Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors GBX 943 -18.50 (-1.92%) As of 08/1/2025 12:31 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesBuy This Stock BUR vs. COB, BCG, TRST, BOY, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, IES, and RMShould 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), Invinity Energy Systems (IES), and RM (RM). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry. Burford Capital vs. Its Competitors Cobham Baltic Classifieds Group Trustpilot Group Bodycote DFS Furniture McBride Shanta Gold Finsbury Food Group Invinity Energy Systems RM Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both mid-cap banking companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment. Do analysts recommend BUR or COB? Burford Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, suggesting a potential upside of 69.67%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research 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) 3.00Cobham 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00 Is BUR or COB 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 Burford Capital64.53% 6.70% 10.28% Cobham N/A N/A N/A Which has better earnings and valuation, BUR or COB? 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 RatioBurford Capital£299.55M8.66£193.30M£55.9016.87Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A Does the media favor BUR or COB? In the previous week, Cobham had 2 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 4 mentions for Burford Capital. Cobham's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.01 indicating that Cobham is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Burford Capital 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Cobham 2 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of BUR or COB? 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryBurford Capital beats Cobham on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Burford Capital News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BUR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BUR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BUR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBurford CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£2.60B£1.29B£6.33B£3.03BDividend Yield0.94%4.40%4.19%5.02%P/E Ratio16.8722.3714.04176.75Price / Sales8.662,540.331,847.24264,362.43Price / Cash3.2860.70127.5327.97Price / Book0.641.452.244.53Net Income£193.30M£265.04M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day Performance-8.09%-0.46%6.10%12.57%1 Month Performance-0.68%0.53%1.84%6.09%1 Year Performance-7.55%6.39%19.34%71.59% Burford Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BURBurford Capital2.7353 of 5 starsGBX 943-1.9%GBX 1,600+69.7%-12.5%£2.60B£299.55M16.87140Gap UpCOBCobhamN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898News CoverageBCGBaltic Classifieds Group0.2449 of 5 starsGBX 361-3.3%GBX 350-3.0%+31.0%£2.07B£92.71M54.11130High Trading VolumeTRSTTrustpilot GroupN/AGBX 263.80-1.4%GBX 310+17.5%+16.8%£1.38B£222.55M87.45820Gap UpBOYBodycote2.4807 of 5 starsGBX 588.24-1.7%GBX 756.67+28.6%-6.8%£1.05B£739.54M17.704,833Trending NewsEarnings ReportAnalyst ForecastDFSDFS Furniture2.6128 of 5 starsGBX 174-0.6%GBX 233+33.9%+32.3%£400.97M£964.48M-93.1720,200MCBMcBrideN/AGBX 127-3.8%N/A-4.5%£217.70M£930.83M6.49240Trending NewsHigh Trading VolumeSHGShanta GoldN/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading VolumeFIFFinsbury Food GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206IESInvinity Energy Systems2.829 of 5 starsGBX 24.45-6.9%GBX 40+63.6%-3.1%£106.94M£15.88M-2.82140News CoverageGap DownRMRMN/AGBX 101+1.5%N/A+24.1%£85.32M£189.50M-1.841,990High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Cobham Competitors Baltic Classifieds Group Competitors Trustpilot Group Competitors Bodycote Competitors DFS Furniture Competitors McBride Competitors Shanta Gold Competitors Finsbury Food Group Competitors Invinity Energy Systems Competitors RM Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BUR) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersElon’s Secret Social Security BombshellTo All Americans Born Before April 16th, 1963: Did Trump Just Give The Green Light To Radically RE-DO Social S...Banyan Hill Publishing | SponsoredElon’s BIGGEST warning yet?Tesla's About to Prove Everyone Wrong... 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