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 […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 377.5 mn KAMART – A rare massive buy from a director/family member EA – He still believes in his own “gigafactory” RAM – Must be a share swap given the lack of liquidity in this name CCET – The Vice Chairman buys ASAP – A director thinks there’s value here too […]
Read More →AP AP plans to launch 35 new projects with a total value of Bt54.3bn to boost 2H18 operations. It reported 1H18 presales of Bt17.3bn, accounting for 52% of this year’s presales target of Bt33.5bn. It has Bt52bn backlog and will recognize Bt10.3bn this year. (Thun Hoon, 9/7/18) BCPG BCPG targets its EBITDA to double (from […]
Read More →RCEP members seek year-end free trade deal. Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries said on Sunday they will seek a broad agreement on their free trade talks by the end of the year as they formed a united front against the protectionist policies of US President Donald Trump. (Bangkok Post, 1/7/2018) BAAC runs risk of bad […]
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