BUR vs. ALLY, CIB, WF, GGAL, COOP, UWMC, QFIN, OMF, CADE, and BMA
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), Woori Financial Group (WF), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), UWM (UWMC), Qifu Technology (QFIN), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), and Banco Macro (BMA). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Burford Capital vs. Its Competitors
Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) are both finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
88.8% of Ally Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Burford Capital has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ally Financial has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ally Financial received 769 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote.
Ally Financial has higher revenue and earnings than Burford Capital. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ally Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burford Capital presently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.78%. Ally Financial has a consensus target price of $41.69, indicating a potential upside of 11.57%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Ally Financial.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Burford Capital pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ally Financial pays out 88.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 11.29%. Ally Financial's return on equity of 9.31% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ally Financial had 1 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ally Financial and 5 mentions for Burford Capital. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.81 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ally Financial beats Burford Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
