Banks woke up last week, have my doubts on this continuing unless the BoT suddenly swamps them with unlimited capital + cheap financing that they can relend out and make a spread upon. Industrials – effectively oil & petrochem’s still the place to be….until the saudi’s/russians/americans decide to increase supply…which probably will not happen until […]

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AMATA expects 2H recovery, keeps 950 rais land sales target, and books 60-80% of Bt2.486b backlog this year. Comment: Seeing is believing. That EEC story seems to have disappeared. AMATAV keeps Bt1.5b revenue target this year, supported by transfers of 28 hectares of land and sales of ASCLT 1 and ASCLT 2 in Vietnam this […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 277.7 mn DCC – A director bought a bucketload of shares JMART – The father and in this case, son, have been accumulating a lot of shares. PRINC – This is a hospital play, the MD buys up shares. SITHAI – The Chairman gobbles up shares. Sell(s) THB 73 mn PJW […]

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Budget Bureau gives nod to further B100bn in borrowing : The government is able to borrow an additional 100 billion baht to offset a budget deficit if state revenue collection for fiscal 2021 misses its target, says the Budget Bureau. Bangkok Post THAI flights put on hold until July : Thai Airways International (THAI) has […]

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AUCT expects vehicles traffic recovery in 2H as banks need to auction repossessed cars to purge NPL before end of year. Comment: The buyers are typically the second hand tents. Do note that even if second hand car prices decline tremendously it does not affect AUCT as their business is fee-based.  BCPG sees 20% growth […]

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LH expects cost saving from lower land tax, existing landbank ensures new projects over next 4 years, maintaining 2H launch plans 12 SDH projects worth Bt21b. Comment: I expect to see that the larger players just get larger, especially in the housing market NOBLE secures Bt1.3b in presales during 1st day of online booking under […]

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ACG branches out from car dealership business to vehicle maintenance and parts sales services, FASTFIT, to expand client bases and mitigate risk from weak auto market. Comment: I find this to be a difficult business to do well in, they are up against incumbents such as BQUIK and ACT, and these are rather deep customer […]

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AH sees 40% drop in revenue this year, with net loss expected in 2Q, aims to cut costs by 50%. Comment: Well…looks like their expansion plans are all on hold BCH sees solid growth in 2Q20 from COVID related revenue and from 5% growth in social security patients to 900K, keeps plan to build 3 […]

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And the market goes and goes, wall of worry continues to be climbed. Just imagine what happens when oil goes another +5-15% from here. Then we’ll see the SET north of 1,400. If Thai banks have their liquidity issues sorted out by the BoT, then 1,500 is possible..tourism shows signs recovery.. then 1,600. Or it […]

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