Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (CORD) Competitors

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure (LON:CORD) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.

Is CORD or BUR more profitable?

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has a net margin of 820.71% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 64.53%. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's return on equity of 94.37% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	820.71%	94.37%	5.89%
Burford Capital	64.53%	6.70%	10.28%

Is CORD or BUR a better dividend stock?

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure pays out 3.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media refer more to CORD or BUR?

In the previous week, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure had 1 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Cordiant Digital Infrastructure and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Cordiant Digital Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	Neutral
Burford Capital	Neutral

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of CORD or BUR?

62.1% of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Cordiant Digital Infrastructure shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, CORD or BUR?

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Burford Capital. Cordiant Digital Infrastructure 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
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	£103.12M	7.16	£846.28M	£109.04	0.88
Burford Capital	£299.55M	9.43	£193.30M	£55.90	18.35

Which has more risk and volatility, CORD or BUR?

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, meaning that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer CORD or BUR?

Burford Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 55.95%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Cordiant Digital Infrastructure.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cordiant Digital Infrastructure	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

Summary

Burford Capital beats Cordiant Digital Infrastructure on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.