Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors GBX 1,055 -25.00 (-2.31%) As of 07/11/2025 11:49 AM 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 Cobham (LON:COB) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both mid-cap banking companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment. 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 CobhamN/A N/A N/A Burford Capital 64.53%6.70%10.28% Do analysts prefer COB or BUR? Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, suggesting a potential upside of 51.66%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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) 0.00Burford Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COB or BUR? 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth. Which has better earnings and valuation, 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. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioCobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/ABurford Capital£299.55M9.69£193.30M£55.9018.87 Does the media prefer COB or BUR? In the previous week, Cobham had 6 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Cobham's score of 0.17 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Overall Sentiment Cobham Neutral Burford Capital Positive SummaryBurford Capital beats Cobham on 11 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£2.90B£1.25B£6.16B£3.00BDividend Yield0.94%4.39%4.21%5.02%P/E Ratio18.8722.1013.28150.83Price / Sales9.692,368.071,742.00314,599.98Price / Cash3.2860.81128.0727.97Price / Book0.711.221.914.59Net Income£193.30M£263.98M£1.23B£5.90B7 Day Performance7.43%14.34%11.16%11.51%1 Month Performance10.88%2.43%6.85%7.92%1 Year Performance0.86%5.74%17.26%32.06% Burford Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BURBurford Capital2.8727 of 5 starsGBX 1,055-2.3%GBX 1,600+51.7%+0.9%£2.90B£299.55M18.87140COBCobhamN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898BCGBaltic Classifieds Group0.3212 of 5 starsGBX 350+2.9%GBX 325-7.1%+34.8%£2.01B£92.71M52.46130TRSTTrustpilot Group0.4599 of 5 starsGBX 246.20+3.5%GBX 290+17.8%+15.1%£1.29B£222.55M81.61820Gap DownBOYBodycote2.952 of 5 starsGBX 612.50+0.5%GBX 812.50+32.7%-16.0%£1.10B£739.54M18.434,833DFSDFS Furniture2.7478 of 5 starsGBX 164.50flatGBX 233+41.6%+44.2%£379.08M£964.48M-88.0820,200MCBMcBrideN/AGBX 153.40+0.3%N/A+12.8%£262.96M£930.83M7.84240SHGShanta 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 Systems2.5086 of 5 starsGBX 23.58-5.7%GBX 40+69.7%+22.6%£103.11M£15.88M-2.71140News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpRMRMN/AGBX 94+3.3%N/A+10.3%£79.40M£189.50M-1.711,990Gap UpHigh 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 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our Partners3..2..1.. 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