Apax Global Alpha (APAX) Competitors

Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Apax Global Alpha (LON:APAX) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in BUR or APAX?

62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.5% of Apax Global Alpha shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.4% of Apax Global Alpha shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is BUR or APAX more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Apax Global Alpha's net margin of 45.55%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat Apax Global Alpha's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%
Apax Global Alpha	45.55%	0.27%	2.57%

Is BUR or APAX a better dividend stock?

Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Apax Global Alpha pays an annual dividend of GBX 11 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apax Global Alpha pays out 1,866.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has better valuation and earnings, BUR or APAX?

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Apax Global Alpha. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apax Global Alpha, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.45	£193.30M	£55.90	18.39
Apax Global Alpha	£9.05M	76.22	£4.12M	£0.59	200.37

Does the media refer more to BUR or APAX?

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Apax Global Alpha. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Burford Capital and 1 mentions for Apax Global Alpha. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Apax Global Alpha's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Apax Global Alpha	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts recommend BUR or APAX?

Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 55.64%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Apax Global Alpha.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Apax Global Alpha	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BUR or APAX?

Burford Capital received 308 more outperform votes than Apax Global Alpha when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.71% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 67.26% of users gave Apax Global Alpha an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 384 74.71%	Underperform Votes 130 25.29%
Apax Global Alpha	Outperform Votes 76 67.26%	Underperform Votes 37 32.74%

Which has more volatility and risk, BUR or APAX?

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apax Global Alpha has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Burford Capital beats Apax Global Alpha on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.