The Bidvest Group (BVT.JO)
Industrials · JSE · South Africa
Fundamentals
Valuation and ratings
The Bidvest Group trades at R236.00, which is 30% above the R165.53 our discounted cash flow model puts on the business. On that measure it screens as expensive, which is not the same as saying it will fall.
Our moat model scores it 44 out of 100, which is little in the way of a moat. A moat is a structural reason competitors cannot take the profits away, and it matters more to a long holding period than any single quarter's numbers do.
It changes hands at 13.4 times earnings. Be careful reading that in isolation: for a cyclical business a low P/E arrives at the top of the cycle, when profits are peaking and about to fall, which is exactly when the shares look cheapest and are not.
About The Bidvest Group
The Bidvest Group Limited, an investment holding company, engages in services, trading, and distribution businesses in South Africa and internationally. The company operates through Adcock Ingram, Bidvest Automotive, Bidvest Commercial Products, Bidvest Freight, Bidvest Branded Products, Bidvest Services South Africa, Bidvest Services International, Bidvest Properties, and Bidvest Corporate and Investments segments. It offers manufacture, market, and distribution of healthcare products to both the private and public market sectors; and online motor retailing and develops systems in the vehicle auctioneering sector. The company also manufactures and trades bathroom and plumbing products; distributes electrical cable and allied products; and offers motor vehicle accessories, as well as camping and outdoor equipment. In addition, it provides freight management, terminal operations and support, international clearing and freight forwarding, integrated logistics, supply chain solutions and marine and insurance services; facilitates storage, handling, and movement of cargo via ocean freight, air freight, road, and rail. Further, the company supplies stationery, paper or printer cartridges, and packaging and data services; and offers consumer-facing trading and distribution businesses offering luggage and travel accessories representing local and global brands. Additionally, it provides security, laundry, landscaping, food, travel, cargo and aviation, office water and coffee vending services to corporate and small to medium business clients; hygiene, cleaning, and facilities management services; owns, manages, and develops properties; and provides professional property services and consulting on all property-related matters, as well as treasury, secretarial, corporate finance, and governance services. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
BVT.JO passes 6 of our 30 screens today
Each screen prints the exact criteria it used, and the circumstances in which it is wrong.
Common questions
Is The Bidvest Group (BVT.JO) undervalued?
Against our discounted cash flow estimate of R165.53, BVT.JO at R236.00 is 30% above fair value. That is one model's answer, not a recommendation, and most of a DCF's output sits in a terminal value nobody can forecast.
What is BVT.JO's P/E ratio?
BVT.JO trades at 13.4 times earnings. A low P/E is not automatically cheap: on a cyclical company it is usually a warning that earnings are at a peak.
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