Investment banking departments in Thailand are working hard to ensure they can receive their bonuses at year end with 14 additional IPO’s still coming to the market. Quick thoughts Anything from Asia plus always seems to perform well A company less than thb 5 bn in market cap size seems to perform well Hospitals – […]

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Innovation keeps Eastern Polymer in front Eastern Polymer Group Plc (EPG), a maker of synthetic rubber and plastic products with customers in sectors ranging from construction to auto parts and packaging, listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand last December. Chief executive officer Pawat Vitoorapakorn discusses the company’s strategy and outlook. Please explain the history […]

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Names today: AIT, ILINK, BKD, CHOW, DELTA, DEMCO, EASTW, EPCO, FORTH, LIT, MCS, QH, SAMCO, SUSCO AIT AIT cooperating with ILINK to invest in a data center. It has got a Bt600mn job which is expected to start up in 2016. It expects this to boost performance next year. It expects 2015 revenue of Bt5.2bn […]

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Names today: CHG, COM7, CPN, DRT, EFORL, JTS, KC, KTC, MC, NYT, PLANB, PTT, PYLON, SLP, SMT, TCMC, TPAC CHG CHG expects to acquire one hospital this year. It expects 1-2 deals to be concluded next year. It expects its expansion plan to raise revenue by 18-20% this year from 2014’s Bt2.7bn. It expects net […]

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Names today: AOT, APCS, AQ, CPALL, CTW, DTAC, EMC, HMPRO, JWD, PACE, PSTC, S, SAWAD, SIRI, SMM, STPI, TPOLY) AOT AOT says 2015 passengers grew 21.94% to 106.79mn on the back of 47.75% passenger growth in Don Mueng Airport because of growth of low cost airlines. (Khao Hoon, 20/10/15) Comment: Continued amazing passenger growth numbers […]

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Names today: arrow, ba, big, com7, irpc, kcm, lit, nusa, spa, synex, syntec, thcom, tog, tpipl ARROW ARROW expects 3Q15 earnings to be good backed by expansion of industry and government investment. It expects this to raise 2015 net profit to Bt248mn (+32%). (Khao Hoon, 19/10/15) Comment: One of the few companies that have consistently shown […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 169 mn MALEE – Looks like a swap between the Central family members RS – And the owner keeps buying and buying Sell(s) THB 959 mn BEC – Another large block sale by the maleenont family MALEE – See above MINT – Quite rare to see this director sell his shares in […]

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Given that last week’s email didn’t go out, here’s the link to last week’s Random Thoughts: ADVANC, Pattaya/Utapao, Indonesia Property Stimulus: While I doubt there will be a huge positive impact from this stimulus measure, it’s still worth noting a few things: The cabinet has approved property stimulus measures to help boost the economy. Some […]

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AKR AKR expects 2016 revenue of Bt3.2bn (+60%) on the back of alternative energy and government projects (moving cables underground). It expects this to increase demand for transformers. It is talking to a prospective partner to invest in alternative energy. It plans to invest in 20MW agricultural solar. It plans to bid for a transformer […]

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AOT AOT reports 12.66% growth in FY2015 passengers at Suvarnabhumi airport to 52.38mn. (Khao Hoon, 15/10/15) APCO APCO expects 2016 net profit margin of 30-35% from 2015’s 25% backed by increasing distribution channels. It has introduced new products, APCOcapsule and APCOessence. It has postponed its capital increase. (Khao Hoon, 15/10/15) CSS CSS expects to benefit from […]

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