AOT AOT revises down investment for Suvarnabhumi Phase 2 by Bt10bn from Bt62bn. The bidding will begin at the end of this year. Revenue is expected to grow 15% this year because of the increase in passengers. The Ministry of Finance is requiring a higher dividend but this does not affect its performance. (Khao Hoon […]

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ADVANC ADVANC expected 1Q15 profit to rise YoY due to greater use of its data services. The company maintains its revenue growth (excluding interconnection fee) at 3-4% YoY in 2015 with new service in high-speed internet (1Gbps) called “AIS Fibre” to attract 100,000 users. (Khao Hoon, 28/04/15) Comment: This could very well be the end […]

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There was a FTSE index re-balancing that occurred on Friday, here’s the breakdown: Large cap inclusion: TRUE (from mid cap); exclusion: BAY. Mid cap inclusion: none; exclusion: TRUE (from large cap). Small cap inclusion: CK, BMCL, SUPER, GUNKUL, GFPT, TICON, CHG, CKP, KCE; exclusion: CPNRF, SUC. All-world inclusion: none; exclusion: BAY. All-Cap (LMS) inclusion: CK, BMCL, […]

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Hot off the presses: The FTSE Global Equity Index Semi-Annual Review which will take place as of the close of Mar 20, 2015. BAY will be removed from FTSE All-World and FTSE Large-Cap and TRUE is upped to Large Cap from Mid Cap. FTSE Large Cap: Add: TRUE Delete: BAY FTSE Mid Cap: No addition […]

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AIT AIT sets a revenue growth target at 10% to Bt6.8bn with backlog on hand of Bt2bn. The firm also has potential projects of Bt10bn that will come up for bidding this year. (Khao Hoon, 19/02/15) Comment: This company still continues to confound me with its consistent growth, with its capital increase 2 years ago, […]

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Note: Scroll down to see commentary for the past 3 days. Stocks in the news (amata, arrow, bay, bkd, cbg, ecl, kbs, ldc, pf, ptg, ptt, spali, super, tcap, thai, ttcl, wha) 27.01.15 AMATA AMATA plans to invest in industrial estate in Myanmar, in addition to its existing investment in Vietnam to prepare for the […]

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AOT Flights and passengers up over New Year — AOT reports its statistics during the New Year holiday season (11 days) for six of its airports: total flights during the period were 22,218, up 9.4% YoY, and total passengers hit 3.6mn, up 15.7%. (Kao Hoon, 12/01/15) Comment: And this despite everything that has happened to Thailand in […]

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DIMET DIMET says 2014 will be in the black though it faced net losses in 1Q14 and 2Q14. The company expects recovery in 3Q14 and 4Q14 and is looking for a partner to support its business. It does not know what is behind the sharp increase in its share price. (Kao Hoon, 12/12/14) GOLD GOLD […]

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As posted earlier this month, there MSCI rebalancing was effective as of today’s closing, a gentle reminder on what the changes were MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES – The following are changes in constituents for the MSCI Global Standard Indexes which will take place as of the close of Nov 25, 2014. ADDITIONS: DELTA, EA, TUF […]

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MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES – The following are changes in constituents for the MSCI Global Standard Indexes which will take place as of the close of Nov 25, 2014. ADDITIONS: DELTA, EA, TUF DELETIONS: None MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEXES The following are changes in constituents for the MSCI Global Small Cap Indexes which will […]

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