BA has named South Korea’s Lotte as its partner to vie for concessions to operate duty-free shops at BKK’s main airport and 3 regional ones. Comment: Lotte has been vying for a spot in Thailands duty free market for years just look @ the mall they invested in next to RCA BGRIM sees erngs bottom […]

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BEM’s firm in solid 1Q, while targeting 4-5% growth in 2Q, average ridership of 370-380K/day to rise further on operating of Blue line extension later this year, potentially a month ahead of schedule. BGRIM sets Bt38.5b capex to build powerplants, sees healthy electricity demand from industrial estates clients, in talk to buy 36mw wind farm […]

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AOT board orders study on splitting duty-free contracts to more than one contract in 1-2 weeks. BGRIM expects to wrap up M&A 2 Malaysia gas-fired pp combined 370mw this year, will finalize plans on 150mw wind farm investment in Vietnam before end of-2Q, target cod additional 697mw for remaining of year. Comment: They really are […]

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BBL sets 4-6% loan growth target, adapts well to IFRS9. Comment: Well IFRS9 may be postponed for the entire sector… BGRIM completed acquisition of 124MW GLOW SPP1 Bt3.3b, boosting capacity by 6% from current 2,076MW. BMTA’s cancelled CHO’s Bt1.665b e-Ticket and Cash Box contracts for breaching of TOR. Comment: And then CHO came out with […]

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AH AH upbeat 1H earnings from delivery of auto parts to clients, expects full year exports sales +10% yoy, eyes 5% revenue growth target. Comment: The profit growth is > than revenue but that’s due to their odd deal structure in India BGRIM BGRIM raised holding in subsidiary, Bgrim Solar Power Rooftop, to Bt251m from […]

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BANPU BANPU says more than ten investment funds expresses interest in its shares during a roadshow in Japan, supporting its outbound expansion plan. It will continue to do roadshows abroad this year and detail its strategy “Greener & Smarter”, confirming its growth performance and leadership of the integrated energy business in Asia-Pacific. (Kao Hoon, 16/1/19) […]

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Here’s the headlines from companies during the holiday period – no comments Stocks in the news (crd, itel, ktb, ktc, maco, meta, ocean, ptt, tasco) 24.12.18 CRD CRD expects many jobs next year, especially from private entities. Management targets revenue of Bt1.6-1.8bn next year from the expected Bt1.3bn this year. It expects backlog to reach […]

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ATP30 ATP30 expects revenue growth of 10% this year. The march toward an election will increase confidence in investment and bring it more customers. (Thun Hoon, 11/12/18) BGRIM BGRIM targets earnings growth of 16% next year to Bt42bn. Electricity production capacity will increase by 863MW next year. It has been looking into a 30MW wind […]

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AOT Airports of Thailand (AoT) has put the brakes on a second terminal scheduled to be built at Suvarnabhumi airport, pending steps to glean opinions from relevant parties including the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). (Kao Hoon, Comment: And so will AOT decline back down to the price level where it was pre this expansion […]

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BEM BEM reported 3Q18 earnings of Bt3.12bn, +231.8%YoY, mainly from asset write-off. 9M18 profit was Bt4.83bn, +104.4%YoY. Revenue from tolls was Bt2.56bn and revenue from power plant was Bt1.22bn. (Thun Hoon, 12/11/18) Comment: Big BOOM!  BGRIM BGRIM reported 3Q18 earnings of Bt795mn, +40%YoY, driven by growth in commercial operations of its power plant. It will […]

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