AH AH expects 2H17 performance to benefit from auto sales recovery. It expects 2017 revenue to grow 5% YoY. The company expects to finalize on its overseas partnership within this year. (Kao Hoon, 23 /6/17) Comment: How is 5% revenue growth a recovery? Domestic automotive sales are still far below the peak in 2012 and […]
Read More →AJ AJ is expected to perform better YoY in 2Q17 supported by strong sales volume. The company is looking to expand its domestic business as well as go overseas especially in South Asia (South Korea and Japan). It is also emphasizing new models that can give improved margin to support performance in 3Q17. Management expects […]
Read More →AOT AOT is confident it will have revenue growth of 8%, driven by more flights and tourist arrivals. It targets tourist arrivals of 180mn within 10 years. (Khao Hoon, 19/6/17) Comment: And this will mainly be driven by China BTS BTS with STEC and RATCH will sign the contracts for the Pink and Yellow lines […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN is launching five projects worth in total Bt21.1bn along with its JV Mitsui at Paragon on June 22. Currently, the company has Bt42.5bn worth of backlog on hand to be recognized through 2019. (Kao Hoon, 6/5/17) Comment: A continuation of what they’ve been wanting to do for the past few years, now it […]
Read More →AAV AAV expects this year’s performance to be robust supported by strong tourism and route expansion. The company expects the number of passengers to reach 19.5 mn with load factor at 85-86%. It also looks to open a new route to Vietnam in June. (Thun Hoon, 30/05/17) Comment: Still the best airline operator in the […]
Read More →AOT AOT reported 2QFY17 earnings of Bt6.47bn, up 17%. This brought 1HFY17 earnings to Bt11.49bn with 65.59mn passenger pass-through. (Kao Hoon, 16/05/17) Comment: What tourism slowdown? Only 5% of the Chinese have passports, just imagine if 10% have passports (note for US citizens its about ~35%-40% depending upon which stat you look at) ARROW ARROW […]
Read More →AAV AAV reported 1Q17 net profit of Bt570mn, down 43% due to higher fuel cost. Its revenue was Bt9.1bn, up 2% on 8% passenger growth and 89% loading factor. (Kao Hoon, 11/05/17) Comment: How much better can this company perform? It’s effectively running at full load, the only thing that they can do different is […]
Read More →AJD AJD’s shareholders approved to change the company name to AJA. Shareholders also approved a Bt1bn debenture. It expects solid performance this year thanks to digital TV coupons. It also plans to expand its line of business to water dispenser service and E-money. (Kao Hoon, 02/05/17) Comment: A name change? For what? I don’t think […]
Read More →AOT AOT is interested in investing in Mae Sod and Khon Kaen airports to build them up as aviation hubs in the special economic zone. It targets three large projects in the Suvarnabhumi Airport worth Bt130bn to be done by 2021. (Khao Sod, 17/4/17) Comment: It is interesting that the Philippines has been faster at […]
Read More →AAV AAV said load factor has risen to 90-100% on seasonality, more routes and more flights. It expects 1Q17 performance to be good. It plans to open more international routes and increase the number of flights to India. (Thun Hoon, 12/04/17) AOT AOT expects robust earnings in 2QFY17 of Bt6bn aided by 8% passenger growth. […]
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