Indonesian publicly-listed construction firm Adhi Karya is expected to be one of the main beneficiaries of the government's push for infrastructure development across the archipelago. Adhi Karya is for 51 percent government-owned and therefore has close ties with the government. In the first ten months of 2015 Adhi Karya clinched IDR 10.6 trillion (approx. USD $774 million) worth of new contracts, up 100 percent from contracts won in the same period last year. Nearly half of these contracts involve projects (partly) financed by the central or local governments' budgets.

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Indonesian state-controlled construction company Adhi Karya is facing a number of challenges and therefore CIMB Securities has cut its outlook for Adhi Karya's corporate earnings in the years ahead. These challenges include (1) uncertainty surrounding the financing of the light rail transit (LRT) Jakarta-Bogor-Depok-Bekasi, (2) the possibility of rising losses incurred due to the company's power plant and Residue Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) projects, and (3) the disappointing number of new contracts so far this year.

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State-controlled construction company Adhi Karya's corporate earnings should rise in the years ahead on the back of the light rail transit (LRT) project that is expected to provide IDR 33 trillion (approx. USD $2.5 billion) worth of contracts for the construction company. Adhi Karya was appointed to construct the Greater Jakarta part of the LRT that will connect Jakarta with the satellite cities around the capital city. According to Trimegah Securities, this project will bring plenty of long-term profit for Adhi Karya.

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