ANAN ANAN is launching five projects worth in total Bt21.1bn along with its JV Mitsui at Paragon on June 22. Currently, the company has Bt42.5bn worth of backlog on hand to be recognized through 2019. (Kao Hoon, 6/5/17) Comment: A continuation of what they’ve been wanting to do for the past few years, now it […]

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BJC BJC expects 1Q17 net profit to be higher than Bt1.2bn thanks to BIGC. It believes outlook is positive, underwritten by numerous positive factors. (Thun Hoon, 04/05/07) Comment: Their price has declined some 20% from its peak post the acquisition from BIGC.   BPP BPP expects a solid performance in this year thanks to the […]

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AH AH targets 2017 sales growth of 5% in line with the auto industry, which it believes has bottomed out. It expects car production to hit 3mn within five years. It plans to expand its business in one country, with a decision this year. It is studying setting up a plant in Malaysia. It plans […]

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ASAP ASAP plans to offer an IPO of 210mn shares, with subscription in the third week of March and trading on the SET on Mar 30. It will use the funds to build “ASAP Auto Park”, a full-service automotive center at Bangna. (Kao Hoon, 16/02/17) Comment: Love the ticker, no idea on the business yet, […]

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BJC BJC will recognize a full year revenue from BIGC after completing M&A. It expects 2017 net profit of Bt7.7bn, up 104%YoY on the back of 1-2% SSS growth and new stores. (Thun Hoon, 08/02/17) Comment: 3 things, 1. Full year recognition; 2. Interest payments decrease; 3. BIGC margins improve. Now if BJC executives get […]

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Bill Gross Bill Gross is out with his latest paper and he continues on his negative viewpoint on the world today with these keypoints How policymakers plan to solve a long-term global debt crisis: 1. As in Japan, the Eurozone, the U.S., and the UK, central banks bought/buy increasing amounts of government debt (QE), then […]

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AMATA AMATA targets land sales of 1,000 rai in 2017. It expects performance to be supported by the ECC project. It plans to sell Bt4-5bn in assets to an REIT next year. It expects backlog to reach Bt4bn at the end of this year. (Kao Hoon, 30/11/16) Comment: It’s just been a continually disappointing performance […]

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So yesterday the government came out with the following stimulus measures. 1) daily minimum wage hike for 69 provinces (out of 77 provinces), by THB5-10 or less than 3% hike, effective from 1 Jan 2017. This is the first hike since 2013, when min wage was upped to THB300 across the country. Only 8 exceptional […]

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Effective at the close of 30 November 2016 these are the changes for Thailand MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES:  (+2) BJC, KCE // delete – none MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEXES: (+4) COM7, MALEE, TKN, TFG // (-8) ASP, BJCHI, CBG, COL, CGD DNA, KCE, ROJNA  

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APCO APCO expects to sign a contract to set up JV in November. It believes this will underwrite good growth (from the average of 10% now). It plans a marketing campaign to push up sales over the final two months of the year. It expects 2016 growth of above 10%. (Thun Hoon, 31/10/16) BANPU BANPU […]

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