International Tourist arrivals came out down 8% YoY for Feb and thats grabbed all the headlines, but tourism related stocks (hotels, airlines) have been doing very well in the past 1-2 months b/c all the news re the protests have already been priced in since the first week of the year. The question we’ve been asked […]
Read More →BCP BCP aims at EBITDA of Bt25bn in 2020, brought by a focus on projects with 15% IRR. It expects 2014 EBITDA of over Bt10bn, supported by solar farms. (Khao Hoon, 27/2/14) Bangchak to issue up to Bt8bn in bonds — BCP will issue Bt50-8bn worth of debentures in the second quarter of the year […]
Read More →BJCHI Roadshow end-Feb — BJCHI is preparing for a roadshow for big local institutional investors on 27-28 February 2014, after they expressed interest in its overseas business. It expects to get a project of Bt2bn in Australia. Its current backlog is Bt5bn with gross margin of 40%. It will pay a DPS of Bt2.2. (Khao […]
Read More →ADVANC TOT eyes new revenue from AIS pact – TOT Plc expects to earn revenue of at least Bt800mn a year from its network rental service once the state telecom enters a partnership with mobile leader Advanced Info Service (AIS). TOT chief executive Yongyuth Wattanasin said a one-year memorandum of understanding between the two parties […]
Read More →AAV Political turbulence delays Thai AirAsia X inaugural flight –Thai AirAsia X, the country’s first medium- and long-haul low-cost carrier, has delayed the launch of its inaugural flight from the current quarter to later this year, because the skies are not clear enough due to the ongoing political tension. (The Nation, 20/02/2014) Comments: The entire […]
Read More →CGD CGD going ahead with its 36 rai Landmark Waterfront project located close to the Chaopraya river. It is ready to open the showroom for this luxury condominium after the go-ahead from Exim Bank, which has approved a loan for the Bt15bn project. CGD will use Beijing Construction Engineering Group as contractor. (Khao Hoon, 18/02/14) […]
Read More →AGE Subsidiary investing in two power plants —AGE is having subsidiary AGE Power Holdinginvest in two power plants. The first is in Sukhothai with 3 MW. The other is in Phichit with9.9MW. It expects coal sales grow to 4 million tons. (Khao Hoon, 30/1/14) Comment: Now the forecast has increased to 4mil tonnes from 3mil […]
Read More →AOT No infrastructure fund — AOT denies the rumor that it is going to set up an infrastructure fund. It says that AOT’s financials are sound with cash on hand of Bt40bn and profit of Bt11bn annually. Revenue this year is expected to grow by 10% and earnings for 1Q14 will hit Bt3.3bn. (Khao Hoon, […]
Read More →AJD Submits filing, plans IPO soon — AJD said it has submitted its filing for listing with the SEC on December 26. It plans an IPO of 100mn shares at par of Bt0.50/share. If all goes according to plan, its will do the IPO and list early this year. (Khao Hoon, 02/01/14) Comment: A THB […]
Read More →Not directly related to the market but its interesting to see the latest numbers from Instagram showing that the #1 location in the world was Siam Paragon and that for the most instagrammed cities, Bangkok was #2, you can see below for the whole list. Now if I’m reaching for an investment case…well high number […]
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