Financial history

  23-year
compound
growth rates
% per annum(1)
10-year
compound
growth rates
% per annum
2014
  2013
Extract from financial statements (R’m)          
Turnover
32,0 13,6 183 645   153 405
Trading profit
28,6 13,4 8 946   7 675
Net finance charges
    (1 048)   (765)
Attributable profit
29,0 11,6 4 603   4 772
Shareholders’ interest
    31 781   26 374
Total assets
28,6 16,2 80 975   66 678
Net debt
    7 917   4 547
Funds employed
    28 522   22 717
Cash generated by operations
31,9 10,5 10 207   7 367
Wealth created by trading operations
30,0 12,6 33 582   28 447
Employee benefits and remuneration
    21 436   16 654
Share statistics          
Headline earnings per share (cents)(2)
21,1 12,3 1 733,9   1 560,6
Distribution per share (cents)(3)
21,5 12,8 834,1   720,0
Distribution cover (times)(3)
    2,1   2,2
Distribution yield (%)
    3,0   2,9
Earnings yield (%)
    6,1   6,4
Net tangible asset value per share (cents)
19,7 15,8 5 773   5 260
Share price (cents)          
high
    29 800   26 190
low
    23 601   18 016
closing (June 30)
23,3 18,3 28 258   24 495
Market capitalisation (R’m)(4)
30,2 18,5 90 119   76 805
Volumes traded (’000)
    201 044   181 218
Volumes traded as % of weighted number of shares
    63,8   58,0
Ratios and statistics          
Return on total shareholders’ interest (%)
    17,5   22,1
Return on average funds employed (%)(5)
    34,9   37,3
Trading profit margin (%)
    4,9   5,0
Interest cover(8)
    8,5   10,0
Debt:equity ratio (%)(7)
    24,9   17,2
Current asset ratio
    1,1   1,3
Quick asset ratio
    0,7   0,7
Number of employees
    143 828   106 371
Revenue per employee (R’000)
    1 276,8   1 442,2
Value added per employee (R’000)
    233,5   267,4
Number of shares in issue (’000)(6)
    318 916   313 555
Number of weighted shares in issue (’000)(6)
    314 873   312 577
Exchange rate comparisons          
Rand/sterling          
   Closing rate
    18,07   15,05
   Average rate
    16,91   13,87
Rand/euro          
   Closing rate
    14,47   13,13
   Average rate
    14,11   11,46
Rand/Australian dollar          
   Closing rate
    10,00   9,05
   Average rate
    9,54   9,08

  2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005
Extract from financial statements (R’m)                
Turnover
133 534 118 483 109 789 112 428 110 478 95 656 77 276 62 812
Trading profit
7 014 6 124 5 555 5 137 5 335 4 547 3 657 3 046
Net finance charges
(785) (644) (758) (1 029) (931) (566) (342) (285)
Attributable profit
4 443 3 539 3 345 2 802 3 253 2 700 2 389 1 961
Shareholders’ interest
21 630 17 669 16 737 13 929 13 468 10 627 8 929 7 469
Total assets
55 895 47 830 43 345 38 484 41 861 32 848 27 995 21 123
Net debt
3 615 5 030 3 863 4 072 5 547 3 764 1 452 989
Funds employed
18 404 16 779 15 213 13 924 14 503 10 663 7 456 6 093
Cash generated by operations
8 942 8 163 7 984 6 749 6 087 4 237 4 490 4 200
Wealth created by trading operations
26 093 22 524 21 465 20 708 19 595 16 777 14 049 11 955
Employee benefits and remuneration
15 000 13 308 12 779 12 817 11 701 9 967 8 311 7 304
Share statistics
               
Headline earnings per share (cents)(2)
1 474,2 1 157,4 1 070,0 930,0 1 068,0 970,0 804,6 656,4
Distribution per share (cents)(3)
622,0 480,0 432,0 380,0 495,0 446,4 369,0 306,0
Distribution cover (times)(3)
2,4 2,4 2,5 2,4 2,2 2,2 2,2 2,1
Distribution yield (%)
3,4 3,2 3,5 3,9 5,0 3,2 3,7 4,2
Earnings yield (%)
8,1 7,7 8,8 9,6 10,9 6,9 8,1 9,0
Net tangible asset value per share (cents)
4 270 3 444 3 253 3 098 2 803 2 135 1 814 1 542
Share price (cents)                
   high
18 614 16 100 14 664 11 808 15 100 14 780 11 650 8 100
   low
14 035 12 000 9 250 7 750 9 400 9 430 7 200 5 195
   closing (June 30)
18 200 15 050 12 189 9 674 9 838 14 123 9 875 7 270
Market capitalisation (R’m)(4)
56 775 46 508 38 884 29 505 29 571 42 772 29 541 21 768
Volumes traded (’000)
182 235 232 095 285 279 243 051 265 157 233 306 206 156 166 720
Volumes traded as % of weighted number of shares
58,7 72,8 90,7 80,6 87,5 77,7 68,7 55,1
Ratios and statistics                
Return on total shareholders’ interest (%)
25,1 21,1 24,0 20,8 30,6 30,2 32,0 26,5
Return on average funds employed (%)(5)
39,9 37,9 38,7 36,4 48,6 50,2 54,0 53,5
Trading profit margin (%)
5,3 5,2 5,1 4,6 4,8 4,8 4,7 4,8
Interest cover(8)
8,9 9,5 7,3 5,0 5,7 8,0 10,7 10,7
Debt:equity ratio (%)(7)
16,7 28,5 23,1 29,2 41,2 35,4 16,3 13,2
Current asset ratio
1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1 1,1
Quick asset ratio
0,7 0,7 0,7 0,7 0,7 0,7 0,8 0,7
Number of employees
105 103 105 057 105 752 103 449 106 225 104 184 93 325 89 737
Revenue per employee (R’000)
1 270,5 1 127,8 1 038,2 1 086,8 1 040,0 918,1 828,0 700,0
Value added per employee (R’000)
248,3 214,4 203,0 200,2 184,5 161,0 150,5 133,2
Number of shares in issue (’000)(6)
311 952 309 021 319 006 304 995 300 576 302 852 299 154 299 421
Number of weighted shares in issue (’000)(6)
310 324 318 665 314 510 301 462 303 159 300 206 299 976 302 700
Exchange rate comparisons                
Rand/sterling                
   Closing rate
12,94 10,97 11,53 13,02 15,89 14,18 13,20 11,96
   Average rate
12,34 11,18 12,05 14,47 14,64 13,95 11,44 11,53
Rand/euro                
   Closing rate
10,46 9,84 9,34 11,05 12,51 9,54 9,16 8,07
   Average rate
10,41 9,56 10,60 12,35 10,76 9,41 7,82 7,89
Rand/Australian dollar                
   Closing rate
8,42 7,25 6,56 6,34 7,66 6,01 5,31 5,09
   Average rate
8,03 6,94 6,71 6,67 6,56 5,67 4,81 4,67
Notes and definitions
(1) Based on growth from 1991, the first year of Bidvest in its current form.
(2) Based on weighted average number of shares in issue.
(3) Includes interim distributions paid and final distributions approved after year-end. Distributions include capitalisation issues at market value, distributions of share
premium and dividends. The amount for 2012 excludes a special dividend of 80 cents per share.
(4) Market capitalisation is shown net of treasury shares. Total market capitalisation was R93,6 billion (2013: R80,3 billion).
(5) Return on average funds employed is calculated using the weighted average of the Group’s funds employed and trading income.
(6) The number of shares in issue has been adjusted for treasury shares.
(7) Debt:equity ratio is the net debt of the Group divided by shareholders’ interest.
(8) Interest cover is the trading income divided by net finance costs.
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Bidvest House
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Melrose Arch
Melrose
Johannesburg
2196
South Africa
 
Website: www.bidvest.com
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