Burford Capital (BUR) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Burford Capital is the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law. Its businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a wide range of legal finance and advisory activities. Burford is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BUR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: BUR) and works with companies and law firms around the world from its global network of offices.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 326 to 346
• 50-Day Range: 311.60 to 625.50
• 52-Week Range: 288.37 to 1,113
• Volume: 278,583 shs
• Average Volume: 914,882 shs
• Market Capitalization: £740.31 million
• P/E Ratio: 12.08
• Dividend Yield: 2.73%
• Price Target: GBX 450
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Burford Capital Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Burford Capital scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Burford Capital has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 450, representing about 33.1% upside from its current price of GBX 338.20.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Burford Capital has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Burford Capital is 12.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.95.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Burford Capital is 12.08, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 15.87.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Burford Capital has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Burford Capital has a P/B Ratio of 0.23. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BUR.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Burford Capital pays a meaningful dividend of 2.73%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Burford Capital does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Burford Capital is 44.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.37

News Sentiment

Burford Capital has a news sentiment score of 0.37. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.73 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Burford Capital this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 5 people have searched for BUR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -50% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Burford Capital insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.76% of the stock of Burford Capital is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

27.55% of the stock of Burford Capital is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Asset Management
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: LON:BUR
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.burfordcapital.com
• Phone: 44-1481-723-450
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 140
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Burford Capital: GBX 450
• High Price Target: GBX 450
• Low Price Target: GBX 450
• Potential Upside/Downside: +33.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 3.21
• P/E Growth: 1.09
• Net Income: £193.30 million
• Net Margins: 17.12%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.49%
• Return on Assets: 10.28%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 87.46
• Current Ratio: 1.57
• Quick Ratio: 8.01

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: -£1.54 billion
• Price / Sales: -0.48
• Cash Flow: GBX 103.24 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.28
• Book Value: GBX 1,475.60 per share
• Price / Book: 0.23

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 218,897,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £740.31 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.24