Bank of Thailand’s hawkish tilt adds another tailwind for baht. The Bank of Thailand is giving the baht — the most-loved emerging-market currency this month — one more reason to keep up its outperformance. Piggybacking on a strong current-account surplus, the baht has braved developing-market doldrums and topped returns among 24 currencies tracked by Bloomberg. […]
Read More →BA BA says it will miss its revenue growth target of 7-10% this year because of high fare competition. It expects 3Q18 results to grow QoQ supported by high season It expects passengers to grow by 4-6% this year. (Kao Hoon, 31/8/18) Comment: And they’ve been hit with the higher oil prices, but benefited from […]
Read More →AH AH expects 2018 revenue growth of 5% supported by the uptrend in the automotive industry. It expects to produce 2.08mn cars this year. It has budgeted Bt1.8bn to improve production and purchase robotic machines. (Kao Hoon, 30/8/18) Comment: Still am curious to see how their expansions into India and Vietnam play out. On paper […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA expects land sales to reach 925 rai this year as it already sold 350 rai. It is dealing with customers to sell several hundred rai, especially in the EEC. It expects to revenue contribution from recurring income to rise to 80% from 60% now. It is studying investment projects in Myanmar and Laos. […]
Read More →AOT AOT expects 2018 earnings to be a record high Bt20bn. 10M18 passenger pass-through grew 12%YoY. It proposes adding four airports under its management: Udon Thani, Sakon Nakhorn, Chumphon and Tak. It is waiting for cabinet approval, expected in September. (Thun Hoon, 28/8/18) Comment: What Phuket issue? Ignore the news regarding all this tourism rubbish, […]
Read More →BGRIM BGRIM is acquiring power plants with many hundred MW in cooperation with partners. It plans to invest in power plants in Vietnam and South Korea. It expects 2018 revenue growth of 20%. It is financially strong with cash of Bt20bn (Kao Hoon, 27/8/18) BTS BTS expects fare revenue to reach Bt6bn in two years, […]
Read More →And a slight recovery, short term still of the viewpoint that the market will be ok because of the USD weakening and the THB thereby strengthening. 2Q18 were ok, but I am wondering when will construction names be in favour again…
Read More →A lot of trades by management in the past week, nothing huge but interesting to see the pick up in volumes Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 47.4 mn HYDRO – A big buy by one of the directors Sell(s) THB 14.4 mn N/A
Read More →EC: Election likely on Feb 24. The general election will likely be held on Feb 24 next year, according to the roadmap set by the Election Commission (EC). Natt Laosisavakul, deputy secretary general of the EC, presented in Pattaya the draft plan on the senator and the MP elections on Saturday. (Bangkok Post, 16/08/18) Public […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC has not yet decided whether to participate in the next 1800MHz auction. It will consider the bidding conditions first. It is interested in all spectrum auctions but must estimate return before a decision. (Kao Hoon, 24/8/18) BGRIM BGRIM says the location for BGPR1 and BGPR2 power plants has been decided. The two power […]
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