A few weeks ago General Accident jumped the IC Insider.com Junior Market TOP 10, gaining 75 percent since late May. This past week, yet another IC top 10 listed stock made big gains, after the company posted a strong increase in its first-quarter profit.
Caribbean Cream posts big gains in profit in Q1.
Elsewhere, poor full-year profit results of $58 million versus $113 million in 2019, from Medical Disposables, hit with a big inventory write-off, resulted in a revised downward projection for the 2021 fiscal year results. Lumber Depot earnings for fiscal 2021, was revised to 12 cents per share, following released audited accounts, showing a profit of just 3 cents per share or $22 million for the nine months to April.
This week’s focus: Caribbean Cream posted a 31 percent rise in profit to $27 million, for earnings per share of 7 cents, saw investors responding strongly to them in driving the stock 28.5 percent higher at its recent peak on Friday, closed the week at $3.25, for an increase of 16 percent. The stock traded down to $2.47 at the beginning of July, those who bought at that price are laughing all the way to the bank with a nice 31 percent gain so far and the month is yet to end.
The company reported a 4 percent rise in sales, with cost kept to 2019 levels, even with a big hike in depreciation charges, while sales and market expenses declined. IC Insider.com is projecting 60 cents per share earnings for the current year as the company enjoys increase sales and lower raw material input cost with the price of milk solids falling on the world market, recently. 
There are just about six offers on the stock exchange board at the close on Friday with the lowest offer at $4.30 and the only large visible offer for 500,000 shares at $6.
The top three stocks in each market saw little change in the rankings, leaving the top three Junior Market stocks, with the potential to gain between 268 to 679 percent by March 2021 are Caribbean Producers, followed by Lasco Financial and Caribbean Cream in the third position. Lasco Financial came out with lousy audited profit to March but the results included a big $650 million loss provision for impaired loans. Excluding this provision, the profit would have spiked nicely for the year. Investors should watch the current year for early signs of profit recovery. Caribbean Cream’s latest results demonstrate how powerful recovery situations can be for investors.
The top three stocks in the Main Market, with expected gains of 189 to 210 percent are Radio Jamaica followed by Berger Paints and JMMB Group that reported decent full-year March results.
During the early summer months, the local market tends to move sideways as trading recedes from more robust levels. Investors should keep their eyes on the market less they miss good opportunities, as is the case in the near 75 percent rise in the price of General Accident since May 7 and Caribbean Cream. No doubt, there will be others before summer ends.
The targeted average PE ratio of the market is 20 based on the profits of companies reporting full year’s results from now to the second quarter in 2021. Both the Junior and Main markets are currently trading well below this level. The JSE Main Market ended the week, with an overall PE of 15 and the Junior Market at just 11, based on IC Insider.com’s projected 2020-21 earnings. The average PE ratio of the Junior Market has been slowly rising and narrowing the gap on the Main Market as investors seem to see better profit opportunities in this sector. 
The PE ratio for the Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages a mere 5.9 at just 54 percent to the average of the overall Junior Market. The Main Market TOP 10 stocks trade at 8.5 or 56 percent of the PE of the overall market.
The average projected gain for the IC TOP 10 stocks is 272 percent, for the Junior Market and 144 percent for the JSE Main Market, based on 2020-21 earnings, an indication that there is the potential to make greater gains in the Junior Market than in the Main Market.
IC TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver some of the best returns up to March 2021. The projected gain for each company’s stock is computed, by using the earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year. The ranking of stocks is in order of likely increases, with the highest-ranked, being the most attractive. The ranking of stocks is in order of likely increases, with the highest-ranked, being the most attractive. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
Persons who compiled this report may have an interest in securities commented on in this report.
Trading ended with the prices of 10 stocks rising, the prices of 14 declining and nine remaining with prices unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the market shows four stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and one with a lower offer.
Knutsford Express rose 1 cent to $7 2,000 stock units passing through the market, Lasco Distributors carved out a loss 8 cents in closing at $2.82 with 1,615 shares changing hands. Lasco Financial rose 9 cents to end at $2.54 after exchanging 758 shares, Lasco Manufacturing fell 20 cents in closing at $3.55 trading 12,617 units, Limners and Bards rose 10 cents to $2.55 trading 6,692 shares. Lumber Depot carved out a loss 1 cent to finish $1.02 in an exchange of 31,202 units, Mailpac Group fell 7 cents, to $1.98 with 795,955 units clearing the market, Medical Disposables declined by 25 cents to settle at $5.80 in trading 71,760 stock units. Paramount Trading dropped 15 cents to $1.81 with 44,350 stock units crossing the exchange, SSL Venture lost 11 cents to end at 78 cents with investors trading 1,002 stock units and Stationery and Office Supplies gained 38 cents closing at $5.98 after 6,358 units crossed the market.
At the close of the market, AMG Packaging advanced 2 cents to settle at $1.57, in trading 17,587 units, Cargo Handlers dropped $1 to settle at $6.50 with 1,100 units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers declined by 12 cents to end at $2.01, in an exchange of 1,000 stock units. Caribbean Cream carved out a 25 percent gain of 70 cents to end at $3.50, with 1,462,386 units crossing the market, Derrimon Trading carved out a loss 18 cents after closing at $2.20 and exchanging 373,400 stock units, Elite Diagnostic fell 2 cents to $3.60 with investors swapping 4,642 units. Fontana rose 4 cents to $5.15 trading 153,701 shares, Fosrich declined by 8 cents to settle at $3.60 with an exchange of 18,954 stock units, General Accident in rising 20 cents ended at $7 while exchanging 147,451 shares. Honey Bun advanced by 1 cent to settle at $4.91 with 1,637 shares crossing the market, iCreate lost 1 cent to end at 54 cents with 14,650 stock units clearing the market, Indies Pharma climbed 14 cents to end at $2.90 with 2,394,805 units crossing the market. Jamaican Teas lost 8 cents in ending at $4.97 with 11,025 shares changing hands,
Knutsford Express fell 1 cent to close at $6.99 in an exchange of 11 units, Lasco Distributors climbed 6 cents to end at $2.90 trading 60,409 stock units. Lasco Financial carved out a loss 4 cents in closing at $2.45 with 5,960 shares passing through the market, Lasco Manufacturing advanced 15 cents to end at $3.75 with investors swapping 83,154 shares, Limners and Bards dropped 20 cents to settle at $2.45 in trading 174,651 units. Lumber Depot shed 2 cents to close at $1.03 in clearing the market with 380,038 stock units, Mailpac Group rose 6 cents to end at $2.05 in exchanging 467,663 shares. Medical Disposables carved out a gain of 5 cents to settle at $6.05 while exchanging 2,787 shares and Stationery and Office Supplies lost 1 cent in closing at $5.60 in an exchange of 11,714 shares.
Trading ended with 32 securities changing hands with the prices of 13 stocks rising, nine declining and 10 remaining unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
At the close of the market, Access Financial declined by $1.99 to settle at $23.50 with investors swapping 68 stock units, AMG Packaging rose 3 cents to end at $1.55 with 31,000 stock units changing hands, Caribbean Assurance Brokers carved out a loss 7 cents in ending at $2.13 with investors switching ownership of 51,571 units. Caribbean Producers rose 3 cents to end at $2.44 in trading 31,897 stock units, Dolphin Cove gained $1 to close at $8 in exchanging 10,007 units, Express Catering fell 5 cents to $4.20 with an exchange of 6,504 units. Fontana fell 5 cents after closing at $5.11, with 54,087 stock units crossing the exchange, General Accident lost 21 cents to close at $6.80, with 5,216,851 stock units passing through the market, Honey Bun added 10 cents to end at $4.90 in exchanging 127,592 shares. Indies Pharma increased by 6 cents to settle at $2.76 247,288 shares changing hands, Jamaican Teas rose 5 cents to end at $5.05 in trading 59,383 shares, Jetcon Corporation gained 1 cent to end at 97 cents with investors swapping 9,533 stock units. Lasco Distributors added 3 cents in ending at $2.84 trading 118,580 stock units, Limners and Bards jumped 16 cents to close at $2.65 while exchanging 20,014 units, Lumber Depot carved out a loss 2 cents to close at $1.05 with investors switching ownership of 1,076,643 shares. 
Mailpac Group shed 1 cent to settle at $1.99 while exchanging 574,205 units, Main Event gained 6 cents to close at $4.05, with 1,800 units crossing the exchange, Medical Disposables carved out a loss 35 cents to close at $6 with investors swapping 2,772 units. Paramount Trading gained 15 cents to finish at $1.96, with 48,099 shares crossing the market, SSL Venture eked out a gain of 4 cents to settle at 89 cents in switching ownership of 3,000 units. Stationery and Office Supplies rose 1 cent to end at $5.61, trading 56,445 stock units and tTech lost $1.05 to end at $4.70 after 18,037 shares changed hands.
At the close, the Junior Market Index declined 33.03 points to close at 2,522.97. Trading ended with 35 securities changing hands with the prices of 9 stocks rising, 14 declining and prices of 12 closing unchanged. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at 10 based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Lasco Financial lost l2 cents to end at $2.49 after exchanging 43,312 shares. Lasco Manufacturing gained 4 cents to end at $3.60, with 23,350 units changing hands, Limners and Bards increased 4 cents to $2.49 in trading 1,138,812 stock units, Mailpac Group fell 4 cents to $2 with an exchange of 2,204,157 stock units. Medical Disposables shed 6 cents to end at $6.35 with 48,577 stock units crossing the exchange, Paramount Trading gained 1 cent to end at $1.81 with investors trading 580 stock units, SSL Venture dropped 4 cents to settle at 85 cents with 49,835 units changing hands. Stationery and Office Supplies declined by 20 cents to close at $5.60 in trading 16,097 units and tTech declined by 5 cents to settle at $5.75 in trading 59,153 stock units.
At the close, the Junior Market Index climbed 23.92 points to 2,556.00. Trading ended with 31 securities changing hands with the prices of 13 stocks rising, 11 declining and seven closing unchanged.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows one stock ended with the bid higher than the last selling price and two with lower offers.
Jamaican Teas rose 29 cents to end at $4.99 trading 14,142 stock units, Jetcon Corporation declined by 4 cents in ending at $1.01 with 52,984 stock units crossing the exchange, KLE Group declined by 1 cent in closing at $1.79 with an exchange of 279 shares. Knutsford Express gained 12 cents to end at $6.62 in trading 8,420 stock units, Lasco Distributors shed 8 cents to close at $2.99 in exchanging 43,174 stock units, Lasco Manufacturing fell 14 cents ending at $3.56 with investors switching 21,945 units. Limners and Bards shed 15 cents to close at $2.45 with an exchange of 111,677 stock units, Lumber Depot ended rising 5 cents to $1.07 trading 208,644 units, Mailpac Group added 1 cent to settle at $2.04 in exchanging 1,415,547 stock units. Main Event dropped 8 cents to $3.99 with 37,832 stock units changing hands, Medical Disposables inched 1 cent higher to close at $6.41 with an exchange of 4,384 units and tTech jumped $1.10 to settle at $5.80 in trading 1,148 units.
After entering IC Insider.com Main Market TOP 10 last week, NCB Financial Group is out of the top 10 and replaced by Victoria Mutual Investments. These two stocks are the only movement in and out of the TOP 10 for the week. There is no change to the Junior Market TOP 10. 
In the Main Market, the top three stocks are Berger Paints, followed by Radio Jamaica and JMMB Group, with expected gains of 195 to 208 percent.
Both the Junior and Main markets are currently trading well below this level. The JSE Main Market ended the week, with an overall PE of 15.2 and the Junior Market at just 10.6, based on IC Insider.com’s projected 2020-21 earnings. The PE ratio for the Junior Market Top 10 stocks averages a mere 5.5 at just 52 percent to the average of the overall Junior Market. The Main Market TOP 10 stocks trade at 8.4 or 55 percent of the PE of the overall market.
IC TOP 10 stocks are likely to deliver some of the best returns up to March 2021. The computation of projected gains is based on earnings and PE ratios for the current fiscal year for each stock. The ranking of stocks is in order of likely increases, with the highest-ranked, being the most attractive. The ranking of stocks is in order of likely increases, with the highest-ranked, being the most attractive. Expected values will change as stock prices fluctuate and will result in movements of the selection in and out of the lists for most weeks. Revisions to earnings per share are ongoing, based on receipt of new information.
The day ended, with the prices of seven stocks rising, 20 declining while eight remained firm. The average PE Ratio of the Junior Market ended at nine based on IC Insider.com’s forecasted 2020-21 earnings.
In contrast, the average trade for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each active security.
Knutsford Express dropped 30 cents to close at $6.50 with 102,248 units changing hands, Lasco Financial rose 1 cent to $2.51 with an exchange of 47,400 shares. Lasco Manufacturing increased by 9 cents to settle at $3.70 with 104,900 units traded, Limners and Bards gained 10 cents to end at $2.60 with investors transferring 73,015 shares, Lumber Depot fell 3 cents and traded 250,122 units to finish $1.02. Mailpac Group closed 5 cents higher at $2.03 with 170,630 stock units changing hands, Main Event declined 1 cent to $4.07 in the transfer of 769 units, Paramount Trading lost 14 cents to end at $1.80 with 30,600 shares crossing the exchange. SSL Venture slipped 1 cent to 89 cents and exchanging just one unit, Stationery and Office Supplies gained 10 cents to end at $5.80 with the transfer of 2,300 units and tTech lost 50 cents to close at $4.70 with 3,074 units changing hands.
At the close, investors exchanged 6,245,390 shares for $15,597,349 from 33 securities compared to 22,898,027 units at $49,652,613 from 34 securities on Wednesday.
The average trade for the day ended at 189,254 units at $472,647, in contrast to an average of 673,471 valued at $1,460,371 on Wednesday. The average volume and value for the month to date amounts to 517,773 units for $9,832,505, in contrast to 658,177 at $1,664,469 previously. In contrast, the average trade for June was 245,049 units at $689,955 for each security traded.
Honey Bun lost 8 cents to close at $5.50 in an exchange of 75,000 stock units, iCreate lost 1 cent to 54 cents trading 37,636 shares, Jamaican Teas lost 6 cents to close at $4.79 with 13,801 shares changing hands. Jetcon Corporation advanced 7 cents to end at $1.08 in the transferring of 128,201 units, Knutsford Express dropped $1.10 and exchanged 355,936 stock units to close at $6.80, Lasco Manufacturing shed 29 cents to end at $3.61 with 41,729 units crossing the exchange. Limners and Bards gained 3 cents to close at $2.50 with investors transferring 3,601 shares, Lumber Depot rose 3 cents to settle at $1.05 with investors trading 798,698 stock units, Mailpac Group exchanged 2,800,768 units to finish at $1.98 after rising 2 cents. Medical Disposables dropped 60 cents to close at $6.40 with the trading of 10,000 units and Stationery and Office Supplies dived 28 cents to end at $5.70 with 33,291 shares crossing the exchange.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading, the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator reading for the Junior Market shows two stocks ended with bids higher than their last selling prices and two with lower offers.
Honey Bun rose 3 cents to settle at $5.58 with the trading of 61,790 units, Indies Pharma gained 1 cent as investors transferred 341,207 shares to finish at $2.95. Jamaican Teas declined by 5 cents to end at $4.85 with trading in 4,500 shares, Jetcon Corporation closed 2 cents higher at $1.01 with an exchange of 60,500 shares, Limners and Bards lost 13 cents to finish at $2.47 with 125,851 shares changing hands. Lumber Depot fell 5 cents and traded 309,800 shares to close at $1.02, Mailpac Group exchanged 19,259,357 units and gained 8 cents to settle at $1.96, Medical Disposables jumped 25 cents to close at $7 with 16,482 stock units changing hands. Paramount Trading lost 6 cents to finish at $1.94, with investors transferring 705 stock units and SSL Venture gained 12 cents to settle at 90 cents with 452 shares crossing the exchange.