Bidvest has subsidiaries operating in distribution and trading and a large foodservice business in Europe. It owns the McCarthy motor retail business. It has a market cap of R59.5 billion, a price to earnings ratio of 16.02 and a dividend yield of 2.7per cent. Guest Rowan Williams, Director at Nitrogen Fund Managers and resident expert Paul Theron from Vestact decide whether Bidvest is hot or not.