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

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Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities

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Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

Pi Securities is a well known securities company with 40 years experience in the industry, serving more than 60,000 clients. We offer one - stop service providing full range of financial products and services including extensive Brokerage, Proprietary Trading (Equities and Bonds), Advisory Services, Structured Products.

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 BUY rating for MAJOR but cut target price to Bt21.40 (Previous TP:Bt23.70) after cut 2023E earnings by 20% as we factor in revenue sharing model and higher-than-expected operating cost. </li>
<li>3Q22 core earnings is expected to drop 7%QoQ Expect the company to report 3Q22 net profit at Bt81m. (-38%QoQ -96%YoY) Stripping out extra items from; 1.) divestment of Thai Ticket </li>
<li>Revenue is expected to hit 11-quarter high at Bt1.7bn (+3%QoQ +935%YoY) QoQ increase should be driven by high-margin advertising segment (+23%QoQ to Bt173m), bowling (+35%QoQ to Bt99m)</li>
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Maintain BUY rating for MAJOR but cut target price to Bt21.40 (Previous TP:Bt23.70) after cut 2023E earnings by 20% as we factor in revenue sharing model and higher-than-expected operating cost. 
3Q22 core earnings is expected to drop 7%QoQ Expect the company to report 3Q22 net profit at Bt81m. (-38%QoQ -96%YoY) Stripping out extra items from; 1.) divestment of Thai Ticket 
Revenue is expected to hit 11-quarter high at Bt1.7bn (+3%QoQ +935%YoY) QoQ increase should be driven by high-margin advertising segment (+23%QoQ to Bt173m), bowling (+35%QoQ to Bt99m)


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MAJOR : Accumulate on Weakening Earnings