We track stock ownership and fund flows in the Indonesia Flow Radar series to assess investors’ stance on stocks and sectors (refer here).

Liquid names were favored as a safe haven in February

Our analysis suggests that local investors continue to seek shelter in liquid names. ANTM, GOTO, BBCA, and ASII (all rated Buy) experienced the most significant increase as a percentage of local investors' portfolios. Local AUM declined by IDR35tn in Feb-2025 to IDR278tn (-11% m-m), whereas foreign AUM declined by IDR133tn to IDR750tn (-15% m-m). The significant decline in AUM is attributable to increasing redemption driven by JCI’s performance.

SOE banks (BBRI and BMRI, both rated Buy) and ISAT (Buy) recorded heavy outflows from investors, possibly driven by concerns over uncertainty in political communication and diminishing purchasing power.

Local investor positioning: FMCG remains top O/W

The top 5 additions from local investors were ANTM, GOTO, ASII, BBCA, and MAPI (Buy), totalling ~1.2% of their portfolios. In contrast, the top five deductions included BBRI, BMRI, ISAT and AADI (Buy), and BBNI (Buy), trimming about 2.8% of their portfolios. BBRI and BMRI, in particular, saw noticeably large drops in their weights by 1.3% and 0.7%, respectively.

By sector, local investors are overweight in FMCGs (+4.7% of index), telecommunication & tower (T&T) (+3.4%), coal (+2.5%), and auto (+1.8%). However, T&T and banks recorded a declining level of overweight. Local investors remain underweight in O&G, basic materials, and metals mining.

Foreign investor positioning

There has been a significant decline in foreign AUM (-133tn or -15% m-m). Foreign investors have also continued to sell off Indonesian stocks. Foreign investors were net sellers in February 2025 of around IDR16.2tn. The majority of this sell off, about IDR12.2tn, was directed at the “Big 4” banks. Foreign ownership in BBCA declined to 43.16bn shares by Feb 2025 (-1.0% m-m, -2.4% y-y). The trend was similar to that for other banks such as BBRI (-0.5% m-m, -17.6% y-y), BMRI (-2.6% m-m, -4.7% y-y), and BBNI (-0.4% m-m, -6.7% y-y).

From a flows perspective, our stance continues to be cautious due to lingering concerns about unpredictability in political communication, soft purchasing power, and imminent event risk. We prefer stocks with low foreign exposure, limited local overweight, and decent ADTV. Our top picks are INDF (Buy), KLBF (Buy), MIKA (Neutral), EXCL (Buy), and MEDC (Buy).

This note replaces a previously published version to correct the text on front page and Fig. 3. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused. 

Fig. 2: Foreign ownership in top 4 banks – BBCA weighting at record high, whereas BBRI and BMRI have shown gradual decreases since 2021

Fig. 3: Foreign shares held in top 4 banks – All banks sold off in February, with BMRI being sold off the most

Fig. 5: Sector analysis – locals have decreased their overweight levels in banks, while maintaining high overweight levels in FMCG, T&T, coal, autos, and transport

Fig. 6: Foreign ownership weighting in select stocks; significantly underweight on BBRI, GOTO and TPIA with slight overweight on BBCA and BMRI

Fig. 7: Foreign ownership in JCI – institution ownership as a % of market cap is at lowest since 2011

Fig. 8: Foreign equity flows: approximately USD3.68bn exited Indonesia from Sep-2024 to Feb-2025

Fig. 9: Performance of MSCI Indonesia

Fig. 10: Indonesian bank flows – an outflow of IDR52.6tn since Sep-2024

Fig. 11: Indonesia’s big 4 banks’ flows dominated by BBRI with an outflow of IDR41tn, approximately 74.5% of the total bank outflow

Fig. 12: Ratio of foreign-to-local institution ownership

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