ALLA to bid for 2-3 power plants’ crane projects, worth Bt100m each, results in 2Q21, in talks with potential JV in solar cells business. BTS and STEC under BSR Joint Venture mulls bidding for Bt122b West Orange Line, while BEM will bid alone. Comment: BEM is basically CK… INTUCH’s lawyer up and in the process […]
Read More →ADVANC in 70:30 JV with SPI to set up Saha Advance Network (SAN) with Bt30m registered cap, offering fiber optic and ICT infra within SPI’s industrial estate and EEC area. AMA target to lift biodiesel transport revenue to 15% of total revenue from 11% last year, sees solid turnaround 2H from higher traffic from improving […]
Read More →ANAN to issue Bt1b worth of subordinated debt, offering 9.5% p.a. for first 5 years. Comment: That sounds closer to what I expected for debt pricing, though in reality it should be double digits. BEM sees Blue line ridership rose to 60% or 250ktpd avg post lockdown, expects momentum carry to 2H on school reopen. […]
Read More →ACG branches out from car dealership business to vehicle maintenance and parts sales services, FASTFIT, to expand client bases and mitigate risk from weak auto market. Comment: I find this to be a difficult business to do well in, they are up against incumbents such as BQUIK and ACT, and these are rather deep customer […]
Read More →AAV considers merger with another LLC to clamp down on pricing wars once flights eventually resume in the country. Comment: Would that be NOK? Wouldn’t make sense, Thai Smile perhaps? ADVANC launches “GOMO” sim for online uses with unlimited 50GB speed. Comment: Boom! And then your data will be leaked… ASP cuts dividend payout to […]
Read More →BEM sees March tollway traffic -25.8% yoy, MRT ridership -29.2% yoy, expects bottom out in April. Comment: It probably should bottom in April, the question on people’s mind will be recovery potential. DOD upbeats on 1H earnings from strong sales momentum of alcohol gel and sanitizer products, mulls to raise capacity to 500k bpd from […]
Read More →BCH upbeats 1Q revenue from surging Covid-19 test traffic at 100-150 cases/day, firms on plan to open hospital in Aranyaprathet province in May. Comment: I think that most hospitals outside of BDMS and BH are going to do quite well. Although if factories are closed then perhaps you’ll see a drop off in the hospitals […]
Read More →BAY expects 1Q loan growth shrink more than 10% yoy, sees sharp declines in new home sales, roll-out refinance package to draw mortgage clients. Comment: 1Q20 is a recession quarter, 2Q20 is still up in the air, 2H20 is, I suspect, a recovery period, and 1Q21 everyone will look amazing compared to the year before […]
Read More →AOT & BDMS: Kuwait & UAE suspend flights to TH. Comment: This will hammer BDMS And BH BEM maintained 20% full year ridership growth target to 500kpd, supported by larger network from Blue line extension, mulls adding 20 trains to support growth, sees toll way traffic steady at 1.1m trips/day. Comment: Just as with BTS, […]
Read More →AP: K-ASSET raised holding by 0.1212% to 5.1039% of total o/s, SEC filing. Comment: I find it interesting that now the news is reporting what the institutions are doing, are we going to see a situation in Thailand similar to the US that institutions become major shareholders as family’s reduce their holdings. Plus these announcements […]
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