, on Friday, October 2. Net asset value is $2.16, with the stock selling at 2.3 times book value.
The results encouraged buying into the stock on Friday, with the price moving from $4.71 it last traded at on Thursday to a high of $5.25. IC Insider.com forecasts earnings of 60 cents per share for the current year that ends in February 2021 and 95 cents for 2022. The PE is currently 8.5 times the current year’s earnings based on the latest price of $5.15, the stock traded at on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange.

Scotia jacks up credit loss by 344%

In the July quarter, Scotia Group jacked-up expected credit loss provision by 344 percent from $582 million in the 2019 period to $2.6 billion due to the impact of the 2020 COVID 19 virus has on several businesses in Jamaica and, notably, the banking sector, resulting from lower business activity since March.  

Scotia Group increased loan loss provision by 344% in the July quarter.

The big July quarter, the increase comes after the banking group hiked the provision by a hefty 264 percent to $1.77 billion in the April quarter, from $487 million in the April 2019 quarter and $895 million in the January 2020 period.
The Group’s total expected credit loss provision for loans in July 2020 amounts to $8.1 billion, while nonperforming loans amount to $4.9 billion compared to $3.8 billion last year and $5 billion at the end of April.
Loans advanced to customers stood at $221 billion at the end of July, a growth of 12 percent year over year, but declined modestly from $223 billion at the end of April, the result of the increased credit loss provisioning and no new net loans granted.
While the bank increased the provision for expected credit loss sharply in the quarter, the stabilization of nonperforming loans at the April levels may be an indication that there may be no need for heavy provisioning in the next few quarters. If the nonperforming loans hold around current levels, it could help in returning profit to more normal levels, compared to a profit after tax that declined sharply by 63 percent for the July quarter to $1.55 billion, from $4.2 billion in 2019.
At the close of trading on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, Main Market to stock gained 50 cents in ending at $50.50.

Virus hits SOS in 2020 Q1

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The 2019 financial year was an excellent one for Stationery and Office Supplies, with record revenues of just over $1.2 billion, resulting in net profit rising 47 percent to $135 million over the previous year.
On the heels of the robust 2019 performance, SOS started the 2020 fiscal year on a much more somber note as the Coronavirus intervened and changed what started as a promising quarter and ended with lost sales in the final month. The Deputy Managing Director, Allan McDaniels and Marjorie McDaniels,  Chief Operating Officer in their joint report accompanying the interim results, reported that the ”revenues dropped 17 percent year over year for March, after a strong showing for the first two months of the quarter.” The directors also stated that the company “was only able to deliver on one of three planned shipments of goods for the first four months of the year to Grenada.” as a result of the disruption caused by the Coronavirus.”
SOS closed out its first quarter with sales of $337 million, a 2 percent decline versus the $343.5 million in comparative period for 2019, net profit dropped a more aggressive 24 percent, from $57.4 million in 2019 to $43.8 million in 2020.
Direct expenses were down 2 percent to $172 million, but the Gross profit margin for the quarter was constant at 49 percent in the 2020 quarter, similar to the 2019 first quarter. Gross profit closed out the quarter at $165 million down slightly from $168 million in the March 2019 quarter.
Net profit margin before finance cost declined for the March quarter to 14 percent with $45.54 million generated compared to $60 million for a 17 percent margin, in 2019.
Administrative expenses grew by 11 percent to $86 million, but selling and promotional expenses were effectively flat at $23 million. SOS realized $3.3 million profit from the disposal of property and equipment, helping to offset some of the reduced operating profit for the period.
Earnings per share
came out at 18 cents for the quarter, down from 23 cents for the 2019 first quarter. IC Insider.com is forecasting $1 per share for PE of six times earnings, but that depends on how quickly the company can recover from the dislocation to sales.
The operations generated $50 million in cash inflows and the company paid out a net amount of $22 million in increased working capital, capital expenditure and loan repayment.
Cash and equivalents rose 66 percent between March 2019 and 2020 to end at $90.4 million. Current assets increased by 8 percent to $521 million with trade and other receivables accounting for $173 million, down from $182 million from a year ago. Inventories ended at $226 million from $223 million at the end of March 2019. Current liabilities stood at $120 million down 23 percent year over year from $156 million.  Current liabilities include borrowings of $30 million and payables of $91 million. Overall total loans payable amounted to $91 million. Shareholder’s equity climbed to $640 million up from $540 million at the end of March 2019 and $597 million at the end of December last year.
The stock traded at $6 on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange with a PE ratio of 6 times 2020 earnings.

Profit up 21% at Lasco Distributors

Lasco Distributors reported full-year results to March, with revenues rising 7.5 percent to $19.5 billion and profit increasing 21.4 percent to $726 million. The year’s performance reflects a big recovery after profit fell 30 percent in the first quarter to June last year, and 10 percent to the end of the third quarter.
The company enjoyed an 8.24 percent rise in revenues for the March quarter to $5.2 billion, with profit after tax for the quarter at $183 million, up 961 percent from just $17 million in 2019. The quarter suffered from a fall in gross profit margin to 18.4 percent versus 19.2 percent in 2019. Gross profit was 19.4 percent for the fiscal year versus 19.6 percent in 2019.
Other income in the fourth quarter climbed to $60 million, a turnaround from a loss of $37 million in the March quarter in 2019, but was nearly flat at $130 million for the year to March.
The increase in cost for the year was kept close to the growth in revenues, with Administrative expenses rising 8 percent to $2.37 billion while selling and promotion expenses fell 9 percent to $703 million for the year.
Segment results show revenues rising 3.6 percent for the Consumer division for the fiscal year to $15.7 billion while the Pharmaceutical division jumped 27.7 percent to $3.8 billion. Segment profit jumped 36.5 percent for the Consumer division to $557 million but the Pharmaceutical division dropped by 18.6 percent to $154 million even as revenues rose strongly.
Earnings per share ended at 21.27 cents and IC Insider.com projects 38 cents per share for the 2021 fiscal year, with the stock trading at a PE ratio at 7.7 at the last traded price of $2.91, well below its sister company, Lasco Manufacturing.
Cash flows from operating resulted in the generation of $1 billion before working capital changes. Current assets stood at $6.9 billion, including Cash and cash equivalents of $1.47 billion at the end of March with current liabilities closing the year at $3.38 billion. Shareholders’ equity ended the year at $5.7 billion, with borrowed funds being just $116 million.
The company paid a dividend amounting to $151 million last year, with profit rising, a large pool of cash and virtually no borrowed debt, there is room for a big increase in future dividend payments that could make the stock an attractive dividend payer.

5 hot summer IPOs

Initial public offers have been extremely popular amongst investors who have made good money from the vast majority of them. Come this summer investors will get five more opportunities to invest in IPOS.
The last issue, Wigton Windfarm made several thousands investors happy, with the price rising as high as 90 percent over the IPO price of 50 cents. Even now that it is trading lower than the peak, investors are still more than 40 percent up on the initial price. Investors in the year’s first IPO, iCreate are not that lucky as the $1.01 they paid for the stock fell as low as 70 cents since and remains well below the IPO price.
Coming this summer are, The Lab that styles itself as a fully integrated 100 percent Jamaican born and bred advertising agency with global reach and an island swagger.

Kimala Bennett, Managing Director of The Lab.

Kimala Bennett is the company’s Managing Director. NCB Capital Markets are the brokers for The Lab, that could be looking at regional expansion. Clients include National Commercial Bank, JPS. Wendy’s Dominos, Supreme Ventures, Wray and Nephew, Grace Kennedy, Caribbean Broilers, Digicel. Persons in the know say this is one of those IPOs to plan for, as it is unique and profitable. NCB Capital Markets is also taking Eppley Property Fund, a company that owns property across the Caribbean, to market this summer as well as QWI Investments, a new company that invests in listed shares.
NCB Capital Markets is also brokers to Tropical Battery Company. The company expects to come to market in July, to raise around $200 million in an IPO our sources state. The company was founded in 1950 and later purchased by John Melville and remains in the  family, since. The company’s core business is the sale of automotive batteries, complemented by the distribution of several local and world renowned automotive consumer brands. Tropical Battery’s headquarters is located in Kingston, with distribution centres in Kingston and Montego Bay.
Another that will be coming to market is Sagicor Select Funds Limited an Exchange Traded Fund that is going to market in June to raise $5 billion. The fund according to Sagicor Investment CEO, Kevin Donaldson, will track the JSE Financial Index and will be rebalanced if needed, monthly. Donaldson indicates that the fund currently has assets of $1.2 billion already. Sagicor Investments could have 2 to 3 additional listings before the year ends.
When completed, the new listings on the Jamaica Stock Exchange will raise the listed ordinary shares to more than 80 and total listings to more than 100 securities.

8 TTSE stocks rose on Wednesday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange, closed mixed on Wednesday, with the Composite Index rising 1.90 points to 1,221.58, the All T&T Index shed 1.36 points to 1,688.34, while the Cross Listed Index gained 0.72 points to close at 101.51.
At close, 14 securities changed hands, with the price of 8 advancing, 2 declining and 4 remaining unchanged, against a total 12 securities trading on Tuesday.
The market ended trading with 164,072 shares valued $1,753,760 changing hands, compared to 24,947 shares valued $1,118,165 on Monday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading closed with 4 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 1 with a lower offer.
Stocks closing with gains| Clico Investments gained 5 cents and ended at $20, with 100 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy rose 29 cents and ended at $3, with 155 stock units trading, National Enterprises traded 2,465 stock units with an increase of 1 cent to $8.96, NCB Financial Group rose 35 cents to settle at $6.10, after exchanging 625 shares, Sagicor Financial closed with a gain of 13 cents at $7.74, with 6,776 stock units changing hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL gained 4 cents and settled at $29.05, after exchanging 3,931 shares, Unilever Caribbean finished trading with gains of 25 cents to $26.25, with 375 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco closed with an increase of 40 cents and completed trading 929 units at $88.
Stocks closing with losses| National Flour closed with a loss of 1 cent after the trading of 6,754 units at $1.69 and Prestige Holdings plunged $1.40 and completed trading of 109,290 units at a 52 weeks’ low of $8.
Stocks trading with no price change| First Citizens settled at $32.60, after exchanging 354 shares, Guardian Holdings completed trading at $17, with 31,686 units changing hands, Massy Holdings closed at $47.20, after exchanging 500 shares andScotiabank completed trading of 132 units at $64.94.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

NCB jumps 8% to J$123 on TTSE – Friday

NCB Financial Group jumped 8 percent with a rise of 49 cents to $6.15, or J$123 trading 128,781 shares on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday as 16 securities traded versus 10 on Thursday, with 4 advancing, 3 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
NCB closed without any stock being offered on the Trinidad market, but it closed in Jamaica at $105 trading 4,830 shares on Friday.
The Composite Index gained 9.20 points on Friday to end at 1,241.20, the All T&T Index rose 0.15 points to 1,712.78 and the Cross Listed Index added 2.53 points to close at 103.53.
Market activity ended with just 184,493 units valued at a mere $1,418,005 changing hands, compared to 39,363 units valued at a mere $551,354, on Thursday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 3 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 2 with lower offers.
Stocks with Gains| Massy Holdings finished trading 2,475 shares after rising 2 cents to end at $46.92, Sagicor Financial ended trading with a gain of 15 cents to end at $7.75, with 17,003 stock units changing hands and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed 5 cents higher and ended at $30.05, after exchanging 5,610 shares.
Stocks Losses| First Caribbean International Bank lost 9 cents and concluded trading at $8.40, with 2,000 units traded, National Enterprises ended trading 1 cent lower and settled at $9, with 6,991 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco concluded trading with a loss of 1 cent and ended at $88.53, after exchanging 402 units.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant ended at $40, after exchanging 1,442 shares, Clico Investments settled at $20, with just 50 stock units changing hands, First Citizens ended at $34.92, after exchanging 350 shares, Grace Kennedy settled at $2.80, with 800 stock units changing hands, Guardian Holdings concluded the trading of a mere 38 units at $16.60, JMMB Group closed trading at $1.80, after exchanging 1,365 shares, LJ Williams A share ended at 20 cents, with 5,600 units trading, LJ Williams B share exchanged 10,000 shares at 75 cents and One Caribbean Media completed trading at $12.29, after exchanging 1,586 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

More moderate trading on TTSE – Thursday

Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange Head Quarters

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Thursday with just 10 securities being exchanged versus 12 on Wednesday, with 4 advancing, 2 declining and 4 remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index lost 0.82 points to 1,232, the All T&T Index shed 0.63 points to 1,712.63 and the Cross Listed Index slipped 0.14 points to end at 101.00.
Market activity ended with just 39,363 units valued at a mere $551,354 changing hands, compared to 53,969 units valued at $1,679,636, on Wednesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks with Gains| Clico Investments closed with a gain of 6 cents and completed trading at $20, with 1,250 stock units changing hands, Grace Kennedy gained 5 cents and completed trading 14,200 units at $2.80, Sagicor Financial finished trading with a rise of 10 cents to end at $7.60, with 5,135 stock units changing hands and Scotiabank ended trading 171 units with an increase of 1 cent to end at $65.01.
Stocks Losses| First Citizens concluded trading with a loss of 8 cents at $34.92,after exchanging 1,020 shares and Trinidad & Tobago NGL traded 10,403 shares with a loss of 1 cent to close at $30.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings completed trading at $15.75, with just 5 stock units changing hands, Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 2,000 shares at $15.74, National Flour settled at $1.70, trading 4,705 units and Republic Financial Holdings ended at $103, after exchanging 474 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

Moderate TTSE trading on Wednesday

Trading on Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange closed on Wednesday with just 12 securities being exchanged versus 19 on Tuesday, with 3 advancing, 2 declining and 7 remaining unchanged.
The Composite Index rose 0.09 points to 1,232.82, the All T&T Index added 0.19 points to 1,713.26 and the Cross Listed Index remained unchanged at 101.14.
Market activity ended with 53,969 units valued at $1,679,636 changing hands, compared to 162,239 units valued at $4,049,174, on Tuesday.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the close of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading shows market sentiment with 2 stocks ending with higher bids than the last selling prices and 3 with lower offers.
Stocks with Gains| LJ Williams B share finished 5 cents higher to 75 cents, after exchanging 5,000 shares, National Enterprises concluded trading and rose 1 cent to end at $9.01, with 1,085 stock units changing hands and West Indian Tobacco added 4 cents and completed trading at $88.54, exchanging 4,304 units.
Stocks Losses| Scotiabank closed with a loss of 1 cent and completed trading at $65, with 1,324 units and Trinidad & Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 10 cents at $30.01, after exchanging 25,907 shares.
Firm Trades| Calypso Macro Index Fund traded 1,344 shares at $15.74 but traded as low as $15 during the day, Clico Investments ended at $19.94, with 5,863 stock units changing hands, First Citizens settled at $35, after exchanging 2,332 shares, JMMB Group concluded trading at $1.80, after exchanging 700 shares, Massy Holdings ended at $46.90, after exchanging 1,210 shares, One Caribbean Media exchanging 4,000 shares at $12.29, after and Republic Financial Holdings settled at $103, after exchanging 900 shares.
Prices of securities trading for the day are those at which the last trade took place.

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