Erajaya Aims to Boost Profitability Through Diversification, Analysts See Upside
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JAKARTA, Investortrust.id — Erajaya Swasembada strengthens its profit profile by adding active lifestyle and food & beverage to its core digital retail, a combination that lifts margins and, according to analysts, supports a re-rating of the stock as execution advances and consumer demand recovers on Wednesday, Sept 3, 2025.
The strategy centers on premium F&B brands and an electric-vehicle push that deepens non-phone revenue, improves mix, and reinforces returns across the group.
Erajaya, traded under ticker ERAA, formalized a three-pillar approach—digital, active lifestyle, and food & beverage—after expanding into premium concepts such as Bacha Coffee, Curry Up, Wetzel’s Pretzels, and Chagee, while building sports and lifestyle offerings through MST Gold and Wilson Tennis.
PT Sucor Sekuritas expects the shift to widen net margin gradually from 1.6% in 2024 to 2.0% by 2027 and maintains a BUY recommendation with a target price of Rp 700 (about $0.04), arguing that the higher-margin mix and improving capital returns can support valuation upside.
Diversification that lifts margins
The company’s foray into electric vehicles is led by PT Sinar Eka Selaras Tbk (ERAL), which holds sole distributorship for Xpeng in Indonesia. Market response has been encouraging, with more than 800 reservations against a 2025 sales target of 1,100 units.
Erajaya has opened six showrooms in Jakarta and is preparing further expansion to strengthen after-sales service and broaden market reach. Sucor highlights that the automotive segment can deliver gross margins of up to 18%, well above the handset business, thereby enhancing consolidated profitability over time.
On operations, Sucor projects a stronger second half of 2025 underpinned by the latest iPhone cycle and incremental contributions from the new business lines.
Net profit is forecast to grow about 10% year-on-year to Rp 1.1 trillion (approximately $67 million) in 2025, despite a softer macro backdrop, before accelerating 26% year-on-year to around Rp 1.4 trillion (roughly $85 million) in 2026 on margin mix, a rebound in purchasing power, and continued cost discipline.
Valuation, catalysts, and investor view
At current levels, ERAA trades at roughly 6.3x forward PER—well below its 10-year average of 11.3x (around one standard deviation under) and also under the broader retail sector average of about 13.7x.
Sucor’s Rp 700 (about $0.04) target implies scope for multiple normalization as the mix shifts toward higher-margin businesses, while returns on equity and invested capital improve alongside scale in F&B, active lifestyle, and EV distribution.
Key near-term catalysts include execution on Xpeng deliveries and after-sales infrastructure, sustained momentum in premium F&B rollouts, and the smartphone flagship launch cycle.
Risks to monitor comprise EV execution and inventory turns in a nascent category, FX moves that can influence device pricing, and any prolonged softness in discretionary spending. Even so, the combination of higher-margin growth vectors and a discounted multiple frames an attractive accumulation case for long-term investors who can tolerate execution risk.
Sucor’s Rp 700 price target for ERAA sits at the upper end of forecasts from InvestingPro's valuation models and seven other analysts tracked by the platform.
Source: InvestingPro. Data as current as the publication time.
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