– Higher price-earnings multiples (Barth et al., 1999) – Positive abnormal returns (Bartov et al., 2002) – Lower cost of debt (Jiang, 2008) • One can simply ask a following question: what really drives this

the risk-based argument, it is theoretically built on valuation perspective suggesting that, ceteris paribus, an increase in an earnings stream or a decrease in discount rate result in higher price. In

and David Dodd in 1934 • Finding price-intrinsic value discrepancies in the market • Various price-based ratios and future stock returns ⋄ Earnings-to-price ratio (Basu, 1977) ⋄ Dividend-to-price ratio

from greater sales volume across all products because of major plant turnaround in Q2 2018. The overall selling price decreased, especially for Caustic Soda due to the fall of its market price trend and

overall selling price decrease, especially for Caustic Soda due to the fall of its market price trend, plus impact from appreciation of Thai Baht against US Dollar. However, those negative impacts were

overall selling price decrease, especially for Caustic Soda due to the fall of its market price trend, plus impact from lower sales volume due to scheduled maintenance and the power supply outage in

1,811.36 Selling & Administrative Expense 130.49 129.01 Finance Costs 23.25 23.21 Net Profit 125.97 (0.57) Earnings per share (Baht) 0.315 (0.002) The comparison between Second Quarter of 2016 and 2015 1

1,754.53 Selling & Administrative Expense 118.44 120.99 Finance Costs 22.11 24.28 Net Profit 92.01 36.55 Earnings per share (Baht) 0.230 0.092 The comparison between third Quarter of 2017 and 2016 1. Sales

1,820.49 1,935.37 Selling & Administrative Expense 127.76 127.87 Finance Costs 24.29 21.34 Net Profit 32.34 (10.11) Earnings per share (Baht) 0.081 (0.025) The comparison between Second Quarter of 2019 and

1,955.93 Selling & Administrative Expense 118.49 118.44 Finance Costs 20.44 22.11 Net Profit (2.59) 92.01 Earnings per share (Baht) (0.007) 0.230 The comparison between Third Quarter of 2018 and 2017 1