ALT plans to roll out submarine cable station rental service in Satun province to support Data Center Interconnect (DCI) between Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore. Comment: How could a company of ALT’s “standing” be considered for an important contract such as this? AOT: FY24 net profit (end of Sept) @ Bt19.18b, +119% yoy; missed Bt19.54b consensus […]

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BTS to receive Bt22b overdue debts owed by BMA & Krungthep Thanakom (KT) from operate & maintain on 2 Green line extensions as ordered by Supreme Admin Court, BMA is expected to pay the sum asap to avoid extra interest charges. Comment: This was announced a while ago…why the rinse & repeat in the news? […]

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ASW sets Bt8.7b revenue target this year, Bt19.5b backlog, starts transferring 9 projects worth Bt14.7b, sets Bt17.8b presales, 12 new projects worth Bt25.92b. CREDIT: Thai Credit Bank debuts IPO 254.12m shares at Bt29 apiece, CIMB (TH) leads. Thai Credit bank (CREDIT) sets 20-30% loan port growth p.a., 9M23 NIM at 8.2%, highest among peers and […]

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The planned takeover of TTTBB by ADVANC still awaits the nod of the NBTC board, with a meeting scheduled for Oct 25 as all key documents for the determination were sent to the NBTC office as of Oct 14.Comment: C’mon Sarath, just pay them and get it done. BGRIM’s subsidiary, RES Company Sicilia, buys 81mw […]

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CPALL to sell 3 tranches of CD rating A+, interest rates w/in 3.55-4.4% range, open for subscription on Oct 9-11 & Oct 26-30. Comment: It’ll be interesting to see if CP(take)all’s CD’s easily sell out – of course we all expect that it will. CRC to launch wholesale business, GO Wholesale, in Oct to boost […]

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ADVANC sold 33.33% of e-wallet Rabbit Line Pay to Line man (TH) & Line Company (TH), VGI also purged 33.33% to both parties. Comment: Looks like digital wallets and all these “fancy” things actually don’t make $….who woulda thunk it. BAFS maintain 4.2b FY jet refueling volume target +40% yoy from 2.99B FY22, sees rev […]

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CKP sees 3Q turnaround from improved flow rate at Xyaburi & Nam Ngum hydro power plant on rainy season, mulls develop windfarm in Vietnam to capture demand for power. CPF bought back 4.22m shares @ Bt20.4-Bt20.5 on June 8, taking total to 123.74m or 1.44% of paid-up. The scheme ends June 18, for max 200m […]

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BBIK to speed up expansion in Vietnam, boosted by Vietnamese Government’s push for digital transformation, sets Bt50m revenue and oversea revenue contribution to 10-20%. Comment: These companies, BBIK, BE8, DITTO, have to continue growing at a tremendous rate to maintain their valuations.. CCP sets Bt2.5b revenue target this year, Bt1.6b backlog, of which Bt1b will […]

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AAI: ASIAN’s pet food unit, Asian Alliance International, debut IPO 637.5m shares at Bt 5.55 apiece, Tisco & UOBKH joint-leads. Comment: And that’s how you do an IPO pump. BBL: expects FY22 loan growth near double digits vs 4-6% previous projection, target 2-4.5% for FY23 (1-1.5x of FY23F GDP growth), NPL & provision likely to […]

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So the news is out. Let’s just go straight to the hotel stocks. Thoughts: This too shall pass. It’ll probably end up being another good trade/buying opportunity. Difference is that the base of tourism numbers is higher compared to 2015 If the epidemic worsens…losing money on a hotel stock will be the last of your […]

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