BCP BCP to divest its indirect investment in Galoc oil field in the Philippines for Bt660mn and continue to expand its E&P investment in Norway with the expectation of concluding the deal by 4Q18. (Kao Hoon, 16/7/18) BGRIM BGRIM expects to start commercial operation of an additional 180 MW in 2H18. The company is working […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 150 mn WP – ~2.5% of shares purchased by a director POST – I don’t see the value in the Bangkok Post, other than as a method to control news flow… Sell(s) THB 11 mn N/A
Read More →A respite in the market drop with effectively all sectors recovering in the past week. But now there’s the fear of oil prices, which are finally looking weak, if that shoe drops, hello 1,500 again. Until we see 2Q18’s coming out for all the sectors it’s going to remain a choppy time.
Read More →NLA approves 20-year national strategy. The National Legislative Assembly has voted unanimously to approve the National Strategy, with binding effect over the next 20 years and penalties for non-compliance. (Bangkok Post, 06/07/18) NESDB to study feasibility of Kra canal plan. The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) should be entrusted to study the feasibility […]
Read More →AMA AMA expects 2018 performance to be in positive territory. It plans to raise its freight rates by 5% and benefits from THB depreciation. It targets revenue growth of 30%. In the liquid truck transportation business, it is preparing to add 30 service trucks in 4Q18 (Thun Hoon, 13/7/18) Comment: This company seems to be […]
Read More →AEONTS AEONTS reported 1QFY18 net profit of Bt928mn, increasing 50% YoY. (Kao Hoon, 12/7/18) Comment: This has beaten everyone’s expectations. BKD BKD reports a record high of backlog of Bt2bn, with Bt1.4bn to be booked this year. It plans to bid for projects both inside and outside Thailand. (Kao Hoon, 12/7/18) CHAYO CHAYO announced the […]
Read More →BTW BTW plans to expand abroad and has no concerns about the US-China trade war. Its CEO says its 1Q18 backlog is Bt567mn and it is waiting to bid for many projects with a total value of more than Bt4bn. (Thun Hoon, 11/7/18) CRD CRD was awarded a new project which brought backlog to Bt1bn […]
Read More →A lot of deals have taken place in the past few months, we’ve had a change of major shareholders in NOBLE, GLOW being acquired by GSPC, and LH’s founder going for another 10% in his co. And now the latest one is SPALI w/ MK, although granted back in the day a related family member of […]
Read More →AOT Ministry of Transport has given AOT one month to finalize the project to manage four airports to be transferred from the Department of Airports. The proposal will then be sent to the cabinet for approval. If the project is approved, the transfer of operations of these airports to AOT will be completed within one […]
Read More →So as I thought, the SET had a slight recovery last week. But as you can see multiple sectors in Thailand are down more than -20%, something the media loves to define as a bear market. The same is seen in multiple markets throughout the region/world ex a few large names. It is interesting to […]
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