AIT AIT targets 2018 revenue at Bt6bn, implying a growth of 20% from last year. It plans to join the bidding for both government and private sector projects. It says the competition in the industry is still intense this year and it will focus on high margin projects. It will join the bidding for system […]
Read More →His commentary came out 1.5 weeks ago and I’ve just gotten around to reading it properly. Here are two passages worth your time and a link to the rest of it. The market usually begins to buckle when the Federal Reserve is aggressively tightening. We know that the new Fed Chairman Jerome Powell wants to […]
Read More →Sitting on a plane is one of my few pleasures as I may finally catch up on reading books. Currently I’m working my way through Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World by Liaquat Ahamed, and I just had to note this passage While market averages continued to race up, reaching their peak in […]
Read More →A A targets 2018 revenue and presales growth of 30% and plans to launch 11 projects valued at Bt7.92bn. (Khao Hoon, 08/03/18) Comment: A rather odd stock given its consistent straight up movement over the past 7 years, but given that fact they are planning to launch this number of projects, arguably justifiable valuations here. […]
Read More →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% […]
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