Hurricane Beryl while not flattening the Jamaica stock market sucked much life out during the week, with volumes and values falling sharply as the markets held up well following the end of month activity in the prior week, with the Main Market being flat and sight slippage for the Junior Market.
The Junior Market ICTOP10 closed with two stocks rising and two declining with notable losses. The Main Market has three stocks with notable gains and two losses of size.
The Junior Market ICTOP10, Caribbean Assurance mark and closed the week up 16 percent to close at $3.85, tTech climbed 14 percent to $2.39. Caribbean Cream continues to suffer from a lack of good corporate governance by not providing investors with up-to-date information on its performance in the absence of full year and interim results, accordingly, the stocks keep on meandering between a low of $3 and $4 range, dropping 13 percent to $3.31 followed by One great Studio, down 7 percent to 83 cents.
Margaritaville the best performer in the Main Market TOP10 climbed 14 percent to $15.45, Berger Paints was up 5 percent in closing at $8.98 and Guardian Holdings popped 4 percent to close at $359.99. Declining stocks are General Accident dipping 9 percent to $6.30 and JMMB Group falling 4 percent to $24.
Iron Rock Insurance drops out of the TOP10 with trading in the stock suspended and is replaced by Dolla Financial that fell back in price during the week following the big month end run up last week.
The average PE for the JSE Main Market ICTOP 10 stands at 5.1, well below the market average of 13.9 and the Junior Market TOP10 sits at 6.7, just over half of the market, with an average of 12.9.
The Main Market ICTOP10 is projected to gain an average of 299 percent by May 2025, based on 2024 forecasted earnings and providing better values than the Junior Market with the potential to achieve 212 percent over the same period.
In the Main Market ICTOP 10, a total of 17 of the most highly valued stocks representing 33 percent of the Main Market are priced at a PE of 15 to 102, with an average of 29 and 19 excluding the highest PE ratios, and a PE of 23 for the top half and 16 excluding the stocks with overweight values.
In the Junior Market IC TOP10 are 16 stocks, or 34 percent of the market, with PEs ranging from 15 to 51, averaging 20, well above the market’s average. The average PE for the top half of the market is 18, possibly the lowest fair value measure for stocks currently.
ICTOP10 focuses on likely yearly winners, accordingly, the list includes some of the best companies in the market, but this is not always so. 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 will likely deliver the best returns on or around May 2025 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.
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At the close of trading on Monday, the JSE Combined Market Index rose 754.50 points to 331,757.81, the All Jamaican Composite Index dipped 103.99 points to close at 357,293.42, the JSE Main Index fell 670.12 points to end trading at 318,586.42. The Junior Market Index fell 15.95 points to 3,779.84 and the JSE USD Market Index rallied 3.93 points to end the day at 238.48.
The market’s PE ratio, the most popular measure used to value stocks, ended at 20.4 on 2023-24 earnings and 13.9 times those for 2024-25 at the close of trading. ICInsider.com PE ratio chart and more detailed daily charts provide investors with regularly updated information to help decision-making.
Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The market closed with the trading of 2,388,003 shares for $5,605,364 down from 12,610,753 units at $11,308,047 on Friday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index declined 15.95 points to culminate at 3,779.84.
Fontana sank 25 cents to end at $8, with 78,641 stock units crossing the market. Fosrich dipped 7 cents in closing at $2.25 as investors traded 70,472 stocks, Indies Pharma rallied 10 cents to $2.80 in the trading of 244,721 stock units, Jetcon Corporation rose 9 cents and ended at 94 cents with an exchange of 11 stocks. KLE Group advanced 14 cents to finish at $2.25 as only 85 units passed through the market, Knutsford Express fell 20 cents to close at $11.26 with traders dealing in 1,179 shares, Main Event increased 10 cents to end at $11.12 after an exchange of 3,121 stock units and Spur Tree Spices lost 13 cents in closing at $2.16 with a transfer of 11,646 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
The market closed with 4,667,318 shares being traded for $32,767,188 compared with 2,858,995 units at $16,546,674 on Friday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on the last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Jamaica Producers declined $1.04 to $23.95 with traders dealing in 1,299 units, Mayberry Group rallied 51 cents to end at $8.50 as investors traded 1,810 stock units, NCB Financial gained $2.88 in closing at $57.88 after 14,398 shares changed hands. Pan Jamaica popped $2.50 and ended at $49.50 with investors dealing in 983 units, Seprod climbed $3 to close at $86.99 after 6,000 stocks were exchanged, Sterling Investments ended at a 52 weeks’ low of $1.91 while 6,479 shares were traded, Supreme Ventures fell 99 cents to finish at $23.01 after 37,591 stock units crossed the market and Wisynco Group dropped 74 cents and ended at $20.50 in trading 21,980 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
two declining and two ending unchanged.
At the close, MPC Caribbean Clean Energy dipped 2.99 cents to finish at 61 US cents after an exchange of 156 stock units, Sygnus Credit Investments ended at 6.7 US cents with investors trading 2,500 stock units and Transjamaican Highway slipped by 0.06 of a cent to close at 1.94 US cents after a transfer of 50,048 shares.
52 weeks’ low of $1.41.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.8. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecast provided by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
JMMB Group skidded $1.07 and ended at $23.41 as investors exchanged 742 shares, Pan Jamaica fell $2.94 to $47 after 800 stock units changed hands, Sagicor Group lost 50 cents in closing at $40 in an exchange of 15,013 shares. Scotia Group popped 50 cents to close at $45.50 and closed with an exchange of 8,599 units, Stanley Motta advanced 44 cents to end at $5.96 in trading 1,310 stocks, Sygnus Credit Investments gained 97 cents to finish at $12.02 with 902 stock units crossing the market and Sygnus Real Estate Finance dropped $1.15 and ended at $9.50 with investors swapping 720 shares.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
Investors ended trading 12,610,753 shares for $11,308,047, compared to 3,565,444 stock units at $5,961,750 on Thursday.
At the close of trading, the Junior Market Index shed 19.10 points to conclude trading at 3,795.79.
Fontana popped 25 cents to end at $8.25 with an exchange of 78,738 stocks, Future Energy increased 11 cents in closing at $3.50 in trading 60,932 units, iCreate dropped 7 cents to close at 55 cents in an exchange of 630,506 shares. Knutsford Express climbed 26 cents to $11.46, with 1,208 stocks changing hands, Lasco Financial lost 14 cents to finish at $1.71 with 1,547,839 stock units crossing the exchange, Limners and Bards declined 38 cents and ended at $1.51 in switching ownership of 19,130 shares. Main Event fell $1.48 in closing at $11.02 as investors exchanged 16,775 stock units and Spur Tree Spices rallied 12 cents to end at $2.29 and closed with an exchange of 457,339 stocks.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
At the close of trading on Friday, the JSE Combined Market Index dropped 1,331.89 points to 332,512.31, the All Jamaican Composite Index sank by 2,298.32 points to 357,397.41, the JSE Main Index dropped 1,249.94 points to close at 319,256.54. The Junior Market Index shed 19.10 points to finish at 3,795.79 and the JSE USD Market Index lost 0.93 points to wrap-up trading at 234.55.
In the preference segment, 138 Student Living preference share rose $3 to $200.
Investors who buy when the price of a stock is close to the average will find that they are not inclined to overpay for a stock.
The market closed with an exchange of 6,543 shares for US$244 compared to 21,979 units at US$501 on Tuesday.
Sygnus Credit Investments lost 0.05 of a cent to close at 6.7 US cents with 108 shares clearing the market, Sygnus Real Estate Finance USD share skidded 1.32 cents to close at 8.8 US cents in an exchange of 40 units and Transjamaican Highway slipped 0.1 of a cent to close at 2 US cents with investors trading 6,286 stocks.
The market closed with 3,640,057 shares being traded for $12,309,649 compared with 15,743,476 units at $55,749,401 on Tuesday.
The Main Market ended trading with an average PE Ratio of 14.1. The JSE Main and USD Market PE ratios are based on last traded prices and earnings forecasts by ICInsider.com for companies with the financial year ending around August 2025.
Lasco Manufacturing advanced 45 cents to finish at $6.45 after an exchange of 2,838 stocks, Pan Jamaica gained $2.94 and ended at $49.94 with investors transferring 52 units, Sagicor Group sank 50 cents to close at $40.50 in an exchange of 17,724 stock units. Seprod rose $3.99 to $83.99 with 2,786 shares passing through the market, Supreme Ventures slipped $1.40 and ended at $23.96 with an exchange of 3,084 stocks and Sygnus Credit Investments lost $1.05 to close at $11.05 after 50,100 units changed hands.
Prices of securities trading are those for the last transaction of each stock unless otherwise stated.
