Updates
AOT September passenger growth strong — AOT reported strong passenger growth at 21% YoY in Sep 2013, the 12th month in a row for double-digit growth. International passengers grew 19% YoY and domestic passengers picked up 25% YoY. (Company, 16/10/13) Comment : The other thing here to notice is the growth of domestic passengers, this is also in […]
Read More →BCP Says 3Q13 exceeded Bt1.1bn — BCP says 3Q13 net profit will exceed Bt1.1bn, with inventory gains of over Bt900mn. The company’s year-end EBITDA target is Bt9.6bn. (Khao Hoon, 16/10/13) HMPRO Says sales growth to reach 15% YoY — HMPRO is confident that sales will increase by over 15% YoY, and 2H13 profits will improve […]
Read More →Forth Revenue down on slow hard disk drive market — FORTH says its revenue will fall from last year’s Bt5.9bn to Bt5bn this year due to the slowdown in the hard disk drive market. However, it is confident that net profit will increase to Bt250mn from Bt93mn. (Khao Hoon, 15/10/13) Comment: Thailand has been the […]
Read More →Last week the market continued to rebound on the back of continued flows from overseas and local prop desks. With the US government continuing to not function, the thoughts we have is that perhaps this year we won’t see the usual strong year end rally that starts in October til Jan. This week the BoT […]
Read More →Notable Transcations Buy(s) THB 1.8 bn BGH – K. Prasert is back and buying with a vengeance to the tune of THB 1.12 bn BLAND – K. Anant is back and buying strongly on the news that the company will do its first REIT, IMPACT, however funny that last week the regulators said that BLAND […]
Read More →A summary of the key events in Thailand and Internationally Thai Economy Excise tax on liquor unequal — The cabinet recently approved a sharp increase in the tax ceiling on alcoholic drinks, based on a proposal by the Finance Ministry. The excise tax ceiling for both fermented beverages (such as beer and wine) and distilled […]
Read More →APCO Raising growth target again — APCO is raising its earnings target again to growth of 70-75% YoY. The company expects 4Q13s to be outstanding as it is the high season. (Khao Hoon, 11/10/13) Comment: Never heard of this company before, no idea what it is CPALL Cutting MAKRO holding — CPALL is planning to […]
Read More →AMATA Flooding downs two factories on estate – Minor flooding at Chon Buri’s Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate has forced an auto parts factory and an electronic parts plant to shut down temporarily due to transport disruptions. Authorities say the water will recede within five days. The estate has seen minor flooding in phases 7-9, where […]
Read More →AMATAÂ Flood hits Amata Nakorn- More than 700 factories in the Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate in Chonburi have been cautioned to monitor the floods closely, as they may face a repeat of the 2011 deluge. Viboon Kromadit, the estate’s chief of operations, said evacuation should be prepared and drilled even though the water has yet […]
Read More →ADVANC AIS tries new approach for roaming fees – Advanced Info Service (AIS) is introducing an unlimited mobile chat package to ease consumer fears over exorbitant international roaming fees when using their phone overseas. (Bangkok Post, 08/10/13) CMO New venture with Zaap — CMO announced a joint venture with Zaap, called CMO-Zaap, a new company […]
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