BUR vs. VFL, AGMH, AWF, ARL, ASA, BBAR, BBD, BCH, BMA, and CIB
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (VFL), AGM Group (AGMH), AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund (AWF), American Realty Investors (ARL), ASA Gold and Precious Metals (ASA), Banco BBVA Argentina (BBAR), Banco Bradesco (BBD), Banco de Chile (BCH), Banco Macro (BMA), and Bancolombia (CIB). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.
Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and abrdn National Municipal Income Fund (NYSE:VFL) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 12 more articles in the media than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for abrdn National Municipal Income Fund. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Burford Capital's score of -0.31 indicating that abrdn National Municipal Income Fund is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 42.81% compared to abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's net margin of 0.00%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 10.61% beat abrdn National Municipal Income Fund's return on equity.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. abrdn National Municipal Income Fund pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Burford Capital pays out 8.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Burford Capital presently has a consensus price target of $19.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.94%. Given Burford Capital's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund.
Burford Capital received 10 more outperform votes than abrdn National Municipal Income Fund when rated by MarketBeat users.
Summary
Burford Capital beats abrdn National Municipal Income Fund on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
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