Burford Capital (BUR) 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.

Do analysts prefer SSB or BUR?

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

Which has more risk and volatility, SSB or BUR?

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.

Does the media refer more to SSB or BUR?

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

Which has better valuation and earnings, SSB or BUR?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
SouthState Bank	$2.44B	3.90	$534.78M	$6.71	14.05
Burford Capital	$546.09M	4.25	$146.48M	$1.08	9.83

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of SSB or BUR?

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.

Is SSB or BUR a better dividend stock?

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.

Is SSB or BUR more profitable?

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 Bank	19.27%	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.