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BUR vs. SSB, UWMC, BLSH, RIOT, CIFR, CADE, OMF, CHYM, PFSI, and CORZ

Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include SouthState Bank (SSB), UWM (UWMC), Bullish (BLSH), Riot Platforms (RIOT), Cipher Mining (CIFR), Cadence Bank (CADE), OneMain (OMF), Chime Financial (CHYM), PennyMac Financial Services (PFSI), and Core Scientific (CORZ). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Burford Capital vs. Its Competitors

SouthState Bank (NYSE:SSB) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both mid-cap banking companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and dividends.

SouthState Bank presently has a consensus price target of $117.08, suggesting a potential upside of 24.22%. Burford Capital has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 69.57%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than SouthState Bank.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
SouthState Bank
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

SouthState Bank has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 7 more articles in the media than SouthState Bank. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Burford Capital and 6 mentions for SouthState Bank. SouthState Bank's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.92 indicating that SouthState Bank is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
SouthState Bank
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Burford Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

SouthState Bank has higher revenue and earnings than Burford Capital. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than SouthState Bank, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
SouthState Bank$2.44B3.90$534.78M$6.7114.05
Burford Capital$546.09M4.25$146.48M$1.089.83

89.8% of SouthState Bank shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of SouthState Bank shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% 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.

SouthState Bank pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. SouthState Bank pays out 35.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 11.1% 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. SouthState Bank has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. SouthState Bank is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Burford Capital has a net margin of 37.08% compared to SouthState Bank's net margin of 19.27%. SouthState Bank's return on equity of 10.23% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
SouthState Bank19.27% 10.23% 1.34%
Burford Capital 37.08%7.48%3.88%

Summary

SouthState Bank beats Burford Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BUR vs. The Competition

MetricBurford CapitalFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.32B$7.84B$12.56B$21.74B
Dividend Yield1.17%4.92%5.59%3.61%
P/E Ratio9.8315.0021.1432.25
Price / Sales4.256.2730.4383.84
Price / Cash16.0129.6422.4024.48
Price / Book0.712.612.224.57
Net Income$146.48M$310.95M$1.02B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.27%-4.76%-0.96%-1.08%
1 Month Performance-15.47%-3.27%-1.64%-1.04%
1 Year Performance-22.46%16.04%535.26%9.69%

Burford Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUR
Burford Capital
4.6458 of 5 stars
$10.62
-0.7%
$18.00
+69.6%
-21.6%$2.32B$546.09M9.83140Analyst Revision
SSB
SouthState Bank
4.5678 of 5 stars
$94.62
+2.3%
$117.08
+23.7%
N/A$9.36B$2.44B14.104,986Positive News
UWMC
UWM
3.4304 of 5 stars
$5.57
+3.1%
$6.46
+16.2%
-17.8%$8.64B$2.16B-111.309,100Insider Trade
BLSH
Bullish
1.3819 of 5 stars
$58.95
+3.3%
$57.33
-2.7%
N/A$8.34B$250.26B-1,166.01400Trending News
RIOT
Riot Platforms
2.2656 of 5 stars
$22.01
+9.9%
$21.32
-3.1%
+112.2%$7.40B$376.66M-51.18340News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
CIFR
Cipher Mining
1.9176 of 5 stars
$19.91
+6.1%
$17.68
-11.2%
+236.1%$7.38B$158.85M-46.3010Gap Down
CADE
Cadence Bank
4.3945 of 5 stars
$37.08
+1.5%
$42.00
+13.3%
+10.0%$6.66B$2.90B13.205,335Trending News
Earnings Report
OMF
OneMain
4.9362 of 5 stars
$55.50
+2.5%
$60.50
+9.0%
+21.4%$6.43B$4.99B10.029,000Positive News
CHYM
Chime Financial
N/A$18.29
+7.0%
$36.46
+99.4%
N/A$6.36B$1.67B0.001,465Gap Down
PFSI
PennyMac Financial Services
4.5228 of 5 stars
$121.30
+1.1%
$130.17
+7.3%
+15.2%$6.21B$1.59B16.824,100Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CORZ
Core Scientific
1.4759 of 5 stars
$18.81
-1.0%
$18.71
-0.6%
+49.9%$5.84B$510.67M-33.59200Trending News
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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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