Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors GBX 1,058 0.00 (0.00%) (As of 08:25 AM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlines BUR vs. COB, BCG, TRST, BOY, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, RM, and IESShould you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Cobham (COB), Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), 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. Cobham Baltic Classifieds Group Trustpilot Group Bodycote DFS Furniture McBride Shanta Gold Finsbury Food Group RM Invinity Energy Systems Cobham (LON:COB) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and valuation. Which has better valuation and earnings, COB or BUR? Burford Capital has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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 RatioCobham£1.97B2.01N/A-£1.90-86.58Burford Capital£1.17B1.98£396.45M£1.35783.70 Does the media prefer COB or BUR? In the previous week, Cobham had 6 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cobham and 3 mentions for Burford Capital. Cobham's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.25 indicating that Cobham is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Cobham 3 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Burford Capital 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COB or BUR? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformCobhamOutperform Votes40841.93% Underperform Votes56558.07% Burford CapitalOutperform Votes38374.66% Underperform Votes13025.34% Is COB or BUR more profitable? 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 CobhamN/A N/A N/A Burford Capital 33.87%16.58%10.28% Do institutionals and insiders believe in COB or BUR? 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Do analysts prefer COB or BUR? Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 51.23%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Cobham.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Cobham 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 0 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 0.00Burford Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryBurford Capital beats Cobham on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad Chaikin Analytics50-year Wall Street legend: “Sell this tech stock NOW”Something very strange is happening to U.S. stocks following President Trump's victory... And this could spell disaster for some of America's favorite tech companies. You can watch for it for free, right here. Get Burford Capital News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BUR and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart BUR vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBurford CapitalAsset Management IndustryFinancial SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£2.32B£829.50M£3.32B£1.40BDividend Yield0.97%13.33%4.55%11.72%P/E Ratio783.70766.20449.841,555.95Price / Sales1.9813,820.673,113.51285,078.87Price / Cash3.2879.9548.1732.92Price / Book1.011.711.502.85Net Income£396.45M£57.36M£396.05M£152.61M7 Day Performance0.47%-0.72%6.13%19.04%1 Month Performance0.28%12.31%8.95%18.75%1 Year Performance2.03%7.24%11.51%23.62% Burford Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BURBurford Capital1.7142 of 5 starsGBX 1,058flatGBX 1,600+51.2%+1.3%£2.32B£1.17B783.70140COBCobhamN/AGBX 164.50flatN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898BCGBaltic Classifieds Group0.4067 of 5 starsGBX 322.50+0.0%GBX 297-7.9%+42.0%£1.55B£72.09M6,370.00130Insider TradeNews CoverageTRSTTrustpilot Group0.8509 of 5 starsGBX 304.50+3.3%GBX 260-14.6%+111.1%£1.27B£191.59M9,816.67820News CoveragePositive NewsBOYBodycote2.8413 of 5 starsGBX 649-2.0%GBX 812.50+25.2%+6.2%£1.19B£781.40M1,978.794,833Gap UpDFSDFS Furniture2.8424 of 5 starsGBX 144flatGBX 120-16.7%N/A£337.16M£987.10M-7,140.6020,200MCBMcBrideN/AGBX 108.50-2.3%N/A+21.3%£188.28M£934.80M584.21240SHGShanta GoldN/AGBX 14.76flatN/A+20.0%£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading VolumeFIFFinsbury Food GroupN/AGBX 110flatN/A+0.0%£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206RMRMN/AGBX 99+0.3%N/A+70.7%£82.43M£186.77M-170.691,990High Trading VolumeIESInvinity Energy Systems2.3722 of 5 starsGBX 15.66-1.5%GBX 40+155.4%-40.6%£69.01M£8.83M-175.00140 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Cobham Competitors Baltic Classifieds Group Competitors Trustpilot Group Competitors Bodycote Competitors DFS Furniture Competitors McBride Competitors Shanta Gold Competitors Finsbury Food Group Competitors RM Competitors Invinity Energy Systems Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (LON:BUR) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersUncover the Top Gold Stock of the Bull MarketGold Stocks Are Surging—Is West Red Lake Gold Mines Your Next Profit Play?Huge Alerts | Sponsored2025’s #1 Trump TradeAll the Energy You Need to Power Your Entire Life... 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