LON:BURBurford Capital Share Price, Forecast & News Adding Choose a watchlist: Adding You have already added five stocks to your watchlist. Upgrade to MarketBeat Daily Premium to add more stocks to your watchlist. Adding Burford Capital Limited Please log in to your account or sign up in order to add this asset to your watchlist. Log In and Add GBX 558.60 +9.60 (+1.75 %) (As of 08/11/2020 08:41 AM ET) Add Share Today's Range 545.18Now: GBX 558.60▼ 570.9550-Day Range 459MA: GBX 523.38▼ 600.4052-Week Range 250.43Now: GBX 558.60▼ 987.68Volume403,333 shsAverage Volume590,227 shsMarket Capitalization£1.22 billionP/E Ratio5.78Dividend Yield1.81%BetaN/A ProfileAnalyst RatingsAdvanced ChartDividendInsider TradesHeadlines Burford Capital Limited is a global finance company focused on law. The Company provides investment capital, investment management, financing and risk solutions with a focus on the litigation and arbitration sector. The Company's segments include provision of litigation investment, provision of litigation insurance, exploration of new initiatives related to application of capital to the litigation and arbitration sector until such time as those initiatives mature into full-fledged independent segments and investment management activities. The Company's provision of litigation investment segment reflects litigation and arbitration-related investment activities. The Company's provision of litigation insurance segment reflects the United Kingdom and Channel Islands litigation insurance activities. The Company's businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a range of legal finance and advisory activities.Read More Beat the Market (BTM) Rank™ 3.3 Analyst's Opinion Consensus RatingBurford Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.57, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and 1 sell rating.Price Target Upside/DownsideAccording to analysts' consensus price target of GBX 1,199.67, Burford Capital has a potential upside of 114.8% from its current price of GBX 558.60.Amount of Analyst CoverageBurford Capital has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days. Previous Next 3.0 Community Rank Outperform VotesBurford Capital has received 374 “outperform” votes. (Add your “outperform” vote.)Underperform VotesBurford Capital has received 255 “underperform” votes. (Add your “underperform” vote.)Community SentimentBurford Capital has received 59.46% “outperform” votes from our community.MarketBeat's community ratings are surveys of what our community members think about Burford Capital and other stocks. Vote “Outperform” if you believe BUR will outperform the S&P 500 over the long term. Vote “Underperform” if you believe BUR will underperform the S&P 500 over the long term. You may vote once every thirty days. Previous Next 1.7 Dividend Strength Dividend YieldBurford Capital pays a meaningful dividend of 1.81%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBurford Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Burford Capital is 0.06%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Previous Next 3.0 Company Ownership Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Burford Capital insiders have bought more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought £241,500 in company stock and sold GBX 0 in company stock. Previous Next 1.4 Earnings and Valuation Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Burford Capital is 5.78, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 16.69.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBurford Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.80. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Previous Next Analyst Opinion: 3.3Community Rank: 3.0Dividend Strength: 1.7Insider Behavior: 3.0Valuation: 1.4 5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -Overall Beat the Market Rank™2.48 out of 5 stars Industry, Sector and Symbol Stock Exchange LON Industry N/A Sub-IndustryN/A SectorN/A Current SymbolLON:BUR Previous Symbol CUSIPN/A CIKN/A Webwww.burfordcapital.com PhoneN/ADebt Debt-to-Equity Ratio44.05 Current Ratio2.29 Quick Ratio2.28Price-To-Earnings Trailing P/E Ratio5.78 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/A Sales & Book Value Annual Sales£364.05 million Price / Sales3.35 Cash FlowGBX 119.15 per share Price / Cash Flow4.69 Book ValueGBX 701.10 per share Price / Book0.80Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)N/A Net IncomeN/A Net MarginsN/A Return on EquityN/A Return on AssetsN/AMiscellaneous EmployeesN/A Outstanding Shares218,650,000Market Cap£1.22 billion Next Earnings DateN/A OptionableNot Optionable GBX 558.60 +9.60 (+1.75 %) (As of 08/11/2020 08:41 AM ET) 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | Advanced Chart Receive BUR News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for BUR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Burford Capital (LON:BUR) Frequently Asked Questions How has Burford Capital's stock been impacted by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)? Burford Capital's stock was trading at GBX 401.20 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, BUR stock has increased by 39.2% and is now trading at GBX 558.60. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus. Do Wall Street analysts recommend investors buy shares of Burford Capital? 7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Burford Capital in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Burford Capital. What price target have analysts set for BUR? 7 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Burford Capital's shares. Their forecasts range from GBX 570 to GBX 2,600. On average, they anticipate Burford Capital's stock price to reach GBX 1,199.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 114.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Burford Capital. Has Burford Capital been receiving favorable news coverage? News headlines about BUR stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Burford Capital earned a media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Burford Capital. What other stocks do shareholders of Burford Capital own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Burford Capital investors own include Fevertree Drinks (FEVR), Aviva (AV), CVS Group (CVSG), IQE (IQE), Vermilion Energy (VET), Afren (AFR), Code Rebel (CDRBQ), Diageo (DEO), DP Eurasia (DPEU) and easyJet (EZJ). Who are Burford Capital's key executives? Burford Capital's management team includes the following people: Mr. Christopher P. Bogart, Chief Exec. Officer (Age 53)Mr. Adam R. Gerchen, PresMr. Daniel Hall, Co-Founder, Co-Head of Global Corp. Intelligence, Asset Tracing, Enforcement Bus. & DirectorMs. Elizabeth O'Connell, Chief Financial Officer (Age 52)Mr. Quentin Pak, Director of Lead Operations What is Burford Capital's stock symbol? Burford Capital trades on the London Stock Exchange (LON) under the ticker symbol "BUR." How do I buy shares of Burford Capital? Shares of BUR 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 is Burford Capital's stock price today? One share of BUR stock can currently be purchased for approximately GBX 558.60. How big of a company is Burford Capital? Burford Capital has a market capitalization of £1.22 billion and generates £364.05 million in revenue each year. What is Burford Capital's official website? The official website for Burford Capital is www.burfordcapital.com. 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