Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

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Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Technically, the SET Index is expected to move lower, with the support at 1,391/1,385 points (75-day EMA/50-day EMA) and the resistance at 1,410/1,416 points.</li><li>For the overall picture, the index is still in an uptrend pattern, testing the upchannel resistance at around 1,348-1,432 points.</li><li>In the short term, the index is beginning to show signs of a correction after rising sharply by nearly 40 points in the previous three trading days.</li></ul>

Technically, the SET Index is expected to move lower, with the support at 1,391/1,385 points (75-day EMA/50-day EMA) and the resistance at 1,410/1,416 points.For the overall picture, the index is still in an uptrend pattern, testing the upchannel resistance at around 1,348-1,432 points.In the short term, the index is beginning to show signs of a correction after rising sharply by nearly 40 points in the previous three trading days.

<ul><li>Technically, the SET Index is expected to move up, with the resistance at 1,405/1,416 points and the support at 1,395/1,390 points (75-day EMA).</li><li>As for the overall picture, there is a positive signal after the index broke out from the resistance of the downchannel trend at 1,330-1,395 points on higher volume.</li><li>This should support upward movement to test the previous resistance at 1,416 and 1,435 points, respectively.</li></ul>

Technically, the SET Index is expected to move up, with the resistance at 1,405/1,416 points and the support at 1,395/1,390 points (75-day EMA).As for the overall picture, there is a positive signal after the index broke out from the resistance of the downchannel trend at 1,330-1,395 points on higher volume.This should support upward movement to test the previous resistance at 1,416 and 1,435 points, respectively.

<ul><li>Although Asian bourses were able to rebound on the back of tech stocks, alongside the jump in US markets after bond yields decreased, the SET only managed to edge up due to a lack of new factors to boost it.</li><li>Meanwhile, ADVANC and banking stocks fell, and foreign investors kept selling for a third day amid continued thin volume.</li><li>The index has an unclear direction after continuing to swing sideways in a narrow range, but we expect upward movement because it attempted to rise despite facing selling pressure.</li></ul>

Although Asian bourses were able to rebound on the back of tech stocks, alongside the jump in US markets after bond yields decreased, the SET only managed to edge up due to a lack of new factors to boost it.Meanwhile, ADVANC and banking stocks fell, and foreign investors kept selling for a third day amid continued thin volume.The index has an unclear direction after continuing to swing sideways in a narrow range, but we expect upward movement because it attempted to rise despite facing selling pressure.

Technical Analysis - The Trend - Feb 16, 2024

<ul><li>We expect Thai inflation to continue easing from May to August, driven down by the high base effect and lower oil prices.</li><li>The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) anticipates 2023E inflation at a mean of +2.2% YoY (range of 1.7-2.7%), slowing considerably from +6.1% YoY in 2022.</li><li>We expect the MPC to continue raising the policy interest rate by 25 bps to 2.00% in the meeting on May 31, 2023, which should be the last rate hike in this upcycle. </li></ul>

We expect Thai inflation to continue easing from May to August, driven down by the high base effect and lower oil prices.The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) anticipates 2023E inflation at a mean of +2.2% YoY (range of 1.7-2.7%), slowing considerably from +6.1% YoY in 2022.We expect the MPC to continue raising the policy interest rate by 25 bps to 2.00% in the meeting on May 31, 2023, which should be the last rate hike in this upcycle. 

Special Report: Inflation Remains on a Downtrend

Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities, Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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Moreover, our new research team tailored for institutional clients to focus on mid to small cap of Thai equities and trading strategies. Our services offered to our premium clients also include arrangement of company or site visits to with the managements of Thai listed companies.

Note: Effective on 1 March 2022, Country Group Securities PCL changed its name to Pi Securities

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Maintain our BUY rating with a new TP of Bt13.90, implying 7.4xPE’23E , +1SD from its five years trading average, to reflect higher project launches value in 2023.</li>
<li>3Q22 earnings  expand YoY AP reported 3Q22’s net profit of Bt1.4bn (+37.6%YoY, -9%QoQ), in line with our forecast and market expectation</li>
<li>The YoY growth of net profit supported by (1) Higher revenue recognition of real estate sales to Bt8.7bn(+25.6%YoY)  mainly from transfers of existing and new launches</li>
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Maintain our BUY rating with a new TP of Bt13.90, implying 7.4xPE’23E , +1SD from its five years trading average, to reflect higher project launches value in 2023.
3Q22 earnings  expand YoY AP reported 3Q22’s net profit of Bt1.4bn (+37.6%YoY, -9%QoQ), in line with our forecast and market expectation
The YoY growth of net profit supported by (1) Higher revenue recognition of real estate sales to Bt8.7bn(+25.6%YoY)  mainly from transfers of existing and new launches


Thailand

AP Thailand PCL is a property development company. The Company develops residential property projects in Bangkok areas as well as manufactures and distributes precast concrete products.

AP Thailand PCL (AP TB)

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