BEM BEM will negotiate with the BMTA for the Blue Line extension job in September. It accepts that passengers on the Purple Line are not meeting its target and pulling down revenue by Bt0.8mn per month. The BMTA has approved a reduction in average passenger fare of 30% to Bt14-29 and expects this to boost […]
Read More →AAV Confident in AAV’s management team — The Srivaddhanaprabha family of duty-free operator King Power has insisted it does not plan to shake up Thai AirAsia nor delist the firm that owns the majority stake in Thailand’s largest budget carrier. (Bangkok Post, 15/6/16) Comment: Get ready to see more duty free sales on every flight! […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC reports more than 500,000 of its 2G clients have upgraded to 3G. It aims at getting more than 10mn 4G users from 4.4mn now. It has budgeted of Bt40bn to expand its business in 2016. (Kao Hoon, 29/2/16) Comment: The number we read this morning from the news was 5 mn users already. […]
Read More →ABC Asset Bright is expanding its business. It is preparing to open “ABC Pet World”, the biggest pet shopping center in Thailand, hopefully in 3Q16. It sees the pet market as valuated at Bt20bn with annual growth of 10-15%. (Khao Hoon, 18/2/16) Comment: Perhaps instead of me mocking ABC continuously I should be supportive of […]
Read More →AOT AOT to report 1QFY16 today, profit estimated at Bt4.48bn, growing 20% supported by an 11% rise in passengers to 28.9 million. It expects good earnings in 2Q16. It expects profit in FY2016 of Bt18.5bn based on the ATTA estimate of 13% growth in passenger flow-through in 2016. (Khao Hoon, 15/2/15) Comment: It should be […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC is budgeting Bt40bn to expand its 4G network. It targets to cover all 77 provinces with 14,000 base stations in two months. It is confident it can secure its customer base. It expects to complete the deal with TOT by 1Q16. (Thun Hoon, 27/01/16) Comment: And all signs are still pointing up for […]
Read More →AUCT AUCT will focus on urban areas in the east next year and is preparing to expand its line of business to boost revenue. (Khao Hoon, 26/11/15) Comment: Still a wonderful asset-light business model, but don’t care much for its valuation at the moment CSS CSS expects to have 2015 revenue of Bt4.8bn and get […]
Read More →AKR AKR expects 2016 revenue of Bt3.2bn (+60%) on the back of alternative energy and government projects (moving cables underground). It expects this to increase demand for transformers. It is talking to a prospective partner to invest in alternative energy. It plans to invest in 20MW agricultural solar. It plans to bid for a transformer […]
Read More →BCH Mid-east investor interested in BCH shares as it is a small-cap with strong fundamentals. It expects this deal to expand customers from the Middle East. (Thun Hoon, 04/09/15) Comment: A mini BH in the making perhaps? BDMS BDMS reports that G. Wasupol Co Ltd has transferred its business to BDMS. It plans to add […]
Read More →BBL BBL says its loans grew less than its target of 3% affected by economic slowdown. Credit card spending for the first seven months grew 13-14% from target of 10%. It added 200,000 new credit card members. (Thun Hoon, 20/08/15) Comment: Strange to see BBL finally pushing into the consumer market with its credit cards, […]
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