Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR - Free Report) - Analysts at B. Riley issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Burford Capital in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, October 16th. B. Riley analyst T. D'agostino expects that the company will earn $0.30 per share for the quarter. B. Riley has a "Strong-Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Burford Capital's current full-year earnings is $1.28 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Burford Capital's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.32 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $1.16 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $1.75 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.25 EPS.
Several other analysts also recently issued reports on BUR. Wall Street Zen downgraded Burford Capital from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Sunday, August 10th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $18.00 target price on shares of Burford Capital in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b-)" rating on shares of Burford Capital in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and two have issued a Buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of $18.00.
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Burford Capital Stock Performance
Shares of BUR opened at $10.72 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 10.09, a current ratio of 10.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55. Burford Capital has a 52 week low of $10.68 and a 52 week high of $15.73. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $12.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $13.04. The stock has a market cap of $2.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.92 and a beta of 0.58.
Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.33 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $191.29 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $159.02 million. Burford Capital had a return on equity of 7.48% and a net margin of 37.08%.
Burford Capital Dividend Announcement
The business also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 31st will be issued a $0.0625 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, October 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 103.0%. Burford Capital's payout ratio is 11.11%.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Burford Capital
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Burford Capital by 11.8% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 26,075 shares of the company's stock worth $312,000 after purchasing an additional 2,759 shares during the period. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC boosted its holdings in shares of Burford Capital by 270.0% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 33,382 shares of the company's stock worth $476,000 after purchasing an additional 24,361 shares during the period. Onex Canada Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Burford Capital by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Onex Canada Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,134,750 shares of the company's stock worth $16,182,000 after purchasing an additional 8,137 shares during the period. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Burford Capital by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 7,732,120 shares of the company's stock worth $110,260,000 after acquiring an additional 496,616 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Burford Capital by 1,636.0% during the 2nd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 128,897 shares of the company's stock worth $1,838,000 after acquiring an additional 121,472 shares during the last quarter.
About Burford Capital
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Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Capital Provision, and Asset Management and Other Provision. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters directly and through investment in private funds; legal risk management services; lower risk legal finance business focusing on pre-settlement litigation matters with lower risk and lower expected returns; post-settlement finance; and complex strategies in which it acts as a principal and acquires assets that are mispriced.
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