Knutsford Express

Junior index drops 3.5% on Friday

September 11, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Lasco Manufacturing fell 15 cents to help pull the index down

Trading on Friday ended with just 1,575,636 units, valued at $3,382,110 changing hands from a total of 9 securities that traded. The prices of 3 stocks advanced 4 declined with the junior market index dropped 34.11 points or 3.45 percent to close at 954.91.
The large decline in the index would be due a lot, to the fall of Lasco Manufacturing with a large number of issued shares.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale and 6 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 1 closed with a lower offer.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial traded 2,500 shares to close with a 2 cents fall to $12, Caribbean Cream lost 30 cents with 14,300 shares changing hands at $1.60, Dolphin Cove

traded just 1,210 shares with a loss of 65 cents to end at $12.25, Knutsford Express had 1,500 shares changing hands at $6.10 for a 10 cents gain. Lasco Distributors closed with 490,000 units trading at $1.90 to gain 5 cents, Lasco Financial ended with 629,255 shares changing hands at $1.80. Lasco Manufacturing closed with 191,077 units trading, ending with a loss of 15 cents at $1.80, Medical Disposables ended with 141,958 shares changing hands to close at $2.36 after gaining 1 cent and Eppley preference share 2019 traded 103,836 units at $6.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Access Financial, Daily Trading, Dolphin Cove, Eppley, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables

4 junior stocks fell 0 up on Wednesday

September 9, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading on Wednesday ended with just 1,672,256 units, valued at $3,304,951 changing hands from a total of 8 securities that traded. The price of none stock declined and 4 advanced with the junior market index shedding 7.29 points to close at 983.49.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 5 had no stocks being offered for sale and 4 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 2 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Caribbean Producers traded 131,644 shares unchanged at $2.50, Derrimon Trading ended with 29,000 shares changing hands at $2.30 after losing 35 cents, Knutsford Express traded just 15,000 shares at $6, Lasco Distributors closed with 263,298 units trading at $1.87. Lasco Financial ended with 677,150 shares changing hands at $1.85, Lasco Manufacturing closed with 549,634 units trading, ended with a gain of 19 cents to end at $2, Paramount Trading ended with 4,273 shares changing hands at $5.75 and Eppley cumulative preference share 2019, ended with 2,257 units changing hands at $6.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Eppley, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing, Paramount Trading

4 junior stocks up 0 down Tuesday

September 8, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading on Tuesday ended with just 250,010 units, valued at $593,128 changing hands from a total of 9 securities that traded. The price of none stock declined and 4 advanced with the junior market index adding 20.34 points to close at 990.78.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 4 had no stocks being offered for sale and 5 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 4 closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, AMG Packaging closed at $3.65 with 1,000 units changing hands, Blue Power closed with 550 units changing hands to close at $13.70 with a gain of 10 cents, Caribbean Cream ended with 600 shares changing hands at $1.90 to gain 15 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 108,777 with a gain of 10 cents to $2.50. Knutsford Express traded just 200 shares at $6, Lasco Distributors closed with 27,000 units trading at $1.87, Lasco Financial ended with 27,000 shares changing hands at $1.85 and Lasco Manufacturing closed with 83,406 units trading, ended with a gain of 19 cents to end at $2.

Filed Under: Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Blue Power, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), Daily Trading, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing

Knutsford’s sales up 38% cost 44%

September 6, 2015 by IC Insider.com

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Knutsford Express’ audited report for 2015 shows a big 38 percent surge in profit to $69 million over the $50 million in 2014, from revenues of $454 million, 38 percent more than the $329 million generated in 2014. With that level of revenue increase profit should have grown much faster than it did, and should have been closer to doubling.
New routes added could have been a factor as passenger traffic takes time to build up, more importantly, increased cost in a number of areas seems more the culprit. Expenses for 2015 are up 41 percent but excluding $4.58 million of IPO cost included in 2014, the increase would have been 43.5 percent. The overall increase comes against the fact that fuel rose only 12 percent to $70 million and accounted for 19 percent of cost, down from 24 percent in 2014. Excluding fuel, all other costs are up 50 percent over 2014 and 54 percent, excluding the IPO cost, well over the revenue increase of 38 percent.
Staff and labour cost jumped 72 percent to $126 million and now accounts for 34 percent of cost up from 28 percent.
Telephone cost rose 68 percent to $7.9 million. Rent grew 61 percent to $7.8 million, travelling was up 160 percent to $6 million, advertising and promotion grew only 30 percent to $12.4 million and is one of the items that grew more slowly than revenues.

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Professional fees moved up 90 percent to $7.7 million. Passenger supplies were up 29 percent to $7 million which is well lower than the revenue growth. Parts and supplies grew 60 percent to $38 million. Surprisingly, insurance was only up by 12 percent to $14 million. Cleaning and sanitation increased 200 percent to $4.4 million. Toll fees jumped 163 percent to $7.4 million and would be due to the opening of the new leg of the highway to Ocho Rios while the South Coast routes that were added would add to the original cost. Depreciation and amortization grew to $25 million a 32 percent increase and security climbed 59 percent to $7.9 million.
Some items of cost such as repairs and maintenance actually fell while others such as electricity and office supplies rose more moderately than those above.

Filed Under: Buy Rated, Company News, Company Results Tagged With: Knutsford Express

Quiet day for juniors

September 4, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading on Friday ended with just 496,232 units, valued at $1,411,394 changing hands from a total of 11 securities that traded. The price of 5 stocks declined and 3 advanced with the junior market index losing 2.90 points to close at 966.98.
At the close, 5 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 4 had no stocks being offered for sale and 5 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and none closed with lower offers.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial traded 4,840 shares to close with a 18 cents fall to $12.02, Blue Power eased 40 cents to close at $13.60 with 25,000 units trading, Derrimon Trading ended with 15,000 shares changing hands and closed at $2.65, for a gain of 5 cents, Dolphin Cove closed with 1,131 shares changing hands at $12.52, for a 38 cents decline, Honey Bun traded 5,000 units at $3.98, after adding 3 cents. Jamaican Teas had 2,774 shares changing hands, 25 cents higher at $3.50, KLE Group traded unchanged at 50 cents with 5,000 units changing hands, Knutsford Express with 100 shares changing hands ended at $6, Lasco Distributors fell 11 cents to $1.80, after it traded as high as $1.92 and ended with 76,000 units changing hands. Lasco Financial ended with 146,387 shares changing hands at $1.87 and Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference share, ended with 215,000 units changing hands with the price slipping 1 cent to $2.39.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, Honey Bun, Jamaican Teas, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial

Increased activity on junior market

August 20, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Access fell $2.99 to $15.51on Thursday

The JSE junior market fell on Thursday while 4 stocks declined and 4 advanced out of 13 securities that traded, resulting in 943,066 units, valued at $2,382,692 changing hands. The market lost 12.27 points to close at 1,007.58.
At the close 4 securities ended with no bids to buy, while 3 had no stocks being offered for sale and 3 stocks closed with bids higher than the last traded prices and 3 with the offers being lower.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial Services traded 200 shares to close at $15.51 with a fall of $2.99, AMG Packaging closed at a 52 weeks’ high of $3.95 with 31,398 units changing hands 30 cents higher, Cargo Handlers ended with 950 shares changing hands and closed at $31, Caribbean Cream traded 10,100 units at $1.99, after gaining 19 cents. Dolphin Cove traded 150 shares and closed at $13, General Accident Insurance traded 2,150 units with the price closing 15 cents lower to a 52 weeks’ low of $1.30, Honey Bun with 46,734 shares

changing hands, closed with a loss of 30 cents at $3.70, Knutsford Express had 518 shares trading to close at $6. Lasco Distributors closed with 283,526 units trading, 15 cents higher at $1.95, Lasco Financial ended with 85,300 shares changing hands to end at $1.80. Lasco Manufacturing with 291,740 units changing hands, closed at $1.84 after dropping a cent, Medical Disposables traded 102,000 shares to close with a gain of 25 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $2.50 but closed with the offer at $2.30 to sell 13,085 units and Derrimon Trading preference share ended with 88,300 units changing hands at $6.05.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: AMG Packaging, Cargo Handlers, Daily Trading, Derrimon Trading, Dolphin Cove, General Accident, Honey Bun, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial, Lasco Manufacturing, Medical Disposables

Juniors jump to new high on Monday.

August 3, 2015 by IC Insider.com

The JSE junior market gained 34.79 points on Monday, to close at 977.18, for another new record high, beating the previous one reached on the last day of July, this year. The index gained over 16 percent since dipping to a recent low point of 841.74 points on July 27. Technical indicator shows resistance at around the 1,000 points level, if that is cleared decisively, then the juniors could be heading to 1,200 points before a major resistance come into play.
The juniors have now gained 42 percent for the year to date and 60 percent since the lows of the junior market last year, nearly 50 percent better than the main market index gain, an indicator that the junior stocks are once more asserting their dominance over the main market which was the case for sometime until the rally started in summer last year. This is a situation that will bear some watching, with the main market is in consolidation mood.
In actual trading on Monday, 9 securities changed hands with 5 rising and 2 declining resulting in 824,803 units valued at $1,577,521. The strong movement was aided by a $3 rise in the price of Access Financial that jumped to $18.50 but with only 100 shares trading.
At the close, the junior market had 5 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices, 2 with lower offers. 6 securities closed with no bids to buy, while 7 had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading are, Access Financial gained $3 on top of the $2.74 rise to close at a new 52 weeks and all-time high of $18.50 but with just 100 units, Blue Power traded 872 units with the price falling 10 cents to $12.25, Caribbean Producers gaining 5 cents, with 10,000 shares and close at $3.05 but closed with an offer to sell 201480 shares at $2.75. General Accident had 7,250 shares changing hands for a gain of 7 cents to end at $1.86, Knutsford Express had 1,000 shares trading, firm at $6, Lasco Distributors traded 15,000 shares to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $1.80, up 9 cents, the stock closed with low supply to sell at $1.74 and $2.13. There are only 4 offers in the market amounting 70,000 units. Lasco Financial Services traded 192,075 units and gained 29 cents to close at $1.75, Lasco Manufacturing with 255,521 shares trading unchanged $1.64 at the close, the stock closed with multiple bids at $1.65 to buy 1,328,000 units and with only 10,000 units on offer at $2.50 and Medical Disposables ended with 343,055 units and lost 10 cents to close $2.15.

Filed Under: Feature Stories, JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Caribbean Producers (CPJ), General Accident, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Manufacturing

Juniors jump Wednesday

July 29, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Trading activity on the junior market ended on Wednesday with the market making strong gains as the Lasco companies benefitted from improved profits, leading to strong rise in the JSE Junior market Index of 27.15 points to close at 874.97.
The market ended with 7 securities trading with 1,525,437 units changing hands, valued at $2,532,757 and the prices of 3 stocks rising and 2 declining.
At the close, the junior market had 5 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices, none with lower offers. 5 securities closed with no bids to buy, while 8 had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading are, Blue Power with only 100 units and declined 3 cents and ended at $12.96, Caribbean Cream had 25,390 shares trading but lost 3 cents to close at $2.10, Knutsford Express ended with only 100 shares trading at $6. Lasco Distributors traded 78,200 shares to close at $1.60, up 17 cents, Lasco Financial Services traded 35,665 units and gained 10 cents to end at $1.50, Lasco Manufacturing with 1,328,377 shares closed 10 cents higher at $1.50 and Paramount traded 57,575 shares at $6.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Blue Power, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Distributors, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing

Low-keyed activity for juniors

July 2, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Activity on the junior market closed with only 6 securities trading and ended with just 44,694 units changing hands, valued at a mere $104,551. The JSE Junior Market Index declined 4.89 points to close at 891.30. The market ended with the prices of 2 stocks advancing and none declining and with several prices appearing soft going into Friday’s trading.
At the close of the junior market was flashing weak signals on Thursday with 6 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices, 7 with lower offers that were lower and 4 securities closing with no bids to buy while only 5 had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Cargo Handlers ending with 590 units changing hands to close unchanged at $30, Caribbean Cream traded 2,950 units at $1.60 but the offer at the close is at $1.55 for 75,800 units. Caribbean Flavours traded 10,000 shares to close 7 cents higher at $2.60. Knutsford Express traded 1,094 shares at $6.10, Lasco Financial Services traded 18,700 shares and put on 4 cents to end at $1.84 and Lasco Manufacturing had 11360 shares changing hands, unchanged at $1.36.

Filed Under: JSE Junior Market, Stock Market Tagged With: Cargo Handlers, Caribbean Flavours, Knutsford Express, Lasco, Lasco Financial Services, Lasco Manufacturing

Cargo Handlers keep on sailing away

June 30, 2015 by IC Insider.com

Activity on the Junior Market was moderate and closed with 11 securities trading and ended with only 347,331 units changing hands valued at $1,016,457. The JSE Junior Market Index advanced 15.05 points close at 914.77. The market ended with the prices of 4 stocks advancing, 5 declining with Cargo Handlers closing at 52 weeks’ high.
At the close of the junior market was flashing weak signals for Wednesday with 4 stocks having bids higher than their last selling prices, 5 with lower offers and 5 securities closing with no bids to buy while only 3 had no stocks being offered for sale.
Stocks trading in the junior market are, Access Financial Services closing with 5,951 shares trading 2 cents up at $11.02, AMG Packaging ending with just 200 units changing hands to close 1 cent lower at $3.19 but had an offer at $3.15 at the end to sell 27,775 shares. Cargo Handlers recorded yet another all-time high in trading 9,342 units $1.50 higher to close at $30, Caribbean Cream traded 1,000 units at $1.60, Caribbean Flavours trading 16,581 shares to close at $2.53 after losing 2 cents, Caribbean Producers traded 5,000 shares and lost 20 cents to $2.80, Dolphin Cove trading only 811 units at $13 for a new high, after gaining 40 cents. At the close Knutsford Express sold 920 shares at $6.10. Lasco Financial Services traded 218,100 shares and gained 12 cents to end at $1.93, Lasco Manufacturing had 26,937 shares changing hands at $1.45 to again 14 cents at the end, Medical Disposables ended at $2.25 with 10,000 shares changing hands with a loss of 5 cents and Derrimon Trading 11.75% preference share closed with a 10 cents loss at $2.40.