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Brokers flag TNP as standout beneficiary of Thai Chai Thai Plus extension
Analysts expect the retail and wholesale sector to benefit from the government's plan to consider extending the Thai Chai Thai Plus programme by another one to two months. Wilasinee Boonmasoongson, assistant managing director at Global Securities, or GBS, said the stocks expected to gain include Thanapiriya Public Company Limited, or TNP, K&K Superstore Southern Public Company Limited, or KK, and Mother Marketing Public Company Limited, or MOTHER. The research team holds a positive view on TNP, expecting second-half 2026 operating results to grow on from a positive second quarter of 2026, after same-store sales growth, or SSSG, turned back up by 4.9% from still-negative levels in April before starting to recover in May, supported further by the increase in the state welfare card spending limit from June to September. TNP plans to expand to 64 branches, and under its JUMP+ plan aims to open about 30 more branches by the end of 2028, or roughly 10 per year. The research team estimates TNP will post revenue of 3.396 billion baht in 2026, growing about 10% from a year earlier, and net profit of 229 million baht, up about 8% year on year. For the six months of 2026, TNP recorded sales revenue of 1.62397 billion baht, an increase of 158.58 million baht, or 10.82%, from the same period a year earlier, and net profit of 103.59 million baht.