ADVANC ADVANC asserts that financials are strong and it has no plan to increase capital. It plans to pay the first license fee payment of Bt8.04bn as scheduled and submit its bank guarantee before June 30. Dividend payout will be 100% of profit. It has budgeted Bt40bn to expand its network. (Kao Hoon, 30/5/16) Comment: […]

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It’s been in the news for a while that BEM has been fighting with EXAT to get back someTHB 8 bn in lost revenue.. “The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) has decided to petition the Administrative Court, asking it to revoke an arbitration committee’s order that it pay more than 8 billion baht in compensation […]

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BEM BEM expects to open MRT Purple Line on Aug 6. It expects this to increase 2016 revenue growth to 15% as it will book Bt500mn/quarter as operating revenue. It expects 60,000 passengers/day. (Khao Hoon, 11/05/16) BIG BIG reported 1Q16 earnings of Bt234mn (221% growth) thanks to the boom in digital cameras. It expects revenue […]

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AOT AOT expects passenger growth of 16% to 3.98mn passengers between Apr 8–18. (Khao Hoon, 07/04/16) BCP BCP cuts E&P long-term investment budget of Bt3-4bn (2015-2020). It will use the funds to invest in green power plant instead. (Khao Hoon, 07/04/16) BEM BEM plans to start running the Purple Line and Srirat-Orr in August 2016. […]

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ADVANC ADVANC to work with TRUE to help 2G customers. TRUE will propose a rental agreement with ADVANC to rent 900MHz for three months. They will be talking today. (Khao Hoon, 17/2/16) Comment: I don’t quite see the point in ADVANC working with TRUE given that 1) Jas won’t pay and thus there’s still another […]

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ADVANC ADVANC reports more than 500,000 of its 2G clients have upgraded to 3G. It aims at getting more than 10mn 4G users from 4.4mn now. It has budgeted of Bt40bn to expand its business in 2016. (Kao Hoon, 29/2/16) Comment: The number we read this morning from the news was 5 mn users already. […]

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BEM BEM expects to pay dividend this year on the expectation of 40% growth in net profit after the Sri Rat expressway and MRT Purple Line open. It plans to take part in bids for public projects in CBD and outskirts. (Khao Hoon, 06/01/16) Comment: And now the largest infrastructure/transportation play is listed! CI CI […]

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BEAUTY BEAUTY expects 4Q15 earnings to be good on the back of government stimulus measures. It expects 2015 sales of Bt1.7bn with a record high net profit from 2014’s Bt301mn. It targets 2016 sales to grow 20%. (Khao Hoon, 04/01/16) Comment: The last minute bump by the government to promote year end spending should bold […]

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AP AP and Mitsubishi launched Life Pinklao project, valued at Bt3.1bn on Nov 21. It expects this to achieve presales of 40% by this year. It expects this to support demand for premium condo in this location. (Khao Hoon, 09/12/15) BEAUTY BEAUTY expects 4Q15 earnings to peak on seasonality and large orders. It expects 2015 […]

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AQ AQ expects net profit this year after 2014 net loss of Bt285.61mn on backlog of Bt300- 400mn. It plans to launch a new project “AQ Shadi Phaholyothin-Rangsit” in 2H15. (Thun Hoon, 30/09/15) Comment: Despite the quality of its projects, the stock is rather expensively valued. BECL/BMCL BECL expects the cabinet will okay the merger […]

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