BBL: anticipates 2Q turnaround after loans shrink 1Q from corporate re-payment expects NII recovery from bancassurance and mutual fund business, maintain 4-6% full year loans growth target, Bt 20b LLP flat yoy. Comment: They are the best bank atm….a race to the bottom for the industry? BJC: sees positive earnings momentum 2Q from additional packaging […]
Read More →AP sees mmtum into 2Q frm real dmnd after 25% jump in 1Q presales to Bt41.8b. Comment: If 2Q #’s for the sector aren’t shit, then watch the sector re-rate positively, if they are then just look at LPN’s share price ASAP upbeats 2Q erngs frm surging car rental rev frm travelling dmd during long […]
Read More →BBL sets 4-6% loan growth target, adapts well to IFRS9. Comment: Well IFRS9 may be postponed for the entire sector… BGRIM completed acquisition of 124MW GLOW SPP1 Bt3.3b, boosting capacity by 6% from current 2,076MW. BMTA’s cancelled CHO’s Bt1.665b e-Ticket and Cash Box contracts for breaching of TOR. Comment: And then CHO came out with […]
Read More →BBL BBL Asset Management sees Bt6.4b fundflows into SET if MSCI raises weight from 2.5% to 3%. Comment: This matters for the whole market, currently NVDR’s are not part of the MSCI calculations. BEAUTY BEAUTY teams up Carrot Mall to expand online sales and general trade channel in China, 5 SKUs of Beauty Buffet prod […]
Read More →ASK ASK expects 4Q18 loans to grow in line with economic expansion It expects loan growth of 10- 15% from last year’s Bt30bn. It expects NPL ratio to reduce to 2% due to loan quality improvement and strict debt collection. (Thun Hoon, 7/11/18) BBL BBL targets loan growth of 5% next year driven by government […]
Read More →BBL BBL has budgeted Bt200mn to invest in “Thai Payment Network”, increasing its shares to 69.08%. It targets to expand business as the country moves towards a cashless society. (Thun Hoon, 19/9/18) BEAUTY A mutual fund in the US is interested in BEAUTY due to its strong fundamentals and good future. It expects some good […]
Read More →Byron Wein August 2018 His latest monthly letter is outttt and here’s a few interesting snippets and a link to the rest of the piece Today there are fewer public companies in the U.S. than at any time over the last 40 years. The peak year for public markets was 1996, when over 8,000 companies […]
Read More →ANAN ANAN expects transfers will increase in 2Q18 as Ashton Asoke project worth Bt6.7bn has started transfers. The company is going to launch three new projects worth Bt8.047bn and targets to achieve revenue of Bt38bn. (Kao Hoon, 18/5/18) Comment: But this hasn’t been official yet hence the volatility in the share price in the past […]
Read More →Banks SCB, KBANK and BBL will reverse provisions, which will raise profit, if IFRS 9 is postponed to 2022. SCB has made provisions of Bt26bn, KBANK Bt34bn and BBL Bt20bn. KTB has set aside Bt40bn provisions and it will book a profit if AQ can liquidate its land and repay debt. (Kao Hoon, 9/5/18) Comment: So […]
Read More →With the news in the past 2 weeks that the major Thai banks are going to be removing transaction fees (finally!) for all digital (i..e internet and mobile) transactions their stock prices have taken a plunge with TMB being the worst hit, despite it not being one of these banks announcing the waiver in fees. […]
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