ADVANC said reported liquidity issue at 3BB wasn’t entirely unexpected, sees synergy from this acquisition, expected to complete by 2Q. Comment: “We didn’t expect to get screwed by Pete” <= idiots. BBL revised up full year card spending growth to 18% yoy from 15% previous guidance, after logged 17% growth 2M23, teams up ADVANC to […]

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AOT is expected to gain 6.5m passenger after adding 3 airports to management (Udon Thani, Krabi and Buri Ram), translated to 5-6% profit upside, Tabloid. Comment: Thailand’s airport system is actually rather fantastic. Go fly around Europe or the US, a shambles in comparison. BAFS sees clear sign of recovery this year, sets 3,000m liter […]

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AOT said international airlines have regained more than 70% of the slots at Suvarnabumi airports, in anticipation of November 1 reopening, seeing sharp spike in travels in initial stage. ASAP sets Bt2,000m capex to acquire new cars, seeing higher demand for rental vehicles as the country prepares for reopening from November 1. Comment: I expect […]

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BJC revamps food courts across BIG C branches to boost traffic, curb costs to boost margins, expand coverage to wholesale market, expects double digits growth HoH on improved SSSG. Comment: How far away are we from one of the big groups deciding to build their own city in Thailand? MEGA reaffirms 6-10% revenue growth target […]

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CHEWA upbeats 1Q earnings from strong transfer of home office projects, Hallmark Ladprao, sees recovery demand from SMEs clients, Bt1.61b out of Bt2.17b backlog to realize this year, firms on 50% FY21 revenue growth target above Bt2.5b. Comment: Basically has gone nowhere. CHO rolls out prototype of 2nd gen EV London Taxi, will official debut […]

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BCPG expects to sign 600mw windfarm projects in Laos within 1H, sees room for additional capacity from 160k acres land, targets M&A 300mw this year. BGC expects meaningful turnaround from surging demand for bottle packaging on recovery consumption & F&B delivery trend. Comment: If you remember (https://www.thaicapitalist.com/random-thoughts-protests-bgc-bottles-it-cpall-not-a-monopoly/) I unleashed quite a bit into BGC (and […]

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ARIP confirmed IT event schedule, Commart expo, on August 20-23, launches products showcase to accommodate new normal lifestyle.BJC revised up White Group (WG) tender price to Bt187.67/share from 185.44. Comment: Finally delisting WG? Given the free float is less than 7%….why not….although if I were BJC/WG I would look to use this vehicle to raise […]

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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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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 […]

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BCP BCP expanded its upstream petroleum business with the acquisition of a Bt3.76bn field in Norway. (Kao Hoon, 22/6/18) BEM BEM has amended its agreement with CK to speed up the construction of the Blue Line, targeting operational startup on August 14, 2019, ahead of the original schedule of September 2019. (Kao Hoon, 22/6/18) GPI […]

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