BUR vs. COB, BCG, TRST, BOY, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, RM, and SBSI
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), Trustpilot Group (TRST), Bodycote (BOY), DFS Furniture (DFS), McBride (MCB), Shanta Gold (SHG), Finsbury Food Group (FIF), RM (RM), and Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust (SBSI). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Burford Capital vs.
Cobham (LON:COB) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both mid-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.
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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
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.
In the previous week, Cobham had 5 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Cobham and 1 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Cobham's score of -0.07 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Burford Capital has a net margin of 64.53% compared to Cobham's net margin of 0.00%. Burford Capital's return on equity of 6.70% beat Cobham's return on equity.
Burford Capital has a consensus target price of GBX 1,600, suggesting a potential upside of 49.39%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Cobham.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Cobham on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BUR) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
