Banks SCB, KBANK and BBL will reverse provisions, which will raise profit, if IFRS 9 is postponed to 2022.  SCB has made provisions of Bt26bn, KBANK Bt34bn and BBL Bt20bn. KTB has set aside Bt40bn provisions and it will book a profit if AQ can liquidate its land and repay debt. (Kao Hoon, 9/5/18) Comment: So […]
Read More →PTT PTT’s board approved buying TOR documents for the high-speed rail lines connecting three airports, saying this offers future potential growth. It has not decided whether or not it will do a JV. (Khao Hoon, 26/4/18) Comment: Will be the ex-PTT ministers in the government push things PTT’s way? SUPER SUPER shareholders approve Bt36bn bond […]
Read More →With the news in the past 2 weeks that the major Thai banks are going to be removing transaction fees (finally!) for all digital (i..e internet and mobile) transactions their stock prices have taken a plunge with TMB being the worst hit, despite it not being one of these banks announcing the waiver in fees. […]
Read More →ARROW ARROW expects to receive many mega projects and will double production capacity of electricity conduits to support upcoming government projects. It targets 2018 revenue to grow by at least 10-20% to Bt1.6bn and to maintain margin at 25-30%. It currently has backlog of Bt960mn. (Thun Hoon, 15/03/18) Comment: Well we’ve been waiting to see […]
Read More →COM7 COM7 expects new high in 2018 earnings and revenue; it targets revenue growth at 15% with growth in all businesses. It has budgeted Bt380mn to add 195 more branches and franchises, bringing the total to 629 in 2018. It plans to expand online, and in the commercial and education markets. (Khao Hoon, 24/1/18) Comment: […]
Read More →BRR BRR has budgeted Bt1.1bn to add new product lines and to increase power production capacity. It targets sugar sales to increase by 30% in 2018 from 2017 sales of 250,000 tons on a better harvest. It plans to bid for a 20MW VSPP in the next round of bidding. (Thun Hoon, 22/1/18) Comment: This […]
Read More →BIZ BIZ targets 2018 revenue to grow by 10% from this year. It plans to bid for new projects, worth Bt800mn to Bt1bn, of which it expects to receive 50%. It reports backlog of Bt1.35bn and plans to open a new hospital specializing in cancer treatment within 2019, which it believes will raise earnings significantly. […]
Read More →COMAN COMAN targets 2018 revenue to grow by 20% from this year from an increase in the number of tourists. It plans to add distributors in 10 countries and expects to close the deal to acquire tourism and ticket agency businesses next year . (Khao Hoon, 7/12/17) IFEC IFEC filed a petition requesting the court […]
Read More →BCP BCP projects 2018 gross refining margin will be close to 2017’s at US$6-7/bbl and average production volume of 111,000 bbl/day. It believes demand will still be high and plans to list BBGI in the stock market in 4Q18. (Thun Hoon, 23/11/17) Comment: They don’t really talk much about the failed investment in the oil […]
Read More →CBG CBG is talking with new partners to further its intention to increase revenue from overseas and raise 2017 revenue proportion from overseas to 50% of total sales. It expects 2018 sales to make a new high after seeing signals of a strong economic recovery and continuous overseas market expansion. It also said that sales […]
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