The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Tuesday as trading ended with 484,267 shares valued at $851,140 changing hands. A total of 11 securities traded with 3 falling, 2 gaining while 6 remained unchanged. Two stocks closed at 52 weeks’ lows.
The market closed with the Composite Index advanced by 0.26 points to close at 1,129.59, the All T&T Index advanced by 1.03 points to close at 1,805.17 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.07 points at 60.31.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 6 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 6 with offers that were lower. The market still reflects signs of weakness with about a third of the listings with no bids to buy.
Gains| ANSA McAl added 1,491 shares and gained 50 cents to end at $63 and National Enterprises closed with 20,111 shares changing hands at $9 after gaining 1 cent.
Losses| Massy Holdings had 259 shares changing hands with the price declining by 11 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $54.88.
One Caribbean Media traded 275 shares and fell 22 cents to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $21.75 and Scotia Investments with 149,294 shares valued at $257,727 changing hands, closed at $1.60 for a drop of 21 cents.
Firm Trades| Agostini’s ended with 1,000 shares changing hands to close at $17.01, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed at $6.50 with 1,516 units changing hands, JMMB group traded 290,655 shares to close at 59 cents. Point Lisas traded 13,553 shares at $4.05, Sagicor Financial closed at $7.01 with 5,913 units changing hands and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $20 with 200 units changing hands.
Modest gains for TSE stocks – Tuesday
TTSE stocks closed down – Monday
Grace Kennedy closed at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday
The slide on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange continued on Monday with trading ended with 271,900 shares valued at $5,178,918 changing hands. A total of 12 securities traded with 3 falling, one gaining while 8 remained unchanged. A total of 1 stock closed at a 52 weeks’ low and one at a 52 weeks’ high.
The market closed with the Composite Index falling 1.07 points to close at 1,159.44, the All T&T Index dropping 1.62 points to close at 1,865.06 and the Cross Listed Index declined by 0.07 points to close at 60.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator ended with 3 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 with offers that were lower. More telling is the fact that about a third of the listings have no bids to buy.
Gains| Grace Kennedy gained 2 cents to close with 500 units changing hands to close at $5.15.
Losses| JMMB Group traded 15,406 shares to close with a loss of 2 cents at 58 cents. Massy Holdings ended with 60,200 shares with a value of $3,426,958 changing hands as the price dropped $1.04 to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $56.75 and Scotia Investments closed with a loss of 5 cents at $1.75 while trading 98,856 shares.
Firm Trades|Clico Investments traded 26,975 shares with a value of $608,779 to close at $22.55, First Citizens traded 16,000 shares at $34.99, Firstcaribbean International Bank closed with 19,723 units changing hands at $6.50, National Commercial Bank had 25,000 shares changing hands to close at $2.40, National Flour closed with 3,400 shares changing hands at $1.95. Point Lisas closed with 5,000 shares trading to close at $4, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 6,569 shares changing hands to close at $7 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL ended trading 7,677 shares to close at $19.
Just 20,366 TTSE shares trade on Friday
Trading activity sank to a very low level on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Friday, with a mere 20,366 shares valued at $336,803 trading. The market ended with 12 active securities of which, 3 rose gained, 3 fell and 6 remained unchanged, including 2 ending at 52 weeks’ highs and 2 at 52 weeks’ lows.
The Composite Index lost 1.87 points to close at 1,158.46, the All T&T Index fell 4.52 points to close at 1,896.48 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.11 points to close at 55.63.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 6 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 10 with offers that were lower.
Gains| Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 3,733 shares changing hands with a rise of 10 cents at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.80. Republic Financial Holdings rose 3 cents to close at $112.15, with 580 shares changing hands and Scotia Investments contributed 2,500 shares while gaining 6 cents, to close at a 52 weeks’ high of $1.80, the equivalent of J$33.90, but the stock traded at J$30 in Jamaica.
Losses| Clico Investments traded 7,685 shares to close at $22.51 with a loss of 4 cents, National Enterprises closed with 312 shares changing hands at $14.45 after losing 33 cents, to close at a 52 weeks’ low andScotiabank contributed only 323 shares while dropping 14 cents to close at a 52 weeks’ low of $59.75.
Firm Trades| First Citizens closed with 142 shares changing hands at $35, National Flour traded 1,000 shares to close at $1.80. Point Lisas ended with 170 shares trading, to close at $4, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $19 with 1,518 units trading, Trinidad Cement traded 2,400 shares at $3.51 and West Indian Tobacco closed at $112.30 with 3 shares changing hands.
4 stocks declined on TTSE – Monday
First Caribbean Traded at a 52 weeks’ high on Monday
The Composite Index rose 0.54 points to close at 1,159.62, the All T&T Index fell 0.64 points to close at 1,902.84 and the Cross Listed Index gained 0.24 points to close at 55.07.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with 7 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 with offers that were lower.
Gains| FirstCaribbean International Bank traded 873,824 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $5.56 with a 5 cents rise, Republic Financial Holdings gained 3 cents to close at $112.15 with 1,112 shares changing hands and Sagicor Financial traded 894 shares to end at a 52 weeks’ high of $6.66 after gaining 1 cent.
Losses| Guardian Holdings fell by 7 cents to close at $14.10 with 67 shares changing hands, National Enterprises closed with 20,000 shares trading and lost 1 cent to end at a 52 weeks’ low of $14.78, National Flour traded 13,472 shares and fell 10 cents to close at $1.85 and Point Lisas fell by 1 cent to end at $4 as 1,830 units were traded.Firm Trades| Berger Paints traded 5,000 units at $3.67, Clico Investments traded 45,520 shares to close at $22.56, JMMB Group traded 285,832 shares at 59 cents, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed at $19 with 24,100 units trading and Trinidad Cement traded 165,882 shares at $3.51.
Negatives remain as TTSE slips lower
Activity on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange continued with moderate with trading in 9 securities on Tuesday. The market closed with no stock gaining 3 declined with the prices of 6 remaining unchanged. A total of 52,161 shares changed hands valued at $1,671,277.
The Composite Index ended with a fall of 0.85 points to 1,163.80 the All T&T Index lost 1.69 points to 1,939.08 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 51.22.
IC bid-offer Indicator| The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator has turned negative with only 2 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 9 stocks with offers that were lower.
Losses| Ansa McAl closed at a 52 weeks’ low with 95 shares traded and lost 38 cents to end at $66.25, National Flour Mills traded 14,108 units and lost 1 cents to end at $2.49 and Trinidad Cement closed with 173 shares changing hands with a loss of 4 cents to end at $3.89.
Firm Trades| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 385 shares at $38.96, Clico Investment Fund traded 15,000 shares to close at $22.75, Grace Kennedy traded 1,680 shares at $4.06, National Commercial Bank closed at $2.30 while trading 10,000 shares. Point Lisas had 400 units changing hands at $3.93, Republic Financial Holdings closed at $112 as 11,090 shares changed hands and Sagicor Financial Corporation ended with 1,000 shares changing hands at $6.50.
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BUY RATED top Carib markets with 830%
The JSE stock racked up huge gains in 2015
IC BUY RATED stocks were top of the Caribbean markets in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago for 2015, with Jamaica Stock Exchange share, chalking up a massive gain of 830 percent since IC Insider elevated it to BUY RATED status.Caribbean Cement followed with gains of 640 percent, Caribbean Cream with 444 percent and Trinidad Cement with a 299 percent increase on the Trinidad market.
While it was easy to make money in Jamaica, with profits rising and interest rates falling, developments in Trinidad went in the opposite direction, with interest rates rising and profits under pressure with the economy ended in recession.
At the beginning of 2015 of the 14 junior market selections, few recorded gains and only Knutsford Express with a 17 percent increase reflecting any meaningful positive movement. Losses were large, with AMG Packaging down 39 percent, Blue Power 31 percent, Caribbean Cream 23 percent, Jamaica Teas 28 percent, Lasco Financial 37 percent and Lasco Manufacturing 32 percent. What a difference a year can make? By the end of 2015, gains were all over the place with the list having 17 companies with two being dropped. There were no losing stocks in the list that had a new addition, tTech which could be listed this week. Honey Bun was added to the listing in November and gained 9 percent since. Eight stocks have more than doubled, four gained 40 percent to 91 percent. Caribbean Cream jumped 292 percent to be the top selection in this market, followed by Lasco Distributors up 274 percent. Blue Power was removed from the list in July with a small gain.
In the JSE main market, at the start of 2015, Hardware and Lumber was the best performing stock with gains of 62 percent followed by Cable & Wireless with 47 percent and Jamaica Broilers had the worst performance with a loss of 24 percent. In all, 7 of the 15 selections were lower than at the time they were BUY RATED.
By year-end, all selections in the JSE main market were up, with Scotia Investments having a mere 15 percent increase, being the poorest performer. This stock is being moved to Market Watch as the 2015 profit performance was far too disappointing to warrant buying now, while Hardware and Lumber remains a hold. The rest, present opportunities for continuing profit making. 
JMMB Group ended with just 28 percent gain, but seems undervalued at the current price. While the list had a few lousy performers, the same can’t be said about a 640 percent gain in Caribbean Cement and 830 percent increase for Jamaica Stock Exchange share. In all, 9 stocks posted gains in excess of 100 percent and 4 below 100 percent but with a 50 percent increase and more.
There were 13 selections in the Trinidad market with Trinidad Cement being the best performer with gains of 150 percent, the next was Point Lisas with 11 percent at the start of 2015. Five stocks suffered losses with the highest being 22 percent and the next 18 percent. For 2015 the price of Trinidad Cement is up 299 percent followed by National Flour with a 59 percent gain.
Looking ahead, the junior stocks should continue to grow, with several of the companies actively expanding resulting in profits climbing at a fast pace. There are a few stocks to be cautious of just now. Lasco Distributors selling at almost 16 times 2016 March earnings. Growth should be strong but unless investors have a long term objective they should be careful buying at current price level, the same applies to Lasco Financial that is selling at 15 times earnings. Dolphin Cove remains a hold at this time.
The Trinidad market needs to be watched at this stage, with the country needing to adjust to the lower price of oil and the recession now being endured.
Up day on TTSE – Wednesday
T&TNGL made good gains on Wednesday
The Composite Index ended with a gain of 1.96 points to 1,161.86, the All T&T Index gained 0.75 points to 1,948 55 and the Cross Listed Index fell 0.44 points to end at 49.39.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading there are signs that the number of stocks gaining could rise with IC Bid indicator showing an increase number of stocks with higher bids than in recent trading days. The Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with bids higher than the last selling price and 6 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Grace Kennedy added 4 cents with 3,715 units changing hands at $4.05, National Commercial Bank rose by 5 cents to $2.10 while trading 185,390 shares valued at $389,319, Republic Financial Holdings gained 2 cents to close at $111.93 with 21,365 shares changing hands at a value of $2,391,384. Point Lisas gained 1 cent with 100 shares trading to close at $3.92, Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a gain of 42 cents, to end at $21.43 with 160,156 shares changing hands valued at $3,432,434. Sagicor Financial Corporation traded 10,912 shares and rose by 10 cents to $6.20 and West Indian Tobacco gained 2 cents with 25,000 units changing hands to close at a new 52 weeks’ high of $126.29.
Declines| ANSA McAL contributed 174,058 shares with a value of $11,597,485 but lost 7 cents in closing at $66.63 and Unilever Caribbean ended with 200 shares trading 19 cents lower at $68.30.Firm Trades| Trading in First Citizens ended with 6,019 units changing hands to close at $35, JMMB Group traded 190,148 at 53 cents and Massy Holdings ended at $61.45 while trading 2,530 shares.
4 TTSE’s stocks up 3 down on Wednesday
Unilever Caribbean traded at a new high on Wednesday
At the close, the Composite Index ending with a rose of 0.87 points at 1,160.53 the
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 6 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.
Gains| Clico Investment Fund closed with 11,760 shares valued at $266,326 changing hands, 7 cents higher at $22.65, Prestige Holdings traded 2,603 units to end at $10.10, having risen 5 cents to a 52 weeks’ high. Trinidad Cement closed at a new 52 weeks’ high of $4.33 with 200 shares changing hands, after adding 13 cents and Unilever Caribbean ended with 12,085 shares valued at $823,593 trading with a gain of 12 cents, for a new 52 weeks’ high of $68.15.
Declines| First Citizens Bank traded 2,733 shares carrying a value of $326,328, to close with a fall of 1 cent at $35.01, Point Lisas fell 4 cents in trading 1,000 units at $3.91 and Trinidad and Tobago NGL closed with a loss of 1 cent at $22 as 34,957 shares changed hands for a value of $769,101.Firm Trades| Republic Bank closed at $112, with 279 shares changing hands, Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 206 shares changing hands at $6.03, and infrequent trader L.J. Williams B share traded 615 units to close with a gain of 2 cents to end at 99 cents.
Point Lisas remains undervalued
Point Lisas is headquartered in Trinidad, is listed on the country’s stock exchange, last traded at $3.90 and is an undervalued stock with earnings per share including gains on property of $1.85 for the nine months to September this year.
Profit before tax of Point Lisas Industrial Port Development (Point Lisas) for the period to September, excluding fair value gains on property, amounts to $20.4 million an increase of 181 percent over $112,000 for the same period for 2014. Gross profit climbed sharply by 29 percent to $51 million in the third quarter from $40 million in 2014 and for the nine months, an increase of 12.66 percent from $134 million to $151 million.
For the September quarter, profit after tax moved from a loss of $14 million to a surplus of $14 million including fair value gains on property of $10.6 million and fair value loss of $4.7 million in the 2014 quarter. For the year to September, fair value gains on property amount to $58 million for 2015 and $91 million in 2014.
Revenues grew by 10 percent for the nine months to September compared to the period to September 2014. Cash flow from operations amounts to $31 million and is up from $13 million in 2014, leading to cash and equivalent of $60 million at the end of the 2015 period. Administrative and other cost declined moderately by $5 million for the quarter and for the nine months.
According to management in their report to shareholders, the increase in revenue was heavily influenced by containerized cargo operations which experienced a 15 percent increase in throughput over the same period in 2014. The data showed a 4 percent increase in imports, an 8 percent increase in exports and a 60 percent increase in trans-shipment cargo. General cargo experienced a 10 percent decline due to an 88 percent decrease in exports, a 1 percent increase in imports and a 4 percent increase in trans-shipment.
Total assets climbed to $2.28 billion in the third quarter 2015, equity capital amounts to $1.97 billion, borrowed funds amount to $125 million, while current assets stood at $121 million and current liabilities at $52 million.
“In the second and third quarters, PLIPDECO provided bunkering services as part of its service and revenue expansion drive. During the fourth quarter, the Corporation intends to continue with infrastructural improvements, information technology upgrades and move steadfastly with the Port upgrade project. The future outcome of these undertakings would further enhance productivity, overall efficiency of Port Operations and ultimately boost profitability,” Ian R. H. Atherly, Chairman of the company said in a release accompanying the financials.
Only 16K shares traded on TTSE
Activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Thursday ended with 12 securities trading. At the close there were 2 stocks closing higher, 2 declined and 8 remained unchanged as a total of 16,155 units traded, valued at $362,011.
At the close the Composite Index ending with a decline of 0.04 points at 1,146.53, the All T&T Index fell 0.14 to 1,946.20 and the Cross Listed Index remained at 45.51.
gains| Ansa Merchant Bank traded 1,369 units to close 1 cent higher at $38.95 and Sagicor Financial Corporation closed with 181 shares changing hands, to end 1 cents higher at $6.
Losses| Massy Holdings traded 1,360 shares with the price ending at $62.46, after losing 1 cent and National Enterprises with 23 shares changing hands to end 1 cent lower at $16.72, to close at a 52 weeks’ low
Firm Trades| Berger Paints with 200 shares changing hands, closed at $3.66, ANSA McAL contributed 850 shares in trading, to close at $67.03, First Citizens Bank traded 2,546 shares and closed at $35. Guardian Holdings with 2,026 shares trading, closed at $13.12, National Flour closed with 400 shares trading for $1.96, Point Lisas traded 1,000 shares to close at $3.95, Trinidad Cement traded 6,000 units at $3.16 and West Indian Tobacco traded just 200 shares to closed at $126.
IC bid-offer Indicator| At the end of trading the Investor’s Choice bid-offer indicator had 5 stocks with the bid higher than the last selling price and 5 stocks with offers that were lower.