EARTH EARTH expects higher region coal price to lift 1Q15 profit above Bt3.8bn. Management remains confident that its sales volume will reach 10mt in 2015 due to higher demand. It plans to acquire more mines with reserves of 40mt, conclusion by 4Q15. (Thun Hoon, 12/03/15) Comment: The owners have been pledging their shares for a […]
Read More →AP AP expects to transfer Bt5.3bn in 1Q15. The company has Bt25bn backlog and will realize Bt23.8bn as revenue this year, resulting in 10% revenue growth this year. The company plans to open 24 new projects with total value of Bt36bn. (Kao Hoon, 11/03/15) AS AS expects earnings turnaround this year after business restructuring. It […]
Read More →I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves, and I don’t expect any improvement in 1H15 yet.
Read More →ASP ASP says it has at least 32 IB deals. 18 are IPO deals and 14 are M&A. This will secure a good revenue stream for the next two years. The firm expects 15% revenue growth this year. (Kao Hoon, 10/03/15). Comment: Still the best complete IB house in Thailand today. MTLS MTLS sets the […]
Read More →BA BA looks for good 2015, supported by better tourism industry. It expects passenger number to grow by 6mn from 4.79mn last year. It will expand fleet, adding four new ATR72-600s. In 2018, it will have 43 planes versus 27 planes at end 2014. This will support passenger growth in line with the turnaround of […]
Read More →The market has been see-sawing over the past 2 weeks to the downside for a few more reasons 1) BAY’s stock price continues to decline from its speculated highs 2) Earnings were mainly poor across the board for all co’s 3) Oil prices and telco’s are still not loved by the market with the continued […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 216 mn SIRI – Is SIRI coming back to life? CPF – A first major buy in CPF by a director for a number of years. RS – He’s still buying Sell(s) THB 1,022 mn ABC – The CEO sold/transferred ~7% all of shares at a price thats 25% below market […]
Read More →Thailand Sommai firm on land, construction tax – Finance Minister Sommai Phasee vowed yesterday that the draft land and construction tax bill would be finalised in two weeks and forwarded to the Cabinet. (The Nation, 6/3/15) Slide in consumer confidence prompts calls for rate cut – Consumer confidence continued to crumble last month, prompting a […]
Read More →BMCL Blue Line negotiations, not bids – The cabinet has given the green light to the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) to negotiate with BMCL with regards to operating the Blue Line extension. In addition, the Transport Minister is ready to bring back the Joint-Venture 2013 law between state enterprises and private operators. […]
Read More →Thoughts: Foreigners are still selling this market. Almost anyone you’ll talk to internationally does say that there isn’t any value in Thailand I never like seeing prop trading being one of the largest buyers, indicates that should there be a market downturn – all positions will be dumped Retail – Only came into in the […]
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