BUR vs. HICL, INPP, MNKS, TRIG, SSON, HGT, JGGI, PHLL, STJ, and ABDN
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include HICL Infrastructure (HICL), International Public Partnerships (INPP), Monks (MNKS), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Smithson Investment Trust (SSON), HgCapital Trust (HGT), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Petershill Partners (PHLL), St. James's Place (STJ), and abrdn (ABDN). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and HICL Infrastructure (LON:HICL) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and profitability.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 2 more articles in the media than HICL Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Burford Capital and 2 mentions for HICL Infrastructure. HICL Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.23 indicating that HICL Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Burford Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,710, suggesting a potential upside of 50.53%. Given Burford Capital's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than HICL Infrastructure.
HICL Infrastructure has a net margin of 93.30% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 56.59%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 25.67% beat HICL Infrastructure's return on equity.
Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. HICL Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of GBX 8 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.4%. Burford Capital pays out 456.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. HICL Infrastructure pays out 8,000.0% 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 beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HICL Infrastructure has a beta of 0.28, indicating that its stock price is 72% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than HICL Infrastructure. Burford Capital is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HICL Infrastructure, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Burford Capital received 215 more outperform votes than HICL Infrastructure when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.56% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 72.81% of users gave HICL Infrastructure an outperform vote.
56.9% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.6% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. 8.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of HICL Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Burford Capital beats HICL Infrastructure on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BUR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON 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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