BANPU Buyback boosts Banpu share price – The SET-listed Banpu Plc, ASEAN’s leading coal miner, announced a Bt6.15bn share buyback plan yesterday, a move that rallied its share price after its net profit dropped last year on weakening coal prices. (Bangkok Post, 22/02/13) Comment: While good on a ST basis, it doesn’t cloud the fact […]
Read More →AOT Earnings soar 173% YoY in 1QFY13 —AOT posted 1Q FY13 earnings of Bt3.4 bn, growing 173%YoY. Revenue was Bt8.6 bn. AOT is benefiting from the reopening of Don Mueng airport. It also recovered a FX gain of Bt1.3bn. (Khao Hoon, 15/02/13) LPN DPS of Bt0.53 — The LPN board approved a dividend of Bt0.53/share on its […]
Read More →BMCL BMCL discussing with MTRA over OTM contract for Purple Line — BMCL will be negotiating with the government on OTM contract for the Purple Line, Bangsue–Taling Chan. If negotiations fail, the MRTA will manage the project itself. BMCL expects the number of passengers on its current lines to grow 17% from last year. (Tun […]
Read More →BEAUTY – Expects 2013 revenue growth of 20% — BEAUTY expects 2013 revenue to grow 20%YoY with gross margin of 70–71%. The company plans to invest Bt250mn to expand to 180 stores. It also plans to sell franchises in Laos and Vietnam, expecting to conclude this 1Q13. (Khao Hoon, 08/01/2013) Comment: Great margins, this co is […]
Read More →Finally! A property broker that admits Bangkok’s high-end property market is struggling. When you look around Bangkok today there are several new condominiums costing THB 100,000 – THB 150,000+ per sqm, that have all been fully sold out, but a quick glance inside the buildings and you’ll find that the majority of units have very […]
Read More →Tracking foreign investors in Thailand is a necessity as they do have a substantial impact on the SET. We do this daily/monthly/quarterly by monitoring the change in NVDR holdings in Thai equities. fyi: NVDR holdings, Non-Voting Depository Rights, are a vehicle in Thailand for non-thai investors to buy shares in Thai Equities. It is tracked […]
Read More →Something odd happened on Monday, 26th September @ 2.35pm, 5 minutes after the market reopened, the SET was trading down ~-9.5% for the day, with the circuit break (where if the market is -10% the Stock Exchange of Thailand will halt trading for 30 minutes) just a few sell orders away the market stopped trading….
Read More →A lot of friends and colleagues have been asking us over the weekend “What do we do now?” My answer to most of them, much to their chagrin is “Well its a bit late for asking.”
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