Market research on Thai Stocks in the SET Index
JUTHA Board approves capital increase — JUTHA’s board has approved a capital increase of 49mn shares, priced at Bt4.50/share; 22.45mn will be privately placed (PP). (Khao Hoon, 16/09/13) Comment: Looking to buy more ships?  LPN GFP raises LPN holding — The Government Pension Fund (GPF) has increased its holding in LPN by 10mn shares to […]
Read More →During the week BTS released their monthly ridership numbers and my goodness just simply look at this chart, and given that now its still only about 600,000 daily riders (in dec ’12 the avg daily ridership was 533k), the extensions for BTS lines are continuing to come and with more and more people using the […]
Read More →BEAUTY 2013 revenue growth of 30% plus — BEAUTY is confident that revenues will grow by more than 30% and profits to grow by 20% as the company pushes to open new branches and launch new products and promotional campaigns to boost sales. (Khao Hoon, 13/09/13) Comment: I do wonder if this will be a […]
Read More →AJP Moved to mai — AJP was moved to the mai market yesterday. The company’s share price surged an astonishing Bt17.57 to close at Bt17.80, a rise of 7,639.13%. In 2010, shares were trading at only Bt1.10/share. In yesterday’s trading, shares were trading the highest and lowest at Bt17.80 and Bt9.85/share, respectively, with a high […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 1.1 bn EARTH – Huge purchase of THB 237 mn by the Chairman & CEO GFM – Family transactions IVL – Heinecke, a board member, purchases THB 22mn KKP – A whole bunch of purchases by directors/management NBC – The President buys THB 231 mn PACE – Hmm no comment, purchase […]
Read More →AP 2H13 to be good — AP expects second half performance to be strong and will book revenue of Bt10bn from its backlog of more than Bt30bn. It expects sales in 2H13 to reach Bt13bn. It has raised the number of project launches this year to 28, a total value of Bt32bn. (Khao Hoon, 11/09/13) […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 224 mn IECÂ – This is interesting, we’ve heard things are happening at IEC, just not sure what yet. NBC – Continunation of the play on digital TV SVI – K. Poe has essentially exchanged his shares from his offshore holding to under his name Sell(s) THB 16mn N/A
Read More →BGH Starts special promotion — BGH is to launch a “Perfect Diamond Young Fit Club†card targeting customers of over 60 years of age. It is confident that it will grow by 10% and confirms that it will open 10 new hospitals this year. (Khao Hoon, 10/09/13) Comment: A lot of investors have been disappointed […]
Read More →ABPIF Amata B.Grimm mulls Malaysia plant to feed South – Amata B.Grimm Power is considering building a coal-fired power plant in Malaysia to avoid a potential outcry over construction of such a plant in Thailand.(Bangkok Post, 09/09/13) CCP Growth continuing — CCP expects revenues to continue to grow for the sixth consecutive month on backlog […]
Read More →IRPC IRPC expects to return to profitability this year – Despite adverse impacts from the weak baht, IRPC expects to reap some profits this year as opposed to the loss it incurred last year, thanks to improved oil-refining rates amid an improving global economic situation and the rise of crude-oil prices, coupled with some expansion […]
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