AOT New entity for duty-free – perhaps. The Minister of Transportation met with management of Korea’s Lotte, which wants to run a duty free business at Thailand’s airports and in towns. The Thai government is promoting fair competition in the duty-free business, but has to study conditions with King Power Duty Co., who has the […]
Read More →AOT Waiting for cabinet approval — AOT is waiting for cabinet approval of the backup runway project with Multi-Function Terminal with an investment budget of Bt48bn. The PM has confirmed that the government wants AOT to set up an infrastructure fund to help finance its projects. The company’s board meeting will be held on January […]
Read More →AOT Flights and passengers up over New Year — AOT reports its statistics during the New Year holiday season (11 days) for six of its airports: total flights during the period were 22,218, up 9.4% YoY, and total passengers hit 3.6mn, up 15.7%. (Kao Hoon, 12/01/15) Comment: And this despite everything that has happened to Thailand in […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN budgets Bt3bn to purchase land to support business expansion. The company targets revenue of Bt12-15bn with presales of Bt22.5-23.5bn in 2015. (Kao Hoon, 11/12/14) Comment: The upside for me in ANAN is on operational leverage i.e. fixed costs should be stable, thus with revenue growth of 20-30%, i wouldn’t be surprised to see […]
Read More →AH 10% growth next year – AH has set the revenue growth at 10% next year, supported by the turnaround in auto industry. (Kao Hoon, 9/12/14) Comment: AH is an odd automotive company because of its businesses in the retailing side in M’asia, thus its hard to classify it as a pure automanufacturer. AOT Core […]
Read More →AOT AOT reports FY2014 profit of Bt12.2bn, 25% lower than last year, as a result of 88% lower hedging profit. (Kao Hoon, 1/12/14) BCP Offering to buy BCP shares from PTT — BCP’s management and employees will make an offer to buy 27% of BCP shares from PTT worth Bt12bn. (Kao Hoon, 1/12/14) Comment: Now […]
Read More →AOT released their latest passenger figures, go the link below, and every analyst today was going on about how travelers are back with numbers +11% for October 2014. Do take things with a grain of salt and realise that if you take the full year figures, passenger arrivals are up only +0.14%. But what does […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA expects to set up REIT worth Bt4.5bn in 1Q15 and will list AMATAV on the stock market in 2Q14. The company plans to invest Bt3-4bn in Vietnam and Myanmar in 2015 and expects to sell 500 rai in 4Q14, giving total land sales of 1,000 rai in 2014. (Kao Hoon, 21/11/14) Comment: A […]
Read More →AI Management expects revenue of Bt9bn in 2015 from Bt5bn in 2014 and will invest Bt200mn to increase palm oil production capacity and set up solar power plant with 2.6MW capacity supporting sharp revenue and earnings growth. (Thun Hoon, 20/11/14) Comment: Another firm that will have a small solar power plant – 2.6 MW means […]
Read More →ADVANC AIS plans Bt60bn digital drive – Advanced Info Service Plc (AIS) has set aside at least Bt60bn for the first stage of fourth-generation (4G) wireless and fixed-line broadband project developments next year in a quest to capitalise on emerging digital lifestyle trends. (Bangkok Post, 19/11/14) AJD AJD targets 5mn digital TV set-top boxes for […]
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