Stocks in the news (ah, amata, aot, cpt gulf, ivl, maco, ptt, rs, tse) 20.07.18
AH
AH is confident earnings will be good and confirmed the soundness of its fundamentals after the share price fell significantly yesterday. New customers continue to flow in. It expects revenue growth of 3-5% this year. (Thun Hoon, 20/7/18)
Comment: If you take out the funny interest that they are receiving from the new Indian JV then the % growth’s would be inline with the market
AMATA
AMATA maintains its target land sales of 925 rai this year although it sold just 100 rai in 1H18. It says this is due to seasonality. Management said it is dealing with customers in China and Europe to sell more than 100 rai of land to each. It plans to increase land price no less than 5% and expects earnings to grow YoY, backed by income from the power business. It will do a joint venture for the natural gas business. (Thun Hoon, 20/7/18)
Comment: So the stock price of this name and WHA ran 12 months ago and yet both companies are still not realising any sales from this EEC news
AOT
AOT maintains passenger target growth of 9-10% though passenger growth slowed to 4.5% in July which may be caused by the FIFA World Cup or the Phuket ferry tragedy. (Post Today, 20/7/18)
Comment: A high base + world cup. Phuket ferry..while indeed a tragedy, won’t make a dent in the #’s
CPT
CPT may set up sales offices in Indonesia, Vietnam and Philippines. It targets revenue from abroad to rise to Bt500mn in 2020. (Post Today, 20/7/18)
GULF
GULF has set a 5-year capex at Bt30-40bn to invest in IPP and acquisitions. It expects revenue to grow 30% to Bt10bn this year. (Kao Hoon, 20/7/18)
IVL
IVL announced the acquisition of 74% of Egypt’s MEDCO. The transaction is expected to be completed in 3Q18. MEDCO is the largest packaging manufacturer in Egypt with a market share of 25%. MEDCO has a production capacity of 70,000 tons/year. (Kao Hoon, 20/7/18)
Comment: And they are still acquiring everything they can get their hands on
MACO
MACO’s shareholders approved the acquisition of 75% of VGM Malaysia for Bt360mn. This transaction is intended to expand its media business abroad. (Kao Hoon, 20/7/18)
PTT
PTT expects earnings 3-year CAGR of 3%. It targets to raise non-oil business growth to 2-3% per year for the next three years. Given the rise in crude oil price, it will increase its activities in the non-oil
business. (Post Today, 20/7/18)
RS
RS is partnering with Bangkok Insurance (BKI) to expand to the insurance business. It will expand the market through new distribution channels. RS management expect earnings to reach a record high this year. (Kao Hoon, 20/7/18)
Comment: So now they will sell insurance through their TV channels?
TSE
TSE will start up a 17.6MW biomass power plant in August. It expects 2H18 earnings to be strong. Management is studying a power plant project abroad and expects to make a deal soon. It will book an extra gain of Bt400-500mn from selling TSEO shares in 3Q18. (Thun Hoon, 20/7/18)