Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The 2Q24 earnings were in line with the expectation.</li><li>The company’s share price has already priced in the negatives, including the weaker market GRM and core earnings in 2Q24, as well as the upcoming implementation of the new Petroleum Act later this year.</li><li>This could pose risk to downstream operators if oil prices are regulated rather than liberalized as they are currently.</li></ul>

The 2Q24 earnings were in line with the expectation.The company’s share price has already priced in the negatives, including the weaker market GRM and core earnings in 2Q24, as well as the upcoming implementation of the new Petroleum Act later this year.This could pose risk to downstream operators if oil prices are regulated rather than liberalized as they are currently.

Bangchak Corporation - In-Line 2Q24 NP; Weak Core Earnings, Offset by Extra Gains

<ul><li>We revise down the 2024-26E earnings forecasts to reflect a weak market GRM in 2Q24E and to be conservative.</li><li>We estimate the 12M FV at Bt43.0 (vs. Bt44.32 previously), based on a required return of 16.9%.</li><li>We upgrade our rating to Buy from Outperform. Our valuation metrics show positive short-term and long-term signals, with potential upside of 28% and strong earnings momentum over the next two years, amid limited tactical downside risk. </li></ul>

We revise down the 2024-26E earnings forecasts to reflect a weak market GRM in 2Q24E and to be conservative.We estimate the 12M FV at Bt43.0 (vs. Bt44.32 previously), based on a required return of 16.9%.We upgrade our rating to Buy from Outperform. Our valuation metrics show positive short-term and long-term signals, with potential upside of 28% and strong earnings momentum over the next two years, amid limited tactical downside risk. 

Bangchak Corporation - Weak Core Earnings to Be Offset by Extra Gain in 2Q24E

Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

Credit

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<li>Energy Absolute Public Company Limited (EA)’s negative headlines have gradually emerged since the beginning of the year.</li>
<li>The most negative news came on 12-July when Thailand’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Mr. Ahunai together with his deputy CEO and his business partner of committing fraud during 2013-2015.</li>
<li>Our liquidity analysis of EA’s latest financial statements ending in March tells us EA does not necessarily have to resort to bankruptcy.</li>
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Energy Absolute Public Company Limited (EA)’s negative headlines have gradually emerged since the beginning of the year.
The most negative news came on 12-July when Thailand’s Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) accused Mr. Ahunai together with his deputy CEO and his business partner of committing fraud during 2013-2015.
Our liquidity analysis of EA’s latest financial statements ending in March tells us EA does not necessarily have to resort to bankruptcy.


Energy Absolute: Absolutely Negative Energy

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The SET50 index tracks the performance of the top 50 largest and most liquid names listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for SET 50 during the index rebal event in December 2024.</li>
<li>At present, we see 3 ADDs and 3 DELs but since the reference period is yet to start, the rankings can fluctuate significantly before the base date.</li>
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The SET50 index tracks the performance of the top 50 largest and most liquid names listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for SET 50 during the index rebal event in December 2024.
At present, we see 3 ADDs and 3 DELs but since the reference period is yet to start, the rankings can fluctuate significantly before the base date.


Quiddity Leaderboard SET50 Dec 24: 3 Changes Likely; INTUCH-GULF Merger Should Be Monitored

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>There will be 4 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> at the close on 28 June.</li>
<li>All changes are in line with our forecasts, but one stock could be a surprise inclusion for some.</li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to buy 3.9% of float in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/i-tail-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36428:1" rel="noopener">I-TAIL</a>, 3.7% of float in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/berli-jucker-public-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3685:1" rel="noopener">Berli Jucker</a>, 1.5% of float in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ngern-tid-lor-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31103:1" rel="noopener">Ngern TidLor</a> and 1% of float in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bangchak-corporation-public-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15875:1" rel="noopener">Bangchak Corporation</a>.</li>
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There will be 4 changes for the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) at the close on 28 June.
All changes are in line with our forecasts, but one stock could be a surprise inclusion for some.
Passive trackers will need to buy 3.9% of float in I-TAIL, 3.7% of float in Berli Jucker, 1.5% of float in Ngern TidLor and 1% of float in Bangchak Corporation.


SET50 Index Rebalance: 4 Changes Next Week; One Could Surprise

Thailand

Bangchak Corporation Public Company Limited operates as an energy company. The Company offers petroleum exploration and production, biomass, crude oil, and solar energy. Bangchak markets its products in Thailand.

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Bangchak Corporation (BCP TB)

Bangchak Corporation - In-Line 2Q24 NP; Weak Core Earnings, Offset by Extra Gains

The 2Q24 earnings were in line with the expectation. The company’s share price has already priced in the negatives, including the weaker market GRM...

Krungthai XSpring

Bangchak Corporation - Weak Core Earnings to Be Offset by Extra Gain in 2Q24E

We revise down the 2024-26E earnings forecasts to reflect a weak market GRM in 2Q24E and to be conservative. We estimate the 12M FV at Bt43.0 (vs....

Krungthai XSpring

Energy Absolute: Absolutely Negative Energy

Our liquidity analysis tells us EA does not have to resort to bankruptcy. Without a reliable bid-offer, we cannot assign our recommendation though...

Bondcritic

Quiddity Leaderboard SET50 Dec 24: 3 Changes Likely; INTUCH-GULF Merger Should Be Monitored

Although there are only three changes expected right now, there are multiple names just outside the border requiring small relative price changes...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

SET50 Index Rebalance: 4 Changes Next Week; One Could Surprise

The SET50 Index rebalances at the close on Friday. Most stocks are up since the announcement of the changes and the deletes could come under...

Brian Freitas

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