Fitch Upgrades Thailand's Outlook to Stable, Affirms BBB+ Rating, Boosting Bank Stocks BBL, SCB, KTB, KBANK

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Fitch Ratings has revised Thailand's credit rating outlook from Negative to Stable while affirming the rating at BBB+, reflecting an improved view of Thailand's risk profile and bringing the major credit rating agency, which had previously held a negative view on Thailand, back to a Stable stance. Foreign investors were net buyers of Thai stocks from the start of the year through September 18, 2026, totaling 51.04985 billion baht, reflecting the return of foreign capital. Yuan Ta (Thailand) Securities assesses this as a positive factor for the Thai stock market, especially commercial banking and financial stocks, driven by improved confidence in the country's credit and the prospect of lower funding costs. Its top pick is BBL, which has a high proportion of large corporate loans and trades at a PBV of about 0.64 times, while SCB is supported by its expansion in wealth management and offers a dividend yield of about 7% per year. InnovestX Securities views the outlook revision as reflecting improved government stability and policy continuity that helps reduce political uncertainty, and names BBL and KTB as attractive stocks.

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Bangkok Bank PCL
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Fitch upgraded Thailand's outlook to Stable, improving credit confidence and lowering funding costs; BBL named top pick with high large-corporate loan exposure.

SCB X Public Company Limited
SCB
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Outlook upgrade boosts Thai bank stocks; SCB cited for wealth-management expansion and ~7% dividend yield.

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