There was a lot happening this past week, of interest to me is the Thai government looking to sell some stakes off in public and private enterprises. Thailand MPI drops 5.3% in Songkran month of April – The Manufacturing Production Index in April plunged 5.3 per cent from March as some manufacturers took more days off […]
Read More →AH AH is dealing to buy firms in India, Malaysia and Japan, expected to be finalized by 2015. The company cut sales target to 5-10% due to a slowdown in the auto industry but it expects revenue to grow to Bt30bn in 2020. (Thun Hoon, 29/05/15) Comment: AH hasn’t been an attractive investment since 2006 […]
Read More →AEC AEC targets 2015 market share of 4% from 2014’s 2% aided by customer base expansion. It is confident 2015 performance will show a net profit despite the loss in 1Q15 as the capital market recovered. It has seven investment banking deals that will raise revenue. (Thun Hoon, 28/05/15) Comment: It is a tough environment […]
Read More →His latest paper is a discussion on the low interest rate environment and how he plans to navigate it going forward, it is quite the enjoyable read, here’s a snippet and link to the rest of the article. On the bond side, my famous (infamous?) “Short of a lifetime†trade on the German Bund market […]
Read More →AJD AJD benefiting from 5.4mn digital TV coupons distributed by NBTC. It targets set-top box sales of 2mn with 50% revenue growth this year. (Khao Hoon, 27/05/15) Comment: It is obvious with the carnage going on in digital TV that the coupon sales has been poor. ARROW ARROW says pipeline system business continues to trend […]
Read More →Here are some comments from around the Web + my own at the bottom Thailand is the least preferred equity market in Southeast Asia given lofty valuations and ongoing political uncertainty, Morgan Stanley wrote in a report this week, predicting a possible 10 percent decline in the MSCI Thailand Index in dollar terms. The baht […]
Read More →ABC ABC expects to report net profit in 3Q15 after a loss of Bt32mn, with revenue of Bt3bn. It plans to expand to E-commerce by launching an application with a credit card point redemption campaign. (Khao Hoon, 26/05/15) Comment: I still have extreme doubts on ABC’s business, perhaps they’ll allow us to redeem credit card […]
Read More →The market continues to wobble around the 1,500 levels, why? Well economic growth is still a bit meh, more importantly earnings are meh and in reality we aren’t going to see anything wonderful until infrastructure spending actually kicks in, and the market is still pricing in those potential high levels. Going forward we may have […]
Read More →AJP Targets 2015 revenue of Bt750mn backed by strong fundamental. It plans to restructure business by focusing on IT business, event organization and alternative energy. (Khao Hoon, 25/05/15) BRR 2015 revenue expected to grow 50% from 2014’s Bt241mn aided by increasing electricity sales and sugar orders. Its 9.9MW power plant is operating and it plans […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 444 mn EA – A huge share swap BA – He seems to be continually buying his shares back in the market. LPN – It’s not often that you see management buying shares in LPN, they must believe that their projects are not going to be affected whilst many projects that are […]
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