BBL BBL says its loans grew less than its target of 3% affected by economic slowdown. Credit card spending for the first seven months grew 13-14% from target of 10%. It added 200,000 new credit card members. (Thun Hoon, 20/08/15) Comment: Strange to see BBL finally pushing into the consumer market with its credit cards, […]
Read More →BAY BAY revised down loan growth from 7-9% to 4-6% (excluding loans transferred from BTMU) in response to the slow economy. It reported 2Q15 earnings of Bt4.4bn (+25.9%YoY), 1H15 profit was Bt8.8bn. (Thun Hoon, 22/07/15) Comment: BAY is a special case within the financial sector with its new shareholder driving new loans from Japanese Corporates. […]
Read More →ACD ACD expects to show net profit in 3Q15 backed by property management fees of Bt35mn. It plans to buy three hotels in Phuket, expected to be finalized in 4Q15. It plans to acquire more property business in Laos and Cambodia. It is confident 2015 revenue will be higher than Bt1bn and expects to wipe […]
Read More →There’ll be the usual annual rebalancing in the SET Indices names this week, the official changes are: SET50 Additions: BA, BMCL, CBG, ITD, SAWAD, TPIPL, WHA, THCOM Deletions: BAY, BIGC, BJC, HEMRAJ, KTIS, SCCC, SPALI, VGI SET 100 Additions: ASP, BA, BEAUTY, CBG, CKP, LHBANK, MONO, RS, S, SAPPE, U, UNIQ, WHA Deletions: BAY, BCH, BIGC, BJC, IFEC, […]
Read More →As an fyi, just off the presses this early AM, these changes will be effective as of 29 May ’15 MSCI GLOBAL STANDARD INDEXES – None for Thailand MSCI GLOBAL SMALL CAP INDEXES – ADDITIONS: BA, BEAUTY, CBG, EPG, IMPACT, IFEC, MTLS, PLANB, PTG, SIM, SCN, TSE, UNIQ, WORK – DELETIONS: JMART, TPIPL
Read More →EARTH EARTH expects higher region coal price to lift 1Q15 profit above Bt3.8bn. Management remains confident that its sales volume will reach 10mt in 2015 due to higher demand. It plans to acquire more mines with reserves of 40mt, conclusion by 4Q15. (Thun Hoon, 12/03/15) Comment: The owners have been pledging their shares for a […]
Read More →AKR AKR has set a revenues target this year of Bt4.2bn supported its transformer manufacturing and distributing and solar cell business. (Kao Hoon, 09/01/15) BKD BKD has set a revenues target growth of 20% this year supported by its backlog on hand of more than Bt2bn. It also expects to receive new government project worth […]
Read More →Notable Transactions Buy(s) THB 214 mn IEC – The Chairman buys a decently sized stake, as of Friday he’s already made 100% PJW – Looks like a switching in shareholding between family members *TPIPL – Interesting to note that K. Prachai are family are still buying shares in TPIPL Sell(s) THB 149 mn PJW – […]
Read More →ADVANC ADVANC to launch fixed broadband service early next year. It targets 300,000 customers in the first phase and expects to invest Bt4.6bn. It also said that over the past two years it has invested Bt80bn in its 3G network and it expects to reach 20,000 3G base stations by the end of this year, […]
Read More →ADVANC AIS lays broadband blueprint – Advanced Info Service (AIS), the country’s largest mobile operator, is jumping on the fixed-line broadband internet bandwagon with planned commercial service to begin in early 2015. “We believe now is the perfect time to enter the market, worth 50-60 billion baht last year, as the industry just reached a […]
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