Jamaica Broilers Group (XJAM:JBG) Altman Z-Score: 0.79 (As of Sep. 11, 2026) — 72% Below Median

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XJAM:JBG Jamaica Broilers Group Ltd XJAM:JBG
78 GF Score
Price JMD12.71
GF Value JMD36.85
Valuation Possible Value Trap
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What is Jamaica Broilers Group Altman Z-Score?

Jamaica Broilers Group XJAM:JBG -0.16% 78 Altman Z-Score is 0.79 as of Sep. 11, 2026, which is 72% below its 10-year median of 2.84. GuruFocus rates XJAM:JBG with a GF Score™ of 78/100 and a GF Value™ of JMD36.85 (Possible Value Trap). The stock has 6 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,949 Consumer Packaged Goods companies, Jamaica Broilers Group ranks worse than 87.89% on this metric.

The Altman Z-Score is a model designed to predict the likelihood of a company going bankrupt within the next two years. Created by American finance professor Edward Altman in 1968, the model is specifically designed for publicly traded manufacturing companies with assets greater than $1 million.

Warning Sign:

Altman Z-score of 0.79 is in distress zone. This implies bankruptcy possibility in the next two years.

Jamaica Broilers Group has a Altman Z-Score of 0.79, indicating it is in Distress Zones. This implies bankrupcy possibility in the next two years.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Altman Z-Score <= 1.8, it is in Distress Zones.
When Altman Z-Score >= 3, it is in Safe Zones.
When Altman Z-Score is between 1.8 and 3, it is in Grey Zones.

The historical rank and industry rank for Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score or its related term are showing as below:

XJAM:JBG' s Altman Z-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 2.84   Max: 4.24
Current: 0.79

During the past 13 years, Jamaica Broilers Group's highest Altman Z-Score was 4.24. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 2.84.


Jamaica Broilers Group  (XJAM:JBG) Altman Z-Score Explanation

X1: The Working Capital/Total Assets (WC/TA) ratio is a measure of the net liquid assets of the firm relative to the total capitalization. Working capital is defined as the difference between current assets and current liabilities. Ordinarily, a firm experiencing consistent operating losses will have shrinking current assets in relation to total assets. Altman found this one proved to be the most valuable liquidity ratio comparing with the current ratio and the quick ratio. This is however the least significant of the five factors.

X2: Retained Earnings/Total Assets: the RE/TA ratio measures the leverage of a firm. Retained earnings is the account which reports the total amount of reinvested earnings and/or losses of a firm over its entire life. Those firms with high RE, relative to TA, have financed their assets through retention of profits and have not utilized as much debt.

X3, Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets (EBIT/TA): This ratio is a measure of the true productivity of the firm's assets, independent of any tax or leverage factors. Since a firm's ultimate existence is based on the earning power of its assets, this ratio appears to be particularly appropriate for studies dealing with corporate failure. This ratio continually outperforms other profitability measures, including cash flow.

X4, Market Value of Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities (MVE/TL): The measure shows how much the firm's assets can decline in value (measured by market value of equity plus debt) before the liabilities exceed the assets and the firm becomes insolvent.

X5, Revenue/Total Assets (S/TA): The capital-turnover ratio is a standard financial ratio illustrating the sales generating ability of the firm's assets.

Read more about Altman Z-Score and the original research.


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Altman Z-Score does not apply to financial companies.


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Jamaica Broilers Group Altman Z-Score Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Jamaica Broilers Group Altman Z-Score Chart

Jamaica Broilers Group Annual Data
Trend Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24 Apr25
Altman Z-Score
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.71 2.75 2.69 2.20 0.86

Jamaica Broilers Group Quarterly Data
Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25 Apr25 Jul25 Oct25 Jan26
Altman Z-Score Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.89 0.86 1.04 0.58 0.82

XJAM:JBG vs ADM, BG, TSN: Altman Z-Score Comparison

For the Farm Products subindustry, Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Altman Z-Score 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.


Jamaica Broilers Group Altman Z-Score vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score falls into.


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Jamaica Broilers Group Altman Z-Score Calculation

Altman Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score for today is calculated with this formula:

Z=1.2*X1+1.4*X2+3.3*X3+0.6*X4+1.0*X5
=1.2*-0.0945+1.4*-0.098+3.3*-0.0027+0.6*0.1686+1.0*0.9482
=0.79

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency. GuruFocus does not calculate Altman Z-Score when X4 or X5 value is 0.

Trailing Twelve Months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2026:
Total Assets was JMD105,112 Mil.
Total Current Assets was JMD28,938 Mil.
Total Current Liabilities was JMD38,872 Mil.
Retained Earnings was JMD-10,301 Mil.
Pre-Tax Income was -2325.054 + -232.566 + 1707.978 + -3301.974 = JMD-4,152 Mil.
Interest Expense was -984.356 + -924.579 + -951.673 + -1006.234 = JMD-3,867 Mil.
Revenue was 23339.405 + 24089.494 + 26188.529 + 26051.731 = JMD99,669 Mil.
Market Cap (Today) was JMD12,725 Mil.
Total Liabilities was JMD75,475 Mil.

* Note that for stock reported semi-annually or annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data.

X1=Working Capital/Total Assets
=(Total Current Assets - Total Current Liabilities)/Total Assets
=(28938.407 - 38872.158)/105112.214
=-0.0945

X2=Retained Earnings/Total Assets
=-10301.023/105112.214
=-0.098

X3=Earnings Before Interest and Taxes/Total Assets
=(Pre-Tax Income - Interest Expense)/Total Assets
=(-4151.616 - -3866.842)/105112.214
=-0.0027

X4=Market Value Equity/Book Value of Total Liabilities
=Market Cap/Total Liabilities
=12724.858/75474.848
=0.1686

X5=Revenue/Total Assets
=99669.159/105112.214
=0.9482

The zones of discrimination were as such:

Distress Zones - 1.81 < Grey Zones < 2.99 - Safe Zones

Jamaica Broilers Group has a Altman Z-Score of 0.79 indicating it is in Distress Zones.

Study by Altman found that companies that are in Distress Zone have more than 80% of chances of bankruptcy in two years.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Altman Z-Score →
What does a Altman Z-Score of 0.79 mean?
Jamaica Broilers Group (XJAM:JBG) has a Altman Z-Score of 0.79 as of Sep. 11, 2026. The Altman Z-score measures a company's bankruptcy risk. View historical data on Jamaica Broilers Group and its competitors. This is 72% below median its historical median of 2.84. Over the past decade, Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score has ranged from 0.58 to 4.24. According to the industry distribution chart, Jamaica Broilers Group ranks #1713 out of 1949 companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, placing it in the top 87.9%.
Is Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score too high?
Jamaica Broilers Group's current Altman Z-Score of 0.79 is 72% below median its 10-year median of 2.84. Over the past 10 years, this metric has ranged from a low of 0.58 to a high of 4.24. The Consumer Packaged Goods industry median Altman Z-Score is 2.94. Jamaica Broilers Group's value of 0.79 is 73.1% below this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Jamaica Broilers Group ranks #1713 out of 1949 companies in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Jamaica Broilers Group has a GF Score™ of 78/100 and is considered Possible Value Trap, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Jamaica Broilers Group's Altman Z-Score compare to ADM and BG?
According to the Consumer Packaged Goods industry distribution chart, Jamaica Broilers Group ranks #1713 out of 1949 companies for Altman Z-Score. This places Jamaica Broilers Group in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Altman Z-Score is 2.94. Jamaica Broilers Group's value of 0.79 is 73.1% below this benchmark. Historically, Jamaica Broilers Group's own Altman Z-Score has ranged from 0.58 to 4.24 over the past decade. While the company's 10-year median is 2.84 vs. the industry median of 2.94, Jamaica Broilers Group has consistently been below the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Altman Z-Score for a Consumer Packaged Goods company?
The median Altman Z-Score among Consumer Packaged Goods companies is 2.94, based on 1,949 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Altman Z-Score significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Altman Z-Score should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Jamaica Broilers Group's current Altman Z-Score of 0.79 is 73.1% below the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Altman Z-Score mean?
A high Altman Z-Score can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. The Altman Z-score measures a company's bankruptcy risk. View historical data on Jamaica Broilers Group and its competitors. For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry, the median Altman Z-Score is 2.94 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Jamaica Broilers Group's current Altman Z-Score is 0.79, which is 72% below median its own 10-year median of 2.84. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Jamaica Broilers Group stock overvalued right now?
Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Jamaica Broilers Group (XJAM:JBG) is currently considered Possible Value Trap. The stock's GF Value™ is JMD36.85, compared to a current price of JMD12.71 — trading 65.5% below its estimated fair value. The current Altman Z-Score is 0.79, which is 72% below median its 10-year median of 2.84 and 73.1% below the Consumer Packaged Goods industry median of 2.94. Jamaica Broilers Group's overall GF Score™ is 78/100 with 6 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Altman Z-Score calculated?
Altman Z-Score is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Jamaica Broilers Group (XJAM:JBG), the current Altman Z-Score is 0.79 as of Sep. 11, 2026. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Is Jamaica Broilers Group (XJAM:JBG) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Jamaica Broilers Group stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of JMD12.71 is trading 65.5% below its estimated GF Value™ of JMD36.85. GuruFocus considers Jamaica Broilers Group to be Possible Value Trap.

Key valuation signals for XJAM:JBG:

  • Altman Z-Score: 0.79 (72% below median its 10-year median of 2.84)
  • GF Value™: JMD36.85 vs. price of JMD12.71 (65.5% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 78/100 with 6 warning signs
  • Industry Position: 73.1% below the Consumer Packaged Goods median (#1713 of 1949)

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


Jamaica Broilers Group Business Description

Address Content, McCook’s Pen, Saint Catherine, JAM
Jamaica Broilers Group Ltd is a Jamaica-based company engaged in the production and distribution of poultry products, animal feeds, and agricultural items. Its segments consist of Jamaica operations, U.S. operations and Other Caribbean operations. The company's brands include Reggae Jammin, The Best Dressed Chicken, Hamilton's Smokehouse, Le Chic Poulet, Hi-Pro, International Poultry Breeders, Wincorp International, and Jamaica Egg Services. The majority of the revenue is derived from its Jamaica operations.
78GF Score

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