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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ASW reports Bt3,250m 1Q22 presales, or 33% of its Bt10b this year target, to launch 3 more projects in 2Q worth Bt3,180m, for a total of 7 worth Bt12,400m this year. Comment: A relatively new IPO, as a mid-size developer, being listed has helped to raise capital just before covid hit, perhaps will be a […]

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CRC’s grocery unit, Central Food Retail, signs up for shopping e-voucher rebate stimulus. Comment: The capital will flow to the big boys. HTECH upbeats outlook from strong HDD exports volume thanks to demand from cloud service, IoT, Data Center, mulls tapping into EV to utilize expertise in cutting tools for high-precision parts. Comment: It’s a […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 264 mn KBANK – Ohh a family member decided to buy some shares – though I should note, that KBANK is no longer dominated by 1 shareholder family anymore, unlike SCB and BAY. PLANET – Rather strange share price movements and shareholder transaction in this name over the past 3-6 months. […]

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ESSO sets Bt1.2-1.5b capex to boost total petrol stations to 700 next year, and to improve efficiency at its refineries. Comment: That’s interesting, normally this company is fairly/slow quiet in terms of petrol station expansion. With PTTOR IPO’ing its could potentially be a blood bath in the industry in terms of declining ROIC’s per new […]

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CPF’s founding family, Chearavanont, ranked 21th in the world richest family, highest among Thailand, with assets worth US$30.7b, Bloomberg. GUNKUL sees earnings bottom-out 2Q, 60mw Vietnam solar able to offset power equipment trading and underground wiring projects delayed from lockdown, expects solid turnaround 2H from JPN & TH solar high season, resumption of infra construction, […]

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AIMCG: name change to AIM Commercial Growth Leasehold Real Estate Investment Trust, ticker remain unchanged BJC: BigC hypermarket sees strong growth in home appliance sales on holiday season, eyes 2-3% sales growth yoy in 4Q. Comment: Markets and financial figures are telling a different story. The issue in the retail market is that they are […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 500 mn TMT – A share swap between family members SAWAD – And she’s still buying the shares! BTS – And he’s still buying the shares! NFC – Going to watching this closely, he seems to want to reach over 60% shareholding in this newly listed company RCI – DCC family […]

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Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 331 mn TMT – A swap amongst the family members BTS – And he’s still supporting the recent share price movement. RS – And he’s still buying his shares! Sell(s) THB 265 mn TMT – See above ECF – Wonder who bought these…never been impressed by this firm K – The […]

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