BBL Management says 1Q14 loan growth was slightly negative consistent with the slowing economy. Loan growth is expected to be positive in 2Q14 and 5% in 2014. It expects Thai GDP growth of 3% YoY, supported by exports. (Khao Hoon, 16/4/14) Comment: Every bank will have poor loan growth in the 1Q14, question is how […]

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BCP Bangchak’s solar sprint – The mostly state-owned oil refiner Bangchak Petroleum Plc says its third phase solar project in the Northeast is ready to feed power to the national grid one month ahead of schedule, signaling higher future revenue than expected. (Bangkok Post, 26/03/14) Comment: The only sunny thing in the entire energy sector […]

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BECL BECL expects revenue growth of 5% YoY in 2014 after a rise of 2% YoY in toll collection in Jan and Feb. It is confident that highway traffic will expand in the rest of 2014. It also expects additional 10,000 cars per day after Asoke 3-1 highway opens. (Thun Hoon, 25/03/14) Comment: A good […]

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AOT AOT expects FY2014 profit growth YoY on growth in normal operations. It aims to maintain EBITDA margin at 40%. (Post Today, 24/3/14) BCH BCH seeks additions to hospital chain – SET-listed Bangkok Chain Hospital Plc (BCH), the operator of Kasemrad Hospital and World Medical Center, is in talks to acquire three or four hospitals […]

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ANAN ANAN expects to report Bt1.5bn in revenues in 1Q14, a 50% increase YoY, supported by booking revenue from its condo, Ideo Mobi 4. (Khao Hoon, 17/03/14) AOT Phase 2 to move as planned — AOT says that Phase 2 of Suvarnabhumi airport worth Bt62.50bn will go as planned. It will draft the TOR this […]

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IRCP IRCP expects both revenue and net profit growth of 30% YoY. It continues to bid for jobs related to digital TV network. It recently received work from CAT and Thai PBS worth Bt100mn, bringing backlog to Bt600mn. It is negotiating with a partner to get into the set-top box business. (Tun Hoon, 04/02/14) IVL […]

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AOT Passengers down in January. AOT reports that January 13 saw a drop in passengers at Suvarnabhumi to 133,000 or 12.6% from January 12, with the average for January 1-12 at 152,000. On January 14, passengers declined 15% from the average to 129,000.(Post Today, 16/01/14) Comment: a 15% decline thankfully isn’t the end of the […]

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AIE AIE confirms strong fundamentals and said 2013 revenue will be Bt4.2bn with 2014 revenue at Bt5.5bn, supported by B7 bio-diesel. It aims to list on mai in January 2014. (Khao Hoon, 16/12/13) BAY BAY expects Bt36bn new property loans in 2013, beating its target of Bt28bn. It is seeing a steady drop in NPLs […]

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BMCL MRTA not to take rights — The MRTA board decided that it will not take its rights in BMCL’s capital increase and will allow its holdings to be diluted to 14%. MRTA’s CFO and financial advisors said that the decision will have no impact on the company’s management as it already holds the concession. […]

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AGE boosts coal exports to feed plants in Asia – MAI-listed Asia Green Energy (AGE) aims at 20% growth in coal sales volume next year as it boosts exports to countries building coal-fired power plants. Managing director Panom Kuansataporn said coal sales volume is seen rising to 2.4mn tonnes this year and 3mn tonnes next […]

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