ADVANC ADVANC decreased its payout ratio from 100% to 70% to support its financial statement. Its 2016 net profit was Bt30.66bn, down 22% because of higher expense. (Kao Hoon, 06/02/17) Comment: No surprises here. We are curious to see how much more they’ll spend on marketing campaigns. ARROW ARROW expects profit to record a new […]
Read More →I’ve noticed that the 10 year thai gov bonds are now yielding ~2.4%, just 12 months ago it was at ~1.6%. With the current divvy for the SET only at 3% will the yield chasers switch away from equities to go back to fixed income products? Interesting to note that healthcare hasn’t been performing well […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 29.7 mn n/a Sell(s) THB 43.4 mn n/a
Read More →Bitcoin Is it possible that bitcoin has replaced gold as the go to safety currency during times of volatility and political turmoil? As ridiculous as this may first sound it may very well be the case when you look at these charts. We’ve seen the dollar go on a massive run in the past few […]
Read More →Minister of Finance expected GDP growth of 4% due to mid-year budget of Bt190bn and better exports growth. (Thai Post, 30/1/17) BoT expects mortgage loan growth to slow down as a result of slowing demand and high household debt rather than banks’ tightening policy. (Bangkok Biz, 30/1/17) FPO raises growth forecast for GDP. The Fiscal […]
Read More →AAV AAV targets 19.5mn passengers in 2017 and expects load factor of 84%. Going forward, its strategy is to expand its route network to new potential markets including CLMV that will balance revenue contribution which at this point is heavily reliant on the China market. It plans for the expansion to eventually lower the revenue […]
Read More →ASEFA ASEFA targets 2017 revenue growth of 10-15% and plans to bid for government and private jobs. It has backlog on hand of more than Bt1.8bn, of which it will book 70% this year. It has a budget of Bt10mn to open 10 new branches. (Thun Hoon, 02/02/17) Comment: Well if thats the case then […]
Read More →BAY BAY targets loan growth of 6-8% this year by focusing on corporate and personal loans. Ittargets NPLs to not be higher than 2.5% with bad debt of 1.4-1.5%. It expects 4Q16 bad debt tobe higher because of adding one more corporate loan. (Kao Hoon, 01/02/17) Comment: Part of me is still of the viewpoint […]
Read More →AGE AGE targets 2017 revenue growth of 30-35% supported by an uptrend in coal price. It has backlog of more than 500K tons which will be delivered in early 2Q17. It has budgeted Bt500mn to engage in the services business and plans to increase the number of its ships from 8 to 22. (Thun Hoon, […]
Read More →So its the year of the rooster and CLSA has come out with their usual As the Year of the Rooster dawns, casino shares may be your best bet in Hong Kong… Gambling and transport stocks will kick off the new lunar year on a stellar note, according to CLSA Ltd., an offshore unit of […]
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