ThaiCapitalist research
AJP AJP will change its name to DCORP and plans to invest in the power business. It plans to go to China to study a project that it wants to operate in Thailand. (Khao Hoon, 06/08/15) ANAN ANAN plans to launch seven condominiums valued at Bt20.3bn in 2H15. 1H15 presales reached Bt12.5bn (+227%). It is […]
Read More →BEAUTY BEAUTY wound up a road show in London and Edinburgh and response was better than it had expected. It expects 2005 revenue to be higher than Bt1.7bn (20%b growth), benefitting from more stores and new products. (Khao Hoon, 05/08/15) CHO CHO expects to sign a contract for 489 NGV buses with BMTA on Aug 17 after […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) – THB 2.7 bn TTA, SAMART, BA, TIW, TRC, A, PACE, MK, SPALI, TVO Sell(s) – THB 1.5 bn COL, SAMART, ACD, PTG, NDR, IHL, BSM, TPOLY, ROCK Note: Transactions shown are > THB 5 mn
Read More →If you want to understand why the Thai Market is still at it’s lofty levels, have a look below. Local institutions have been doing all of the heavy lifting purchasing a net + THB 42 bn this year versus foreign investors selling -THB 43 bn, this is remarkable given that local institutions still only represent […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC reported 2Q15 net profit of Bt9.8bn (16% growth) backed by higher service revenue and mobile phone sales. It will pay a dividend of Bt6.5/share, XD on Aug 11. It revised down 2015 target growth from 3-4% to 3%. (Khao Hoon, 04/08/15) AJD AJD is talking to prospective Chinese partner (Alibaba) to invest in […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC expects to report 2Q15 net profit of Bt9.1bn which will raise 1H15 earnings to Bt19bn. It expects to pay an interim dividend of Bt6.57/share (2.8% yield). It expects to gain benefit from the 4G auction that will be held before the end of this year. (Khao Hoon, 03/08/15) Comment: Perhaps still the only […]
Read More →The market is in quite the interesting dichotomy with falling oil prices, weak bank results, a so-so gdp but with the belief of a potential recovery in the future. I have no idea how this will all unfold but I still wouldn’t be surprised to see further weakness especially given how I think the currency […]
Read More →Notable transactions Buy(s) THB 298 mn TIW – The CEO buys a substantial number of shares ~3% of outstanding shares TRC – The Chairman buys a substantial number of warrants of TRC, good to see that management backs this expansion into Potash mining PACE – Will the Dean & Deluca deal pay dividends? The owner […]
Read More →Ahhh the wonderful quarterly letter from Jeremy Grantham of GMO, is out and it has its usual combination of wit, investment thoughts and curiousity all melded into one paper. This quarter he discusses a list of ten topics that are not positive at all for the world, but he does add in his usual but human are […]
Read More →It’s no surprise to those of us who live here that Thailand has a huge black market economy that doesn’t show up on official statistics, here are some intriguing facts: Thailand’s informal economy, the non-regulated, non-taxed part of its overall economy, made up 40.9% of the country’s GDP in 2014. Taking Schneider’s number, in money […]
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