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Burford Capital (LON:BUR) Stock Crosses Below Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Should You Sell?

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Burford Capital Limited (LON:BUR - Get Free Report)'s stock price passed below its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday . The stock has a 200-day moving average of GBX 1,078 ($14.00) and traded as low as GBX 1,021 ($13.26). Burford Capital shares last traded at GBX 1,062 ($13.79), with a volume of 91,839 shares trading hands.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 1,600 ($20.77) price objective on shares of Burford Capital in a research note on Friday, August 9th.

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Burford Capital Price Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 55.40, a current ratio of 15.07 and a quick ratio of 8.01. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 796.66, a PEG ratio of 1.09 and a beta of 0.94. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 1,012.25 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 1,076.75.

Burford Capital Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 31st will be paid a $0.06 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, October 31st. This represents a dividend yield of 0.5%. Burford Capital's payout ratio is presently 740.74%.

About Burford Capital

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Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Capital Provision, and Asset Management and Other Provision. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters directly and through investment in private funds; legal risk management services; lower risk legal finance business focusing on pre-settlement litigation matters with lower risk and lower expected returns; post-settlement finance; and complex strategies in which it acts as a principal and acquires assets that are mispriced.

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