The wonderful month that is September is nearly over, hasn’t it been a fun ride? This week there isn’t much news left, today we are expecting some trade data – likely to be weak, but otherwise the central banks are done for the next 2-3 months and it should be a relatively quiet week news […]
Read More →Thailand Future Fund to be IPO-filed this year end. The financial advisors are selecting projects to be included in the funds. The 3 possible projects are Motorway #7, Motorway #9 and Rama III-Dao Kanong-Bangkok outer ring road. (Bangkok Biz, 16/9/16) Fresh stimulus on the way. The government is poised to launch a fresh round of […]
Read More →AOT AOT board approved the plan to develop Hat Yai airport. The development will cover a 2year period with a budget of Bt15.1bn. It expects to support 10mn passengers per year by 2030. (Kao Hoon, 23/09/16) Comment: It’s quite interesting that nothing is ever really spoken about the development of Southern Thailand. If you look […]
Read More →AP AP is confident that low-rise project revenue and presales will hit target. It reports revenue from low-rise of Bt6.14bn in 1H16 and will realize Bt5.68bn in 2H16. (Thun Hoon, 22/09/16) CKP CKP expects profit of Bt300mn in 2H16 supported by more capacity from Nam Ngum 2. (Kao Hoon, 22/09/16) Comment:Â Now would they consider flipping […]
Read More →ACAP ACAP raising loan target to Bt3.5bn from Bt2bn. There is progress in its plan to expand abroad and it expects to wind up a deal with two partners in Cambodia. It plans to issue a debenture worth Bt1bn with interest rate at 5.6%. The call center business continues to grow. (Thun Hoon, 21/09/16) CENTEL […]
Read More →AOT AOT expects 2016 profit of more than Bt19bn. It expects 4Q16 profit of Bt4.2bn, growth of 10% YoY, supported by more passengers and more flights. (Kao Hoon, 20/09/16) Comment: There have been mumurs that if Thailand really does crack down on the zero dollar tourists from China that AOT could lose 10% of revenues […]
Read More →So our favourite funny man in the telecom industry has announced this morning that he wants to buy out all the shares in JAS at THB 7.25/share. If you remember your corp fin 101, MBO’s are typically done for a strong cash generative business and with plenty of cash on the b/s. Now JAS doesn’t quite […]
Read More →AGE AGE maintain its revenue target growth of 10% supported by more than 2mn tons coal sales. It expects to finish a deal with a partner to do a coal warehouse in Vietnam by the end of 2016. (Kao Hoon, 19/09/16) CCN CCN expects to get a government job from the Industry 4.0 project. It […]
Read More →Well its mid-way through my favourite month of the year and the SET is down some -4.5%, why? Well we know why but can’t type it in public, though from what I’ve been told everything has been pre-arranged internally. You take from that what you will. The Fed is supposedly meeting soon and that should […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 167 mn BTW – A switch between shareholders EARTH – Oh he’s back to buying shares again. One of the strangest coal companies around.. Sell(s) THB 435 mn ORI -Â This was the block sale to Templeton PT – Interesting that after he sold the block of shares the share price […]
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