Junior Market trading closed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Monday with a slight dip in the volume of stocks traded after a 17 percent fall in the value compared with Friday from 47 the trading of securities up from 43 on Friday and ending with prices of 18 rising, 19 declining and 10 closing unchanged.
A total of 5,698,340 shares were traded for $13,425,978 versus 5,955,194 units at $16,230,602 on Friday.
Trading averaged 121,241 shares at $285,659 versus 138,493 units at $377,456 on Friday with the month to date averaging 162,801 units at $421,058 compared to 173,713 stock units at $456,610. Trading in December ended with an average of 333,420 units at $925,533.
JFP Ltd led trading with 1.35 million shares for 23.7 percent of total volume followed by ONE on ONE Educational with 759,824 units for 13.3 percent of the day’s trade and Tropical Battery with 668,478 units for 11.7 percent market share.
At the close, the Junior Market Index advanced a mere 3.07 points to 3,903.85.
The PE Ratio, a measure of computing appropriate stock values, averages 12.6. The PE ratios of the Junior Market incorporate ICInsider.com projected earnings for the financial year ending between November 2022 and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with bids higher than their last selling prices and four with lower offers.
At the close, Access Financial dipped $3 to $22 in exchange of 74 shares, AMG Packaging lost 17 cents after ending at $2.88 with a transfer of 1,266 stocks, Cargo Handlers shed $1.04 in closing at $11.55 after the trading of 503 units. Consolidated Bakeries gained 24 cents to end at $2.24 with the swapping of 17,597 stock units, Derrimon Trading lost 22 cents to close at $2.12 with 183,574 stock units changing hands, Dolphin Cove declined 57 cents to finish at $13.53 in switching ownership of 12,796 shares. EduFocal lost 10 cents to end at $2.10 in transferring 1,172 stocks, Fosrich gained 9 cents to close at $3.90 with the swapping of 255,068 units,General Accident fell 31 cents to $4.60 with investors switching ownership of 34,050 stock units. Honey Bun declined 31 cents to $7.20 after 9,398 shares passed through the market, iCreate dipped 18 cents to $1.70 with 228,400 units crossing the market, Indies Pharma shed 20 cents in closing at $3 after trading 18,144 stocks. ISP Finance gained 51 cents in ending at $18 after an exchange of 2,570 units, Knutsford Express rallied 49 cents to finish at $9.44 with 8,373 shares changing hands, Lasco Distributors rose 17 cents to close at $2.80 as investors exchanged 55,844 stock units. Lasco Manufacturing popped 32 cents to $4.29 with the transfer of 567 stocks, Main Event fell 55 cents to $8.45 trading 12,425 shares, Medical Disposables dropped 64 cents to end at $4.64 after exchanging 61 units. MFS Capital Partners gained 9 cents to close at $2.89 with the swapping of 241,252 stocks, ONE on ONE Educational popped 9 cents to $1.34 in an exchange of 759,824 stock units, Paramount Trading gained 27 cents in closing at $1.80 with a transfer of 8,021 shares. Spur Tree Spices dipped 7 cents to $3.02 in transferring 60,697 units, Stationery and Office Supplies dropped 85 cents to end at $15.15 with 2,672 stocks changing hands and tTech lost 45 cents to close at $2.30 after an exchange of 160 stock units.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Trading jumps for JSE USD Market
Trading picked up sharply on the Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market on Monday, with the volume of stocks changing hands rising 92 percent and the value surging 472 percent more than on Friday, resulting in eight securities traded, compared to 13 on Friday with prices of four rising, three declining and one ending unchanged.
A total of 534,157 shares were traded for US$64,761, up sharply from 278,776 units at US$11,314 on Friday.
Trading averaged 66,770 shares at US$8,095 compared with 21,444 units at US$870 on Friday, with month to date average of 40,361 shares at US$2,179 compared with 34,801 units at US$934 on the trading previous day. December ended with an average of 39,679 units for US$1,494.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index lost 2.03 points to end at 231.78.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in the computation of appropriate stock values, averages 8.6. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for financial years between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share climbed 0.11 of a cent to close at 7.87 US cents after a transfer of 441 shares, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dipped 5 cents in closing at 60 US cents in exchanging 360 units, Proven Investments increased 0.59 of one cent in ending at 19.89 US cents, with 319,970 stock units clearing the market. Sygnus Credit Investments USD share rallied 0.01 of a cent to 10 US cents in trading 9,000 stocks, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share slipped 0.01 of a cent to 12.47 US cents in an exchange of 1,000 shares and Transjamaican Highway ended at 0.97 of one US cent after an exchange of 203,141 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share shed US$1.45 to end at US$10.55 after 200 stock units passed through the market and JMMB Group 5.75% rose 22.65 cents to US$1.7365, with 45 stocks changing hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Sharp drop in trading on T&T Stock Exchange
Trading dropped sharply on Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Monday, with an 89 percent fall in the volume of stocks exchanged, after the value dived 94 percent below Friday’s outcome, resulting in 13 securities trading compared with 20 on Friday, with one stock rising, four declining and eight remaining unchanged.
Investors traded a mere 69,361 shares for just $869,380 down sharply from 657,504 stock units at $15,259,330 on Friday.
Trading averaged 5,335 shares at $66,875 down from 32,875 units at $762,966 on Friday, with trading month to date averaging 41,382 shares at $465,195 versus 49,064 units at $550,083 on the previous day. December ended with an average trade of 42,745 shares at $474,822.
The Composite Index fell 0.33 points to 1,331.03, the All T&T Index popped 1.99 points to 2,001.75 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 0.39 points to 85.85.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows one stock ended with a bid higher than their last selling price and none with a lower offer.
At the close, Agostini’s remained at $50 with a transfer of 550 shares, Angostura Holdings ended at $23.50 with an exchange of 1,089 stock units, First Citizens Group closed at $50.01, with 2,029 units crossing the market. GraceKennedy fell 15 cents to end at $4.35 with an exchange of 246 stocks, JMMB Group ended at $1.95 as 4,500 stocks passed through the market, L.J. Williams B share ended at $2.70 after trading 4,000 units. Massy Holdings ended at $4.70 in exchanging 39,420 stock units, National Enterprises popped 2 cents in closing at $3.61, with 10,186 shares changing hands, Point Lisas dipped 9 cents to end at $3.41 in trading 100 stocks. Republic Financial lost $1 to end at $137.50 after finishing trading of 1,817 stock units, Scotiabank dropped 98 cents in closing at $77.32 after exchanging 1,898 units, Trinidad & Tobago NGL ended at $21.80 with 3,279 shares clearing the market and West Indian Tobacco remained at $22, with 247 units crossing the market.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Steady week for ICTOP10
The Jamaica Stock Exchange pulled back from the pre new year’s bounce enjoyed in the last two weeks of 2022 and still retained some of those gains as trading commenced in the new year, with activity in the ICTOP10 quite muted and resulting in no new entrant to the Top Stock list, but there were a few outstanding price movements.
Junior Market action resulted in General Accident popping 11 percent to $4.91, followed by Lasco Distributors with a 5 percent rise to $2.63, but Paramount Trading lost 23 percent to close at $1.53 in a week when only three stocks declining, with the others slipping just one percent.
In the Main Market, Guardian Holdings dropped 8 percent to $524 and Jamaica Broilers fell 4 percent to $29.61 and were the only notable price changes.
At the end of the week, the average PE for the JSE Main Market TOP 10 is 5.6, well below the market average of 14.4. At the same time, the Junior Market Top 10 PE sits at 6.1 versus the market at 12.7, important indicators of the level of the undervaluation of the ICTOP10 stocks. The Junior Market is projected to rise by 231 percent and the Main Market TOP10, an average now of 278 percent, to May 2023.
The Junior Market has 15 stocks, 32 percent of the market, with PEs from 15 to 32, averaging 19 compared with the above average of the market. The top half of the market has an average PE of 18 and shows the extent of potential gains for the TOP10 stocks. The situation in the Main Market is similar, with the 19 highest valued stocks priced at a PE of 15 to 100, with an average of 31 and 23 excluding the highest valued ones and 26 for the top half excluding the highest valued stock.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market but not always. ICInsider.com ranks stocks based on projected earnings, allowing investors to focus on the most undervalued stocks and helping to remove emotions in selecting stocks for investments that often result in costly mistakes.
IC TOP10 stocks are likely to deliver the best returns up to the end of May 2023 and are ranked in order of potential gains, computed using projected earnings for the current fiscal year. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate, resulting in weekly movements in and out of the lists. Revisions to earnings are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Look out for the 2023 TOP15 stock listing that is coming soon.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Rising stocks edged out by those falling
Falling stocks edged out rising ones at the end of market activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, with a 62 percent decline in the volume of stocks traded after funds entering the market jumped 90 percent above that on Thursday and resulted in 20 securities trading up from 15 on Thursday and ended with prices of seven rising, eight declining and five remaining unchanged.
Investors traded 657,504 shares for $15,259,330 versus 1,737,000 units at $8,045,167 on Thursday.
An average of 32,875 stock units were traded at $762,967 compared with 115,800 shares at $536,344 on Thursday, with trading month to date averaging 49,064 shares at $550,083 versus 56,960 units at $446,237 on the previous day. The average trade for December was 42,745 at $474,822.
The Composite Index dipped 1.11 points to 1,331.36, the All T&T Index rose 4.48 points to 1,999.76 and the Cross-Listed Index slipped 0.99 points to close at 86.24.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows three stocks ending with a bid higher than their last selling prices and one stock with a lower offer.
At the close, Angostura Holdings remained at $23.50 in an exchange of 4,000 shares, Ansa McAl dipped 85 cents to end at $51 with the swapping of 1,084 stocks, Calypso Macro Investment Fund fell 15 cents to $21, with 14 units crossing the market. CinemaOne declined 21 cents to $8.20 in switching ownership of one stock unit, First Citizens Group popped 1 cent to $50.01, with 256,436 stocks clearing the market, FirstCaribbean International Bank dropped 10 cents to $5.60 in exchanging 212,310 stock units. GraceKennedy shed 20 cents to end at $4.50, with 50,107 units crossing the market, Guardian Holdings advanced 35 cents to close at $27.50 with trading in five shares, JMMB Group inched 1 cent higher to $1.95 trading 37,754 shares. L.J. Williams B share gained 35 cents in closing at $2.70 while exchanging 1,000 units, Massy Holdings rose 20 cents to $4.70 as investors exchanged 21,224 stock units, National Enterprises lost 1 cent to end at $3.59 with investors transferring 18,495 stocks. NCB Financial rose 2 cents in closing at $4.52 after an exchange of 5,000 stocks, One Caribbean Media ended at $3.30 with a transfer of 30,320 shares, Prestige Holdings declined 9 cents in ending at $6.71, with an exchange of 4,500 stock units. Scotiabank popped 30 cents to end at $78.30 after 3,343 units changed hands, Trinidad & Tobago NGL dropped $1.20 to close at $21.80, while 4,402 stock units passed through the market, Trinidad Cement ended at $3.90 after a transfer of 3,000 shares. Unilever Caribbean remained at $12.80 with an exchange of two units and West Indian Tobacco remained at $22 in trading 4,507 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Flat trading on JSE USD market
The Jamaica Stock Exchange US dollar market closed Thursday, with no change to the market index following activities that led to the volume of stocks changing hands falling 12 percent with a 170 percent increase in value than on Wednesday, resulting in trading of 11 securities, compared to seven on Wednesday with five rising, three declining and three ending unchanged.
A total of 40,710 shares were traded for US$9,508 compared to 46,347 units at US$3,524 on Wednesday.
Trading averaged 3,701 units at US$864 versus 6,621 shares at US$503 on Wednesday, with month to date average of 41,747 shares at US$966 compared with 71,640 units at US$1,047 on the previous day. December ended with an average of 39,679 units for US$1,494.
The JSE US Denominated Equities Index ended unchanged at 233.85 points.
The PE Ratio, a measure used in computing appropriate stock values, averages 8.6. The PE ratio uses ICInsider.com earnings forecasts for companies with financial years ending between November and August 2023.
Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator shows no stock ended with a bid higher than the last selling price and four with lower offers.
At the close, First Rock Real Estate USD share gained 0.1 of a cent in closing at 7.7 US cents with 150 shares changing hands, Margaritaville ended at 14 US cents with a transfer of 708 units, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy popped 4 cents to close at 65 US cents with an exchange of 2,501 stock units. Productive Business Solutions fell 0.01 of one cent to US$1.8039 with 100 stocks clearing the market, Proven Investments lost 0.79 of one cent in ending at 18.51 US cents after trading 15,867 shares, Sterling Investments rose 0.11 of a cent to close at 2.08 US cents with the swapping of 61 stocks. Sygnus Credit Investments J$ share remained at 13.62 US cents after 30 stock units passed through the market, Sygnus Credit Investments USD share ended at 9.99 US cents with 183 units changing hands and Transjamaican Highway gained 0.02 of a cent to end at 0.97 of one US cent after exchanging 20,744 units.
In the preference segment, Productive Business 9.25% preference share popped 95 cents to US$12 with an exchange of 365 stock units and Eppley 6% preference share dipped 1 cent and ended at US$1.07 after a transfer of one stock.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.