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ABC ABC unveils new business model — ABC will start selling its products through its website. The new model is expected to attract new customers in the credit card segment. It targets a growth in its customer base to 1 million by yearend. The company’s work on JYP concert will also support income in December. […]
Read More →AUCT AUCT of interest to major and value investors (VI). These have slowly accumulated the shares, pushing share prices to close to ceiling. The company said there is an overflow of cars to be auctioned from the Customs Department and the second-hard market. It expects net profit to grow by more than 100% this year. […]
Read More →ADVANC Board approves Bt4.6bn for fixed broadband investment. Management reports that demand for internet has risen to 6.8mn households. It believes in its network coverage and targets 80,000 clients in the first year. (Thun Hoon, 10/09/14) AOT AoT hosts ASEAN airports forum – Leaders of Southeast Asian airport authorities will congregate in Phuket today and […]
Read More →BJCHI BJCHI bidding for projects in Australia and Brazil valued at Bt10bn and expects to obtain Bt6.9bn. The company is confident that 2014 revenue will be Bt4.5bn, +15% YoY, as it has backlog of Bt5bn. It expects net profit to be near 2013’s Bt1.2bn. (Kao Hoon, 09/09/14) Comment: BJCHI is a smaller version of STPI, […]
Read More →The market is almost back to its peak levels of 2013 (and since the 90’s), the only sector that has held it back from surpassing it has been telco’s with advanc and dtac struggling to post the YoY numbers they used to in the past decade. Going forward we have still have continued speculation on […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 214 mn AUCT – The Chairman buys another huge stake NMG – The Vice Chairman buys a huge amount of warrants Sell(s) THB 340 mn ABC – ABC has been in the news a lot given its performance (i.e. +30% in a day), and here the CEO sells off THB 38.6 […]
Read More →AIRA AIRA setting up AIFUL JV in 2014 and has three acquisition deals coming up. It expects its brokerage business to generate higher net profit than 2013’s Bt90mn as trading volume has recovered. It maintains its 2014 market share target of 1.3-1.5% and expects asset of over Bt20bn in 2016. (Kao Hoon, 08/09/14) Comment: A […]
Read More →Thailand UTCC cuts GDP growth to 1.5-2% from 2.2-2.5%. It blames a lack of concrete investments and weak tourism. It said geopolitical conflict will also negatively affect GDP. (Krungtep Thurakij, 31/08/14) Thai exports to Europe hampered by failure to negotiate a new FTA agreement. GSP will likely be scrapped with Thailand losing competitive edge to […]
Read More →AJP AJP partnering with “MIC Broadcast†to develop 8 satellite channels. AJP said that five of the channels are expected to go on air this year. This will help raise revenue and margins. Revenue is expected to start flowing in 4Q14. It said it is looking for more partnerships. (Kao Hoon, 04/11/14) APURE APURE gets […]
Read More →AGE AGE expects 2014 coal sales to hit target of 4mn tons, supported by strong demand from China. It expects revenue for the year to reach Bt7bn. Next year, it expects to start booking Bt60-70mn in revenue from its biomass power plant in Sukhothai. (Kao Hoon, 03/11/14) Comment: Nothing exciting happening here anymore. AKR Solar […]
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