MGT: allots Bt200m budget for M&A, aiming to branch out from industrial chemical to F&B, pharmaceutical & cosmetics chem solutions eyes 20% revenue growth target. Comment: Why don’t they just say they’ll do cannabis and watch the share price rise 20-30%? MINT: board approved issuance 2 tranches of warrants total 341.26m units to existing holders […]

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ADVANC targets 1mil new 5G customers, 1.6m home BB internet this year, sets Bt25-30b capex to expand networks, sees low single digit growth in service revenue. BAY’s auto loan unit, Ngern Tid Lor, submitted filing to SEC to sell IPO 1.043b shares. Comment: Now we’ll see behind the curtain of one of the largest players. […]

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BGRIM: ADB sold 2.01% stake in overnight placement (52,295,200 share) at Bt51.40 – Bt52.40 per share, a discount of 2.5% to 4.4%, by JP and Citi. CENTEL signs 3 hotels, 2 in Vang Vieng, Laos & 1 in Khao Yai, adds 304 rooms in portfolios. Comment: I still think CENTEL > MINT in terms of […]

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AGE reaffirms big jump 4Q20 from strong coal exports to China, logged FY20 sales volume above 3.5mt target, 1m tons backlog to realize till eo-2Q21, mulls to add vessels and trucks to boost transport revenue, seeks to expand power business. Comment: I used to refer to them as baby banpu pre-2010. But they are traders […]

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ASIAN assures hygiene of 2 food plants in Samut Sakhon seaside province, control measures and tracing record applies to every person, banning entry of anyone, until Jan 4, 2021, with exposure to shrimp market since December 1. Comment: Sure, lets see what happens to the pricing of the food when supply declines as a result […]

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ADVANC target BB market shares growth no less than 20% next year from current 1.35m AIS Fiber subscribers, keen on improving customers experience to mitigate price war. ALT: branch out from turnkey 5G network installation to infra & state enterprise, expects to awards railway network projects from State Railway early next year. BR: local fund, […]

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JKN expects positive earnings momentum continued in 4Q from strong media contents sales, tailwind from home shopping and health supplement products (C-Tria), aiming to scale back content sales revenue to 70% from 90%, commerce & others 30% to diversify risk. Comment: Well let’s see how far this can go. They don’t have the network that […]

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AOT: expects loss continue next year as pandemic erodes passenger arrival, sees average month to date domestic passenger traffic back to normal above 100kpd but international arrivals remained low 700 passenger/day, CEO. IVL: completed acquisition of PET recycling plant in Poland, IMP Polowat. Comment: Cookie munster continues. Now when their spread cycle returns to the […]

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ADVANC to boost revenue from digital entertainment app, AIS Play, above Bt1b within FY22, sees opportunity from large subscriptions base. Comment: I use their service ~4x a year to watch sporting events and stream it to my TV (as I did last night with the French Open), I don’t see how normal TV channels survive.  […]

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BANPU: completed acquisition of Barnett shale gas asset in the US on October 1, will book immediate contribution from 4Q20. Comment: Urgh….. BGRIM: signs MOU with Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) to jointly expand SPP, smart microgrid and renewable energy. CBG: expects to report quarterly record high profit in 3Q from increase market share of Woody […]

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