AOT: British Airways extend direct flights suspension of BKK-Heathrow route from Oct22 till Mar 23; THAI & EVA are 2 carriers offering direct flights service. Comment: # of planes in the air need to ramp up faster for a quicker recovery. Regardless, visitor numbers are going to reach 1 mn this month. BAM: to wrap […]

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BDMS, who owns 95.76% in SVH, will tender for the remaining 4.24% at Bt480/share and will delist SVH from SET. BEM to hold rate for Blue Line at Bt17-42 until end of year, then raise to Bt17-43, sees no impact. Comment: I have often commented that the MRT in Singapore is cheaper than the subway/skytrains […]

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BCP sees recovery in fuel sales, after boosting refinery output to >120K bbl/day, sees growth in marketing business, plans to add 80-100 retail stations, boosting total to 1K by end of year, sets Bt39b capex for this year. Comment: There’s still plenty of room for BCP to grow in the retail business. BDMS plans Bt23.5b […]

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BDMS forms 60:40 jv with COM7 to expand upscale drugstore, offer medicines, med equipment, health tech products, BDMS will get expertise in retail mgt while COM7 expand into new biz in healthcare. Comment: Great move by both parties, but be aware it takes scale and massive scale for this to payoff. 100 stores is nothing. […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 6.2 bn BDMS – Just a switch between family members DPAINT – A director buys a block, ~5% of the shares. PROEN – A director buys a block, ~3% of the shares. THG – And he’s still buying! CKP – Not to be confused with the singer from the 70s, this […]

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BAM in talk several fin institution to joint establish distressed assets management co, sees upside from management fees, rev sharing. Comment: I have a random thoughts on this – but basically the banks HAVE SO MANY NPLS that several would effectively be at risk of bankruptcy and need to recap massive amounts of equity. This […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) 900 mn SABUY – Just have a look at each and every JV they are participating in. III – Lots going on here MINT – A switch between entities PLAT – Will this dog rise up again? MAKRO – Just taking part of the RO Sell(s) 2 bn GUNKUL/JMART – Adisak is […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 456 mn JMART – Look at how much he’s bought back BANPU – Wonder if the founder/chairman realises that the recap was a silly idea, share price would be +50% higher by now… SPALI – Family still buying! MORE – Funny movements in this share price for a while… RAM – […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 270 mn TQM – Family members buying big. Sell(s) THB 422 mn BDMS – And the founder is back to being a seller. PJW – One of the family members (Vice Chair) dumps 2% of total outstanding shares. SPA – The MD sells off some shares.

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AEONTS reported 3Q21 (end of November ,20) at Bt1.01b +1.9% yoy, beats Bt815m consensus, thanks to lower than expected credit cost & wider than expected NIM, revenue from bad debt recovery improved 19% yoy & revenue from overseas subsidiaries +18% yoy, NPL stands at 4.3% from 3.9% end of 2Q21. Comment: Look at these numbers […]

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