BANPU – BPP Court closes book on Banpu dispute. Miner will pay B2.7bn to jilted plant partner. The Supreme Court brought a decade long dispute to a close yesterday, ordering Banpu Plc to pay 2.7 billion baht to Siva Nganthavee over activities that negatively affected Thai-Lao Lignite Co’s (TLL’s) involvement in the Lignite Hongsa coalfired […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA targets 2018 land sales at 925 rai, with 10% of that ready for contract signing. It currently has backlog of Bt1.9bn, of which 50% will be booked as revenue this year, raising 2018 revenue at least 10%. It is also going to book revenue from three power plants. (Thun Hoon, 06/03/18) Comment: So […]
Read More →BGRIM BGRIM plans to add 400 MW to production capacity this year. It reported 2017 earnings of Bt2.126bn and announced a dividend of Bt0.3/share, XD on March 20 . (Khao Hoon, 05/03/18) Comment: Just part of the plan, same story as with GULF, TPIPP BR BR targets 2018 revenue growth of 10-12% from 2017 and […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 519 mn BEC – A switch amongst family members BTS – It’s probably one of the safest large cap plays at the moment TFG – Despite the launch of new products, I don’t think the owner is making the right choice buying now…pork and chicken prices peak in 2016/2017, 3 to […]
Read More →Outside of PTT and a few retailers, this market is looking awful.
Read More →Highs in key indices spur optimism for GDP. The Thai economy got off to a strong start in 2018, with solid private consumption and tourist arrivals, and exports and consumer confidence hitting multi-year records in January. This prompted the FPO in January to upgrade its economic growth forecast for this year to 4.2% from 3.8% […]
Read More →AU AU reported 2017 earnings of Bt129mn, growing by 30.47% with net margin improving from 16.23% to 17.53% thanks to higher sales and effective cost management. It announced a dividend of Bt0.15/share, XD on May 7. (Khao Hoon, 02/03/18) Comment: Earnings of THB 129mn, a market cap of THB 10.6bn, ok, so perhaps they can […]
Read More →GPSC GPSC expects 2018 earnings to make new high brought by full-year operation of IRPC-CP Phase 2 and BIC 2 power plant. It is going to propose a plan to expand its production capacity by 1,000 MW to the board in order to support investment in EEC; it expects this plan to finalize in 2018. […]
Read More →Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Tuesday that a general election he had promised to hold in November would take place “no later” than February 2019, the latest delay to anger critics of the government. Source: Bangkok Post And so it will now be in Feb ’19…and that is possible, in theory, the fastest that […]
Read More →AMA AMA projects 2018 revenue to grow by 30%, backed by the expansion of its fleet to 12 ships with total capacity of 100,000 DWT . (Khao Hoon, 27/02/18) Comment: Looks like PTG has a winner with this listing. ASIAN ASIAN targets 2018 revenue of Bt11.2bn, 15% growth brought by growth in frozen food and […]
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