BUR vs. IIG, RCP, HICL, ABDN, EMG, JGGI, MNKS, STJ, INPP, and 3IN
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Monks (MNKS), St. James's Place (STJ), International Public Partnerships (INPP), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Intuitive Investments Group (LON:IIG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.
Burford Capital received 380 more outperform votes than Intuitive Investments Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
60.8% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.5% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Intuitive Investments Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 2 more articles in the media than Intuitive Investments Group. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for Intuitive Investments Group. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.45 beat Intuitive Investments Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Burford Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,710, indicating a potential upside of 37.46%. Given Burford Capital's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Intuitive Investments Group.
Burford Capital has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Investments Group has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Investments Group. Intuitive Investments Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 56.17% compared to Intuitive Investments Group's net margin of 0.00%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 26.48% beat Intuitive Investments Group's return on equity.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Intuitive Investments Group on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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