ADVANC ADVANC maintains 2017 revenue growth target of 4-5%. It plans to be a leader in data services in 2H17 by increasing 4G customers to reach 40-50% of its customer base of 40.5mn. It also plans to expand home internet. (Khao Hoon, 17/8/17) AOT AOT to pay rental to Treasury Department at 4% of ROA […]
Read More →BEAUTY BEAUTY posted 2Q17 earnings of Bt273mn, +97%YoY. This gave 1H17 earnings growth of 76.50%, reaching Bt472.84mn. It will pay a dividend of Bt0.15 per share. XD is August 23. It plans to expand both at home and abroad. (Khao Hoon, 15/8/17) Comment: I’ve always been wrong with this company, despite my best efforts (short […]
Read More →AOT Suvarnabhumi rental to be finalized in July, to take effect in Jan 2018. (Khao Hoon, 25/7/17) GOLD GOLD revised up its sales target to Bt18bn from Bt20bn. 1H17 presales were Bt11bn. It will launch 10 projects in 2H17. The yearly target is 15 projects worth Bt14.3bn. Overall, it thinks the real estate market in […]
Read More →BCPG BCPG to invest in power plant business in Indonesia. The production power is 182 MW. It will record revenue in 3Q17. (Thun Hoon, 24/7/17) Comment: I do often worry about Thai companies buying commodity/power assets in Indonesia…but should this be a genuinely good purchase it does add to the theory that BCPG benefits as a state […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA has been rated “A” with stable outlook by TRIS to reflect the stable earnings outlook from utility income. The company targets 2017-2019 revenue of Bt4.8-6bn per year. (Kao Hoon, 29/6/17) Comment: If the EEC is delayed, or the land sales don’t occur for a number of years, what will happen to AMATA’s stock […]
Read More →AMATA AMATA visited Stockholm, Sweden to study its ‘Hammarby Sjostad’, or ‘Smart City’ project, and SAAB Group which manufactures fighter jets for Sweden, in the hopes of developing a Smart Aerospace City in Thailand. (Thun Hoon, 7/6/2017) CSS CSS expects to benefit from NBTC and MEA project to ground all power/cable lines along five main […]
Read More →ABC ABC is talking to a prospective partner in China to provide WeChat Pay service in Thailand. It continues to improve its back office with the goal of improving its data management. It plans to develop an e-wallet application to meet the needs of the new generation. (Thun Hoon, 24/05/17) Comment: Not sure I would […]
Read More →AP AP expects 1Q17 presales at Bt3.75bn. It plans to launch four projects valued at Bt15.65bn in 2Q17. It expects 2017 presales to hit its target of Bt26bn on the back of the launch of 18 projects with total value of Bt35bn. (Kao Hoon, 11/04/17) BA BA and THAI plan to codeshare in order to […]
Read More →ABC ABC plans to launch E-Payment service via WeChat Pay. It intends for this to be a payment application for Chinese tourists. It plans to partner with 10,000 stores. It expects this to contribute revenue of at least Bt1bn/month. (Kao Hoon, 21/02/17) Comment: Right…but then their actual revenue from this may only 1-3%? This company […]
Read More →AAV AAV targets 19.5mn passengers in 2017 and expects load factor of 84%. Going forward, its strategy is to expand its route network to new potential markets including CLMV that will balance revenue contribution which at this point is heavily reliant on the China market. It plans for the expansion to eventually lower the revenue […]
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