Bidvest Group Reports Mixed Full Year-Results

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Guest – Mpumi Madisa, Bidvest CEO

Services, trading and distribution group, Bidvest, has delivered a resilient result for the year ended 30 June 2025, closing with a stronger year-on-year performance in the second half, backed by excellent operational cash generation that increased by 5.8% to R14.7 billion, after working capital.

Key Highlights:

•  R126.6 billion revenue, +5%
•  R12.0 billion trading profit, +1%
•  Trading profit margin of 9.5%, down 40bps
•  R14.7 billion cash generated by operations, +6%
•  ROFE 36.9%
•  Continuing operations Normalised HEPS 1 886.4 cents, +1%
•  Group Normalised HEPS 1 952.7 cents, -1%
•  Continuing operations HEPS 1 759.5 cents, -3%
•  Group HEPS 1 870.8 cents, -2%
•  Final dividend of 453 cents, +1%
1 Sep 2025 12PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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