AUCT expects vehicles traffic recovery in 2H as banks need to auction repossessed cars to purge NPL before end of year. Comment: The buyers are typically the second hand tents. Do note that even if second hand car prices decline tremendously it does not affect AUCT as their business is fee-based.  BCPG sees 20% growth […]

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ARIP branches out from event organizer & media publication to digital services, aiming to capture demand for turnkey digital platform for corporate, target 10-15% revenue growth this year. BCP target FY19 EBITA growth >30% driven by higher cracking capacity at 115k bblpd +12% yoy thanks to absence of maintenance shutdown, sets Bt14b capex for ethanol […]

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AOT AOT reports FY2018 passenger pass-through of 139.52mn, +8%YoY. Flight volume was 875k. Suvarnabhumi handled 62.81mn passengers above capacity and Don Muang Airport had 40.56mn more than its capacity. Management says Chinese passengers numbered 19.79mn, +21.8%YoY. (Kao Hoon, 31/10/18) Comment: What slow down in passenger numbers?  BTS BTS says subsidiary BSR will submit an application […]

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BBL BBL has budgeted Bt200mn to invest in “Thai Payment Network”, increasing its shares to 69.08%. It targets to expand business as the country moves towards a cashless society. (Thun Hoon, 19/9/18) BEAUTY A mutual fund in the US is interested in BEAUTY due to its strong fundamentals and good future. It expects some good […]

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B B expects earnings to turn around this year and expects revenue to double after it restructured into an integrated logistics service provider. It is negotiating with foreign business partners and expects a response within six months. (Kao Hoon, 2/8/18) DELTA DEISG announced a plan to make a tender offer to acquire all of DELTA […]

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AAV AAV targets a load factor of 87% this year, backed by growing Thai tourism. Average fare increased 6% in 1Q18 and the company plans to raise fares to cover rising jet fuel prices. It is expanding its network to India and ASEAN. (Thun Hoon, 5/6/18) BCPG BCPG will recognize around Bt3.0bn gain on sale […]

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BSM BSM’s earnings in 1Q18 improved significantly, up 115.6% YoY, supported by strong performance of its hospital segment. The company targets revenue for 2018 at a record high of Bt800mn. It will expand to the property development business. (Thun Hoon, 17/5/18) Comment: They’ve been quiet for some time. Wondering if this is going to be […]

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Hot off the presses! The following are changes in constituents will take place as of the close of May 31, 2018: MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEX (+1) LH (-2) KCE, SCC-F   MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEX (+6) DDD, KCE, MONO, PRM, THG, TPIPL (-9) BIG, EASTW, FSMART, GL, KTC, LHFG, MALEE, SAMART, TSE

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Sitting here I was wondering what really drove the market to be +11% or so in local currency terms and here you go, AOT and PTT represented 1/3 of the move this year whereas GL and TRUE have had the biggest negative impact thus far.   Data Source: Bloomberg

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ASIAN ASIAN targets 2018 revenue to grow at least 10-15% after changing its strategy to expand its premium pet food and aquatic feed markets, replacing the fall in frozen tuna, shrimp and squid sales volume. It has budgeted Bt200mn to build new storage, which will increase storage capacity by 15,000 pallets. (T hun Hoon, 22/11/17) […]

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