BANPU to buy additional 50% in Springvale mine and Angus place in AU, transaction incurred no cash payment, will accept Bt864m liabilities for the purchase. BANPU raised stake in Australian mine from 50% to 100%, for Bt864m. Comment: Acquiring assets in the US and Australia. Tabloid reports BBL may book as much as Bt4b gain […]

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ANAN sees strong 4Q and momentum into next yr with 7 pjs ready to transfer and Bt37b backlog, of which Bt5-6b to transfer this yr. Comment: The share price is trading at 10x 9M19 earnings…so if 4Q19 is at the company suggests then it would be close to 5x, and then if they just maintain […]

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AMANAH reaffirms big jump 4Q from strong demand for credit on holiday season, larger coverage from branches expansion and lower LLP after shift strategy to seize vehicle instead of settle with debtors on hire-purchase default AMATA signs JV Spore partner, Surbana Jurong Infrastruture, to provide consultancy service for entire projects under Amata Group. Comment: I […]

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AOT’s current duty free operator, King Power, awarded a 11-years DMK airport duty free management concession from FY22-FY33. Comment: Well that was quick BBL to compete with Sumitimi Mitsui Financial for StanChart Indon. Comment: No more growth nor NIM expansion left in Thailand, Indonesia does look like a far better bet for the next 10-20 […]

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AMA expects to wrap up M&A logistic co in October, to branch out from sea freight to onshore logistic. Comment: Ships are rocking atm and I think you’ll see far more upside in the coming quarters-years Association of Investment Management companies mulls pulling off investment in JAS following mgt scandal on insider trading in JTS. […]

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BBL (2.23%), STEC (1.88%) and ROJNA (0.91%) may record as much as Bt5.4b, Bt4.54b and Bt2.2b accounting gains from their stakes in GULF which jumped 94% YTD Comment: If someone can defend the valuation of GULF please do so. ITD gets 2 construction contracts worth Bt3.8b including Terminal 21 Rama 3 and Toll way pj […]

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AH sees better 2H frm higher auto-parts sales and consolidation of SGAH, boosting overall rev grwth to >10% t/g.Comment: That story is over and played out, the global automotive industry is struggling. BBL said its plan to cut deposit rates won’t hurt performance, firms on 3-4% loan grwth this yr, trades Bt2 XD Sept 4.Comment: […]

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ANAN: kick-off promo event, Urban Expo, Aug 23-25, aims to purge inventories from 32 ready-to-move in project. Comment: Expect to see a drop in their GPM’s  BBL: mulls to revise measures to curb credit card NPLs, sees soured loans from those who has no pay slip climbed (self-employed, online vendor & SMEs). SIRI: cut FY19 […]

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RATCH in talks with 2 powerplants operations on M&A to offset revenue lost from retirement powerplants in Ratchburi during 2025-27. SCB, BBL and KTB followed KBANK’s lead in cutting lending rates by 25 bps, while keeping the MLR (prime rate) unchanged, responding to Bank of Thailand’s surprise rate cut last wk. Deposit rates were left […]

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AOT to open bidding envelop for Suvarnabhumi airport’s duty free and commercial area today, among contenders are King Power, BA and ROH. Comment: And by now we all know that King Power has own for Suvarnabhumi ASAP in deal with SCB to provide low interest rates for used-car HP at 2.79% during promo event at […]

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