Short week, only 8 interesting news items. Econ: The IMF warned that Thailand’s long-term growth faces challenges from high household debt, an ageing population, and climate risks. To sustain growth, the IMF recommends strengthening economic institutions and policy frameworks, continuing investment in human capital, maintaining openness to global markets, and adopting emerging technologies such as […]
Read More →📊 BAM Company Background Bangkok Commercial Asset Management Public Company Limited is Thailand’s largest asset management company, specializing in managing non-performing loans (NPLs) and non-performing assets (NPAs) acquired from financial institutions to restructure debt and rehabilitate the real estate sector. Market Cap (THB): 25.53B Market Cap (USD): ~$823M (at ~THB 31/USD) Current Price: THB 7.90 […]
Read More →TAX: Thailand’s Finance Ministry is preparing a tax structure reform plan to propose to the new government to build fiscal strength. The proposal includes a phased increase of the Value-Added Tax (VAT) from the current 7% to 8.5%. A longer-term goal within the plan is to further raise the VAT to 10% by the year […]
Read More →GULF’s expected to report Bt58.5b Net Profit in 2Q, +797% yoy, thanked to ~Bt52b booking of ADVANC’s fair value, while normalized profit is expected at ~Bt7.24b, Thunhoon. Comment: Well there you go, that’s going to help to pump the name a bit. PTTGC is expected to take the final hit in 2Q from inventory & […]
Read More →ASK: Chailease Capital raised holding by 7.9827% to 9.4219% on Jun 6. Comment: I still remember when the share price was going sky high in 2021 and they raised capital and asking a good friend (Mrs ML I know you’re here), “since when did ASK become a growth stock?” and she went “this world is […]
Read More →AOT to lure private sector to develop 46 pieces of land around its 6 airports, covering 2,152 rais or 993 acres to diversify rev mix from the current 55:45 (aero : non-aero) Comment: If they do more shopping malls…it’d be ridiculous. One hopes that they actually develop something that is more outdoor active focused – […]
Read More →AAI said sales expands by 10-15% in 1Q as importers stocking up ahead of US tariffs, sees growth momentum in April. Comment: And are they implying that 2Q will be absolute dog$hit? SAV announced buyback, up to 12.8m shares (2% of paid-up) under Bt180m budget starting from May 1 till Oct 31. Comment: Another buyback […]
Read More →ADVANC collab with Singtel and 34 members of leading mobile alliance, Bridge Alliance, to provide GPU-asa-Service offers a convenient way to access high performance computing resources for machine learning & data-intensive applications, allows users to leverage advanced computational capabilities w/o the need for expensive hardware or complex infra mgt. BA keeps 4.5m FY passenger target, […]
Read More →ADVANC keeps 13-15% revenue growth target this year, 14-16% EBITDA, emphasizing on efficiency amid economic uncertainty. Comment: That’s not a disappointment…they’re going to destroy us (lowly consumers) BBL’s exploring virtual banking opportunities as it transitions to digital banking services in response to changing customer behavior. VGI, a unit of BTS Group, indicated its interest in […]
Read More →Ailing EA, which has been under investigation over alleged fraud involving former executives, has rescheduled payment of 2 of its tranches of short-term B/E due to tight liquidity, forcing to sell Thai Smile Bus (TSB) to raise liquidity. Comment: La la la la, it’s a POS, it’s going under, who’s going to save it? BJC […]
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