ANAN Ananda scales back condo advertising – The SET-listed Ananda Development Plc (ANAN) has capped spending on marketing and advertising at 2.5% of sales, down from 4% last year, as the political turmoil looks set to dampen condo-buying sentiment throughout 2014. (Bangkok Post, 11/04/14) Comment: The pullback in advertising has been throughout all of Bangkok, […]

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ANAN ANAN expects to report Bt1.5bn in revenues in 1Q14, a 50% increase YoY, supported by booking revenue from its condo, Ideo Mobi 4. (Khao Hoon, 17/03/14) AOT Phase 2 to move as planned — AOT says that Phase 2 of Suvarnabhumi airport worth Bt62.50bn will go as planned. It will draft the TOR this […]

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ANAN Treasury program spurs price — Price of ANAN rocketed to hit a one month high after the company announced plans to repurchase 333.30mn shares (10% of total shares). The total value of the repurchase scheme is estimated to be Bt500mn. Management is confident that earnings will exceed market expectations, and promised dividend will start […]

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ANAN -JV with Japanese developer — ANAN has announced that will be setting up a joint venture with a Japanese developer, Mitusui Fudosan Residential Company, “Ananda MF Asia Co., Ltd” with an investment budget of more than Bt1.8bn. The first project, “Ideo Q Rama 4”, a condominium project worth Bt6.5bn near the Sam Yan MRT […]

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ANAN Buying more land for a luxury condo — ANAN is investing Bt1.417bn to acquire a new land plot to develop a luxury condominium project worth Bt6.5bn and expects presales to start in 4Q13 with transfers in 2016. The company said revenues will grow by 100% this year and expects transfers for 2013 to amount […]

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ANAN – Ananda plans Bt20bn projects in second half – Ananda Development, confident of the continuing strength of residential demand, plans to launch condominium projects worth more than Bt2bn over the remainder of the year. (The Nation, 18/07/13) AOT cutting par value — AOT is to reduce par value from Bt10.00 to Bt1.00 after prices […]

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AAV: Thai Post link up for speedy EMS. Thai AirAsia, the biggest low-cost carrier, has joined hands with Thailand Post to introduce an EMS [Express Mail Service] super-speed service as part of its plan to strengthen its financial performance. Currently, ticket sales contribute 84% of revenue, while non-ticket sales make up 16% of total. The […]

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AOT AOT gets screening fee nod — AOT can charge air passengers for advance passenger processing, under a Civil Aviation Board decision yesterday. AOT is expected to introduce the system this year and the board has capped the charge at Bt50/passenger. AOT will install an advance passenger processing system (APPS) that will speed up immigration […]

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This came across my desk yesterday. MSCI Thailand (MSCI Global Standard) Add : HMPRO, MINT, INTUCH, TRUE Delete : None MSCI Thailand (MSCI Global Small Cap) Add : ANAN, BMCL, EASTW, EA, GRAMMY, GUNKUL JMART, KTC, MALEE, N-PARK, OFM, OISHI, SAMTEL, SPCG, TFD, THRE, UMI, UV, VGI, WHA Delete : BLA, BTS, VNT  

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ANAN Strong growth in revenues and profits — ANAN announced 4Q12 net profit of Bt27mn, a 124% increase YoY, on an increase in revenue in this quarter to Bt1.343bn, up 109% YoY. (Khao Hoon, 04/03/1) Comment: No value seen here from our viewpoints BECL Inflation meets the criteria for toll rate hike on Sep 1, […]

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