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>HANA reported a net profit of Bt478mn (+53% YoY), driven by one-off items. Excluding these, the core profit marked at Bt88mn (-75% YoY), which is significantly below the market’s expectation of Bt202mn.</li><li>The GPM rose to 10.1% from 5.3% in 4Q24, which we believe was mainly due to inventory revaluation.</li><li>We continue to view HANA’s short-term outlook as weak, as there are still no signs of recovery in the industry.</li></ul>

HANA reported a net profit of Bt478mn (+53% YoY), driven by one-off items. Excluding these, the core profit marked at Bt88mn (-75% YoY), which is significantly below the market’s expectation of Bt202mn.The GPM rose to 10.1% from 5.3% in 4Q24, which we believe was mainly due to inventory revaluation.We continue to view HANA’s short-term outlook as weak, as there are still no signs of recovery in the industry.

Hana Microelectronics - Growth Driven by One-Off Gains; Core Business Still Weak

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jun 13th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in TMBThanachart Bank, Bangkok Dusit.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jun 13th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.0bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in TMBThanachart Bank, Bangkok Dusit.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 13th): TMBThanachart Bank, Bangkok Dusit

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>Two thirds of the way through the review period, we see one change 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">SET 50 Index</a> in December with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kce-electronics-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1892:1" rel="noopener">KCE Electronics (KCE TB)</a> replacing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ngern-tid-lor-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31103:1" rel="noopener">Ngern Tid Lor (TIDLOR TB)</a>. </li>
<li>There is one close change where <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/i-tail-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36428:1" rel="noopener">I-TAIL (ITC TB)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/srisawad-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9480:1" rel="noopener">Srisawad Power 1979 (SAWAD TB)</a> in the index.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/delta-electronics-thailand-pcl-98806732-8ac4-42b2-a565-ba32673d1e5a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20912:1" rel="noopener">Delta Electronics Thailand (DELTA TB)</a> is unlikely to be deleted while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/berli-jucker-public-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3685:1" rel="noopener">Berli Jucker (BJC TB)</a> fails liquidity and is unlikely to be added.</li>
</ul>


Two thirds of the way through the review period, we see one change for the SET 50 Index in December with KCE Electronics (KCE TB) replacing Ngern Tid Lor (TIDLOR TB). 
There is one close change where I-TAIL (ITC TB) could replace Srisawad Power 1979 (SAWAD TB) in the index.

Delta Electronics Thailand (DELTA TB) is unlikely to be deleted while Berli Jucker (BJC TB) fails liquidity and is unlikely to be added.


SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: One High Probability Change; Another One Is Close

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jun 6th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD1.9bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Delta Electronics, Advanced Info Service, Krungthai Card, CP ALL, Ptt.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Jun 6th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD1.9bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Delta Electronics, Advanced Info Service, Krungthai Card, CP ALL, Ptt.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 6th): Delta Electronics, Advanced Info Service, Krungthai Card

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of May 30th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.2bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Advanced Info Service, Gulf Energy Development, Central Pattana, Cp Axtra Nvdr, Bangkok Bank.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of May 30th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.2bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Advanced Info Service, Gulf Energy Development, Central Pattana, Cp Axtra Nvdr, Bangkok Bank.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (May 30th): Advanced Info Service, Gulf Energy Development

Thailand

Hana Microelectronics Public Company Limited is an electronics manufacturing service company.  The Company manufactures electronic components on behalf of its customers for shipment to them or their customers.

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Hana Microelectronics (HANA TB)

Hana Microelectronics - Growth Driven by One-Off Gains; Core Business Still Weak

HANA reported a net profit of Bt478mn (+53% YoY), driven by one-off items. Excluding these, the core profit marked at Bt88mn (-75% YoY)

Krungthai XSpring

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 13th): TMBThanachart Bank, Bangkok Dusit

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in TMBThanachart Bank, Bangkok Dusit.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: One High Probability Change; Another One Is Close

KCE could replace TIDLOR in the SET50 in Dec. ITC is a close add and could replace SAWAD. The impact on the stocks is big given the index is...

Brian Freitas

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Jun 6th): Delta Electronics, Advanced Info Service, Krungthai Card

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Delta Electronics, Advanced Info Service,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (May 30th): Advanced Info Service, Gulf Energy Development

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Advanced Info Service, Gulf Energy Development,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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