BGH Buys new hospital in Nakorn Pathom — BGH has announced the acquisition of Sanamchan Hospital, a 198-bed private hospital in Nakorn Pathom, plus its two hospitals. The investment cost is Bt3.66bnn (SET) Comment: And the growth machine for BGH continues, still think it can comfortably go to THB 20/share, just wait for the day […]

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ADVANC ADVANC reports 1Q14 net profit of Bt9.48bn, -4.5% QoQ, because revenue decreased while amortization expense increased. It has now 26mn 3G subscribers. (Khao Hoon, 07/05/14) AOT Minimal impact from earthquake at Chiang Rai Airport — AOT says there was little damage to the Chiang Rai airport from the earthquake and operations are normal. The […]

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CK Good 1Q14 — CK says 1Q14 revenue was good, supported by backlog of Bt110bn. It reaffirms that revenue will surpass Bt30bn this year. It expects to sign for additional work worth Bt22bn. CK’s shareholders have also given the green light for an increase in the debenture amount that CK can issue by Bt8bn from […]

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CPN CPN will invest more than Bt50mn in digital platform and release a new CentralWorld App targeted at the new generation. CPN hopes the new app will help push sales up in 2Q and 3Q. (Khao Hoon, 04/04/14) DELTA DELTA to focus on the ASEAN market. It says performance in 1Q14 was very good, with […]

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BCP Bangchak’s solar sprint – The mostly state-owned oil refiner Bangchak Petroleum Plc says its third phase solar project in the Northeast is ready to feed power to the national grid one month ahead of schedule, signaling higher future revenue than expected. (Bangkok Post, 26/03/14) Comment: The only sunny thing in the entire energy sector […]

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CHO CHO reports more than Bt1bn in backlog and will sign a contract for a Bt700mn new job. It expects earnings for 1Q14 to continue to be strong and revenues this year to grow by at least 15%. (Khao Hoon, 20/03/14) Comment: A unique business here as they build niche trucks/vehicles and ships of all […]

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BJCHI DPS Bt2.40; XD May 5, on net profit of Bt1.21bn, a 52.16% increase YoY. It expects no less than 15% revenue growth this year, booking Bt1.7bn from its current backlog of Bt2.3bn. It will soon bid for projects in Australia and South America and get results on its Brazil bid. (Khao Hoon, 26/02/14) Comment: […]

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CPN CPN invests Bt50mn in “CPN the Great Chinese New Year 2014” campaign. It hopes to stimulate consumption and aims shoppers growing 10-20%. (Khao Hoon, 23/1/14) Comment: This company has grown with Thailand’s upcountry growth in the past few years, I can’t really believe rumours that they are supporting the protests at all. GLAND GLAND […]

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Well Money & Banking came out with their latest analysis showing the top wealthiest investors/families in Thailand and here’s the list below. Source: Bangkok Post What catches our eyes other than BGH yielding two of the wealthiest investors in Thailand (#1 and #6), are firstly, how JAS’s owner got into the top 10, we’ve gone […]

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REITs will change the landscape quite a fair bit for several companies with income-recurring assets on hand, the ability to leverage (something which property funds can only do up to 10%) will allow firms like Ticon and CPN amongst several others to further expand without requiring an equity increase. But the delay has been in […]

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