LON:BUR Burford Capital (BUR) Share Price, News & Analysis GBX 325.20 +6.20 (+1.94%) As of 12:10 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsNews and Trends About Burford Capital Stock (LON:BUR) View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced 1 Day 1 Day 5 Days 30 Days 90 Days 1 Year Advanced Show volume Show extended hours Get Burford Capital alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range 315.20▼ 32950-Day Range 297.40▼ 329.6052-Week Range 288.37▼ 974.50Volume1.66 million shsAverage Volume720,746 shsMarket Capitalization£714.09 millionP/E RatioN/ADividend Yield2.89%Price TargetGBX 450Consensus RatingBuy Company Overview Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR) and works with companies and law firms around the world from its global network of offices. Read More Burford Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks49th Percentile Overall ScoreBUR MarketRank™: Burford Capital scored higher than 49% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.7 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingBurford Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Upside PotentialBurford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 450, representing about 38.4% upside from its current price of GBX 325.20.Amount of Analyst CoverageBurford Capital has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Burford Capital's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.6 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Burford Capital is -0.42, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Burford Capital is -0.42, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.Price to Earnings Growth RatioBurford Capital has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBurford Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.22. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short InterestN/AShort Interest LevelN/A Short InterestThere is no current short interest data available for BUR. Dividend0.8 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldBurford Capital pays a meaningful dividend of 2.89%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBurford Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Read more about Burford Capital's dividend. News and Social Media2.3 / 5News SentimentN/A News SentimentBurford Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.75. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.95 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Burford Capital this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week. Company Ownership0.5 / 5Insider TradingN/A Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Burford Capital insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders7.07% of the stock of Burford Capital is held by insiders.Percentage Held by Institutions24.21% of the stock of Burford Capital is held by institutions.Read more about Burford Capital's insider trading history. Receive BUR Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Burford Capital and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 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BUR Stock News HeadlinesBurford Capital (LON:BUR) Share Price Passes Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - What's Next?September 2, 2026 | americanbankingnews.comBurford Capital (BUR) Stock Gets Fair Value Bump As Analysts Split On TargetsJuly 26, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comEarth's biggest energy source: near Grand CanyonThe largest energy source on Earth contains 50,000 times every oil and gas reserve on the planet combined - and much of it sits beneath the desert near the Grand Canyon. A drilling crew just hit the DOE's 2035 targets twelve years early, with costs down 50% in 18 months. Google signed on, Gates invested, and the Pentagon made it a priority. One company has been quietly building this infrastructure for sixty years.September 8 at 1:00 AM | Behind the Markets (Ad)Burford Capital reports potential US$600 million arbitration award in Cameroon mining disputeJuly 25, 2026 | uk.finance.yahoo.comBurford Capital: At A Lower Price, I Could Be ConvincedJuly 7, 2026 | seekingalpha.comBurford Capital Ltd BURJuly 2, 2026 | morningstar.comMBurford Capital (AIM:BUR) Stock Sees Split Analyst Revisions As Fair Value Edges LowerJune 25, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comIs Burford Capital Limited (BUR) A Good Stock To Buy Now?June 11, 2026 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines BUR Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have BUR shares performed this year? Burford Capital's stock was trading at GBX 666 at the start of the year. Since then, BUR stock has decreased by 51.2% and is now trading at GBX 325.20. How do I buy shares of Burford Capital? Shares of BUR stock and other U.K. stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSX). Some U.K. companies can be purchased through major U.S. brokerages in the form of American Depository Receipts (ADRs), which are placeholder equities held in a trust by a bank that represent shares of a foreign stock. What other stocks do shareholders of Burford Capital own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Burford Capital investors own include Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), IQE (IQE), Litigation Capital Management (LIT), Aviva (AV), Bank of America (BAC), Barclays (BARC) and Keywords Studios (KWS). Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeLON SectorFinance Industry Financial Services Sub-IndustrySpecialized Finance Current SymbolLON:BUR CIKN/A Webwww.burfordcapital.com Phone44-1481-723-450FaxN/AEmployees140Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Price Target for Burford CapitalGBX 450 High Price TargetGBX 450 Low Price TargetGBX 450 Potential Upside/Downside+38.4%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage1 Analysts Profitability EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)GBX (769) Trailing P/E RatioN/A Forward P/E Ratio3.09 P/E Growth1.09Net Income£193.30 million Net Margins-10.49% Pretax MarginN/A Return on Equity-1.09% Return on Assets10.28% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio294.89 Current Ratio3.20 Quick Ratio8.01 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales-£1.63 billion Price / Sales-0.44 Cash FlowGBX 99.27 per share Price / Cash Flow3.28 Book ValueGBX 1,475.60 per share Price / Book0.22Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares219,585,000Free FloatN/AMarket Cap£714.09 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta1.06 7 Best Space Stocks to Own in 2026The space race is growing fast, and you don’t have to have gotten in early on SpaceX to profit. 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