Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors

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

Which has higher valuation & earnings, COB or BUR?

Burford Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cobham	£1.97B	0.00	N/A	-£1.90	N/A
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.45	£193.30M	£55.90	18.39

Does the media favor COB or BUR?

In the previous week, Cobham had 7 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cobham and 2 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.35 beat Cobham's score of 0.21 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cobham	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
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

Is COB or BUR more profitable?

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
Cobham	N/A	N/A	N/A
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in COB or BUR?

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer COB or BUR?

Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 55.64%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Cobham.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COB or BUR?

Cobham received 24 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.71% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cobham	Outperform Votes 408 41.93%	Underperform Votes 565 58.07%
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 384 74.71%	Underperform Votes 130 25.29%

Summary

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