BAY BAY revised down loan growth from 7-9% to 4-6% (excluding loans transferred from BTMU) in response to the slow economy. It reported 2Q15 earnings of Bt4.4bn (+25.9%YoY), 1H15 profit was Bt8.8bn. (Thun Hoon, 22/07/15) Comment: BAY is a special case within the financial sector with its new shareholder driving new loans from Japanese Corporates. […]
Read More →AUCT AUCT expects 2Q15 earnings of Bt42mn, 12-13% revenue growth and 2.59% dividend yield. (Khao Hoon, 16/07/15) Comment: Despite it’s great growth, it looks like the retail investors are beginning to realise that the share price has been quite overvalued BJCHI Foreign investors are interested in BJCHI shares after it held a roadshow in Hong […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC and TOT plan to invest in mobile-broadband business which is expected to be finalized in 3Q15. ADVANC expects 2H15 revenue to grow 4% which consists of 30% growth from data service revenue. (Khao Hoon, 02/07/15) Comment: I do think this will kill JAS and most likely hurt True substantially as well. AIRA AIRA […]
Read More →AOT AOT revises down investment for Suvarnabhumi Phase 2 by Bt10bn from Bt62bn. The bidding will begin at the end of this year. Revenue is expected to grow 15% this year because of the increase in passengers. The Ministry of Finance is requiring a higher dividend but this does not affect its performance. (Khao Hoon […]
Read More →BA CEO says give BA some time – The Chief Executive Officer of BA, Khun Prasert Prasartong-osoth told shareholders yesterday that the reason the price of BA shares has fallen below IPO price is that it has been listed only six months and needs at least a year to prove itself to investors. Shareholders voted […]
Read More →AJD SET urged AJD to clarify its frequent par splits, twice in four months, within Mar 5 with details. The regulator is in doubt of the company’s corporate governance. (Kao Hoon, 03/03/15) Comment: This is a positive move by the SEC, its good to see regulators actually be active. BIG BIG will resume its trading […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN reported strong profit growth of 60% YoY in 2014 to Bt1.3bn. The company will pay a cash dividend of Bt0.068/share, XD on Apr 21. ANAN expects revenue to reach Bt11bn on backlog of Bt27bn. Twelve more projects will be launched with total project value of Bt32bn. (Kao Hoon, 27/02/15) Comment: And yet still […]
Read More →BBL BBL is planning to expand its custodian business into CLMV countries. BBL is the first bank to be awarded a custodian license in Laos, paving the way for foreign investors to invest in Laos’ capital market with interest in 3-4 foreign funds licenses. Vietnam is BBL’s next target. (Krungthep Thurakij, 20/02/15) Comment: After talking […]
Read More →ADVANC Joining with THCOM to provide service to drilling rigs — ADVANC is joining with THCOM to be the first operator to expand a mobile network to drilling rigs in the Gulf of Thailand, using satellite technology. (Khao Hoon, 16/2/15) AP AP condo wins case. AP set to continue construction and sales activities for its […]
Read More →AP AP is confident to achieve revenue of Bt22bn for 2014 vs. Bt17.13bn in 9M14, as a result of a recovering economy and rising consumer purchasing power, particularly landed properties. (Kao Hoon, 2/02/15) Comment: The revenue growth is misleading because they have multiple JV projects, thus not all the recognised revenue %’s go straight to […]
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