Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors

Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BUR or BSAC?

6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BUR or BSAC?

Banco Santander-Chile has higher revenue and earnings than Burford Capital. Banco Santander-Chile is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, 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
Burford Capital	$341.23M	8.96	$610.52M	$0.65	21.43
Banco Santander-Chile	$2.60T	0.00	$883.95M	$1.94	11.95

Does the media refer more to BUR or BSAC?

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 3 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Burford Capital and 1 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.65 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile 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)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Banco Santander-Chile	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BUR or BSAC?

Banco Santander-Chile received 245 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 13 59.09%	Underperform Votes 9 40.91%
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 54.09%	Underperform Votes 219 45.91%

Is BUR or BSAC more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 19.16%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burford Capital	34.81%	8.07%	4.28%
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%

Do analysts rate BUR or BSAC?

Burford Capital presently has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 40.02%. Banco Santander-Chile has a consensus price target of $21.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.94%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Banco Santander-Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Is BUR or BSAC a better dividend stock?

Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Burford Capital pays out 18.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 28.9% 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, BUR or BSAC?

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Burford Capital beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.