TABLE-Thai Thanachart Capital Q1 net profit up 76 pct

BANGKOK, April 21 (Reuters) - Three months to March 31,
2008

(in millions of baht unless stated)

First quarter

2008 2007

Shr (baht) profit 0.76 vs profit 0.43

Net profit 1,015.58 vs profit 576.81

Notes: Results are consolidated and unreviewed. Thanachart
Capital PCL TCAP.BK is a financial holding company. It owns
74.92 percent of Thanachart Bank, Thailand's biggest car loan
lender.

Broker Trinity Securities had forecast an average net
profit of 598 million baht ($19 million) for January-March
2008.
($1=31.47)
(Reporting by Arada Therdthammakun)