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Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors

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GBX 1,078 -14.00 (-1.28%)
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BUR vs. COB, BCG, BOY, TRST, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, RM, and IES

Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Cobham (COB), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Bodycote (BOY), Trustpilot Group (TRST), DFS Furniture (DFS), McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), RM (RM), and Invinity Energy Systems (IES). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Burford Capital vs.

Burford Capital (LON:BUR) and Cobham (LON:COB) are both mid-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Burford Capital currently has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 48.42%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Cobham.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cobham
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

In the previous week, Cobham had 2 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cobham and 3 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Cobham's score of 0.01 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cobham
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Burford Capital has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cobham. Cobham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Burford Capital£1.17B2.02£396.45M£1.35798.52
Cobham£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/A

62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Burford Capital has a net margin of 33.87% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 16.58% beat Cobham's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Burford Capital33.87% 16.58% 10.28%
Cobham N/A N/A N/A

Cobham received 25 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.66% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 41.93% of users gave Cobham an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Burford CapitalOutperform Votes
383
74.66%
Underperform Votes
130
25.34%
CobhamOutperform Votes
408
41.93%
Underperform Votes
565
58.07%

Summary

Burford Capital beats Cobham on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BUR vs. The Competition

MetricBurford CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£2.37B£1.11B£3.82B£2.03B
Dividend Yield0.97%4.66%4.44%5.16%
P/E Ratio798.52812.14429.561,930.40
Price / Sales2.021,485.742,692.19420,341.93
Price / Cash3.2865.3752.5329.11
Price / Book1.031.171.913.08
Net Income£396.45M£62.69M£437.23M£183.31M
7 Day Performance5.38%1.66%2.77%3.21%
1 Month Performance1.89%0.96%3.01%2.41%
1 Year Performance-5.19%20.65%19.45%172.25%

Burford Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUR
Burford Capital
2.0121 of 5 stars
GBX 1,078
-1.3%
GBX 1,600
+48.4%
-6.4%£2.37B£1.17B798.52140News Coverage
Gap Up
COB
Cobham
N/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898
BCG
Baltic Classifieds Group
0.4218 of 5 stars
GBX 318
+0.5%
GBX 297
-6.6%
+47.4%£1.53B£72.09M6,360.00130Gap Up
BOY
Bodycote
1.9242 of 5 stars
GBX 629
-1.0%
GBX 812.50
+29.2%
+12.1%£1.15B£781.40M1,906.064,833News Coverage
TRST
Trustpilot Group
0.7931 of 5 stars
GBX 269
-1.8%
GBX 260
-3.3%
+100.0%£1.12B£191.59M8,966.67820News Coverage
DFS
DFS Furniture
1.0256 of 5 stars
GBX 131
-1.1%
GBX 120
-8.4%
+20.0%£306.72M£987.10M-6,550.0020,200News Coverage
Gap Up
MCB
McBride
N/AGBX 103.50
+4.3%
N/A+26.9%£179.60M£934.80M544.74240High Trading Volume
SHG
Shanta Gold
N/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading Volume
FIF
Finsbury Food Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206
RM
RM
N/AGBX 111
-1.8%
N/A+69.2%£92.42M£186.77M-191.381,990Gap Down
High Trading Volume
IES
Invinity Energy Systems
2.8183 of 5 stars
GBX 15.48
-6.2%
GBX 40
+158.4%
-53.6%£68.19M£8.83M-171.97140News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (LON:BUR) was last updated on 1/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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