Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL) Risk Assessment

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XJAM:BIL Barita Investments Ltd XJAM:BIL
61 GF Score
Price JMD68.08
GF Value JMD17,076.99
Valuation Possible Value Trap
! 5 Warning Signs
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What is Barita Investments Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Barita Investments is: High Risk: High uncertainty.

Barita Investments  (XJAM:BIL) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

Barita Investments Risk Assessment Related Terms

XJAM:BIL vs MS, GS, SCHW: Risk Assessment Comparison

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Barita Investments's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Barita Investments Risk Assessment vs Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Barita Investments's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Barita Investments's Risk Assessment falls into.


XJAM:BIL
61GF Score
Barita Investments Ltd XJAM:BIL
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Is Barita Investments (XJAM:BIL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Barita Investments stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of JMD68.08 is trading 99.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of JMD17,076.99. GuruFocus considers Barita Investments to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for XJAM:BIL:

  • Risk Assessment:
  • GF Value™: JMD17,076.99 vs. price of JMD68.08 (99.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 61/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the XJAM:BIL stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Barita Investments Business Description

Address 15 Street Lucia Way, Kingston, JAM, 5
Barita Investments Ltd is a licensed securities dealer, investment manager, pension administrator and cambio operator and has primary dealer status from Bank of Jamaica. The principal activities of company are securities brokerage, money market activities, cambio operations, investment banking, and fund management. Its products are Unit Trust Funds, Barita GPS, FX Income Accumulator, Capital Growth Fund, Money Market Fund, FX Growth Portfolio, FX Bond Portfolio, Real Estate Portfolio, Income Portfolio, Pension Management Fund, Individual Retirement Scheme, Fixed Income, Stocks and Research, etc. The company has three segments Fixed Income, Fund Management, and Other operations. The majority of revenue comes from Fixed Income which includes money market activities and securities broking.
61GF Score

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JMD68.08
Price
JMD17,076.99
GF Value