BUR vs. IIG, RCP, HICL, ABDN, EMG, JGGI, MNKS, STJ, INPP, and 3IN
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Intuitive Investments Group (IIG), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), HICL Infrastructure (HICL), abrdn (ABDN), Man Group (EMG), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Monks (MNKS), St. James's Place (STJ), International Public Partnerships (INPP), and 3i Infrastructure (3IN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Intuitive Investments Group (LON:IIG) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 56.17% compared to Intuitive Investments Group's net margin of 0.00%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 26.48% beat Intuitive Investments Group's return on equity.
Burford Capital has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Intuitive Investments Group has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
60.8% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 8.5% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.4% of Intuitive Investments Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Burford Capital received 380 more outperform votes than Intuitive Investments Group when rated by MarketBeat users.
Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of GBX 1,710, indicating a potential upside of 41.91%. Given Burford Capital's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Intuitive Investments Group.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Intuitive Investments Group. Intuitive Investments Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 1 more articles in the media than Intuitive Investments Group. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Burford Capital and 0 mentions for Intuitive Investments Group. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Intuitive Investments Group's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Intuitive Investments Group on 15 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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