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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
SouthState Bank beats Burford Capital on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff