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$13.89 -0.21 (-1.50%)
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BUR vs. ALLY, CHYM, BSAC, CIB, COOP, UPST, GGAL, OMF, UWMC, and QFIN

Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Ally Financial (ALLY), Chime Financial (CHYM), Banco Santander Chile (BSAC), BanColombia (CIB), MR. COOPER GROUP (COOP), Upstart (UPST), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), OneMain (OMF), UWM (UWMC), and Qifu Technology (QFIN). 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 stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Burford Capital currently has a consensus price target of $18.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.60%. Ally Financial has a consensus price target of $42.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.45%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Ally Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Ally Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Burford Capital has a net margin of 33.41% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 7.64%. Ally Financial's return on equity of 9.48% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burford Capital33.41% 6.41% 3.35%
Ally Financial 7.64%9.48%0.59%

In the previous week, Ally Financial had 26 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Ally Financial and 10 mentions for Burford Capital. Ally Financial's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.01 indicating that Ally Financial is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ally Financial
18 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ally Financial has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burford Capital$546.09M5.56$146.48M$0.9314.93
Ally Financial$8.18B1.44$668M$1.5424.94

88.8% of Ally Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.9% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 3.1%. Burford Capital pays out 12.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ally Financial pays out 77.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Ally Financial beats Burford Capital on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BUR vs. The Competition

MetricBurford CapitalFIN IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.08B$8.01B$12.32B$21.15B
Dividend Yield0.89%4.68%5.53%3.58%
P/E Ratio14.9319.0119.0627.76
Price / Sales5.564.7426.0358.69
Price / Cash21.0821.8321.8423.00
Price / Book0.932.792.274.67
Net Income$146.48M$314.15M$998.01M$993.85M
7 Day Performance-3.78%3.25%0.79%1.16%
1 Month Performance22.64%17.46%3.81%4.99%
1 Year Performance3.19%27.94%541.45%12.54%

Burford Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUR
Burford Capital
4.3443 of 5 stars
$13.89
-1.5%
$18.00
+29.6%
+1.7%$3.08B$546.09M14.93140
ALLY
Ally Financial
4.9847 of 5 stars
$38.74
-2.9%
$42.73
+10.3%
-6.7%$12.25B$8.18B25.1510,700Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CHYM
Chime Financial
N/A$33.21
+5.3%
$37.83
+13.9%
N/A$11.50BN/A0.001,465Quiet Period Expiration
BSAC
Banco Santander Chile
2.934 of 5 stars
$23.97
+1.4%
$23.00
-4.0%
+17.9%$11.13B$4.72B10.478,757Upcoming Earnings
CIB
BanColombia
1.4394 of 5 stars
$45.84
-0.3%
$39.00
-14.9%
+34.6%$11.05B$10.55B7.3534,114
COOP
MR. COOPER GROUP
4.1657 of 5 stars
$160.81
+6.9%
$136.14
-15.3%
+90.7%$9.63B$2.23B18.277,900Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
High Trading Volume
UPST
Upstart
3.5808 of 5 stars
$76.68
-2.1%
$71.62
-6.6%
+204.5%$7.46B$636.53M-102.241,193News Coverage
GGAL
Grupo Financiero Galicia
2.9041 of 5 stars
$47.08
-0.3%
$61.20
+30.0%
+66.9%$6.96B$10.79B6.9312,440Dividend Cut
OMF
OneMain
4.604 of 5 stars
$57.16
-1.1%
$60.78
+6.3%
+13.3%$6.88B$4.99B12.089,000Upcoming Earnings
UWMC
UWM
4.2478 of 5 stars
$4.41
+3.9%
$6.18
+40.3%
-41.1%$6.78B$2.16B-33.889,100News Coverage
Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
QFIN
Qifu Technology
4.628 of 5 stars
$41.98
-0.7%
$51.73
+23.2%
+107.4%$6.66B$2.35B6.443,527

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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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