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Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors

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GBX 972 -26.00 (-2.61%)
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BUR vs. COB, BCG, TRST, BOY, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, RM, and SBSI

Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Cobham (COB), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), DFS Furniture (DFS), McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), RM (RM), and Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Burford Capital vs.

Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and risk.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burford Capital£299.55M9.17£193.30M£55.9017.85
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

In the previous week, Cobham had 2 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cobham and 1 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of -0.24 beat Cobham's score of -0.46 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)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cobham
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Burford Capital presently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 60.32%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Cobham.

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
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Cobham received 23 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.76% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Burford CapitalOutperform Votes
385
74.76%
Underperform Votes
130
25.24%
CobhamOutperform Votes
408
41.93%
Underperform Votes
565
58.07%

Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burford Capital64.53% 6.70% 10.28%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

Summary

Burford Capital beats Cobham on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BUR vs. The Competition

MetricBurford CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.75B£1.20B£5.34B£2.68B
Dividend Yield0.94%4.41%4.18%5.05%
P/E Ratio17.8521.7612.76134.32
Price / Sales9.172,409.521,770.92203,702.45
Price / Cash3.2860.4649.7128.02
Price / Book0.681.151.343.79
Net Income£193.30M£263.32M£1.22B£5.89B
7 Day Performance-6.03%14.01%7.12%7.78%
1 Month Performance-4.41%18.69%18.67%29.45%
1 Year Performance-8.69%2.21%13.09%119.74%

Burford Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUR
Burford Capital
2.3325 of 5 stars
GBX 972
-2.6%
GBX 1,600
+64.6%
-8.7%£2.68B£299.55M17.39140
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
N/AGBX 362
-0.4%
GBX 297
-18.0%
+53.0%£2.08B£92.71M54.26130News Coverage
TRST
Trustpilot Group
2.0884 of 5 stars
GBX 251.20
+0.6%
GBX 335
+33.4%
+11.7%£1.32B£222.55M83.27820
BOY
Bodycote
2.3095 of 5 stars
GBX 564
+2.5%
GBX 812.50
+44.1%
-27.9%£1.01B£739.54M16.974,833
DFS
DFS Furniture
1.1113 of 5 stars
GBX 170
+2.1%
GBX 185
+8.8%
+49.6%£391.76M£964.48M-91.0320,200
MCB
McBride
N/AGBX 151.48
+1.5%
N/A+32.5%£259.66M£930.83M7.74240
SHG
Shanta Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading Volume
FIF
Finsbury Food Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206
RM
RM
N/AGBX 101
+4.1%
N/A+1.5%£85.32M£189.50M-1.841,990Trending News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SBSI
Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust
N/AGBX 75
-1.3%
N/A-13.1%£61.77M£2.21M59.63810Positive News

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This page (LON:BUR) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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