Daily Brief Indonesia: PT Metrodata Electronics, AKR Corporindo, Lippo Karawaci and more

PT Metrodata Electronics, Tbk (MTDL:IJ), publicly listed company on Indonesia Stock Exchange since 1990, is a Digital Solution Provider and Technology Innovator in Indonesia that leads and enables the digital economy hub. MTDL builds strategic alliances with world-class ICT companies. The Company has two main business units, including Distribution Business (providing World-Class ICT Hardware and Software) that handles distribution through Omnichannel to partnered dealers (both offline and online) and ICT solution companies, as well as runs an e-commerce business (e-catalogue for Government/B2G). Its Distribution network covers more than 150 cities in Indonesia and has more than 5,200 channel partners and more than 100 world-class IT products and service brands. The second business unit, Solution & Consulting Business, is a digital solution provider that provides a complete range of ICT solutions based on Metrodata’s 8 Pillars of Digital Solutions, which consist of Cloud Services, Big Data & Analytics, Hybrid IT Infrastructure, Security, Business Application, Digital Business Platform, Consulting & Advisory Services, and Managed Services to support digital business transformation, for Enterprise, Corporate, SME, and Public Sector segment.

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• AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) 1H2022 results were impressive, with sales up +107% YoY and profit by +74% YoY driven by strong demand for both petroleum products and chemicals.
• Land sales for its JIIPE industrial estate were slow at 3.5 hectares in 1H2022 but expect FY2022 sales to hit over 40 hectares, with a 37-hectare plot due in 3Q2022.
• AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) gives high-quality exposure to Indonesia’s economy across its major sectors and especially to the rapid growth in smelters which require chemicals in abundance.

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• Lippo Karawaci