Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors GBX 1,037 +28.00 (+2.78%) As of 04/15/2025 11:53 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendHeadlinesBuy This Stock BUR vs. COB, BCG, TRST, BOY, DFS, MCB, SHG, FIF, RM, and SBSIShould 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 Baltic Classifieds Group Trustpilot Group Bodycote DFS Furniture McBride Shanta Gold Finsbury Food Group RM Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust 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 earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, risk, media sentiment and institutional ownership. Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COB or BUR? 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by institutional investors. 9.6% of Burford Capital 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. Does the media refer more to COB or BUR? In the previous week, Cobham had 23 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Cobham and 2 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cobham's score of -0.23 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Cobham 1 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 12 Neutral mention(s) 11 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Burford Capital 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Is COB or BUR more profitable? 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.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets CobhamN/A N/A N/A Burford Capital 64.53%6.70%10.28% Which has stronger earnings & valuation, 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£1.97B0.00N/A-£1.90N/ABurford Capital£299.55M9.53£193.30M£55.9018.55 Do analysts recommend COB or BUR? Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 54.29%. 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 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COB or BUR? Cobham received 24 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.71% 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 Votes38474.71% Underperform Votes13025.29% SummaryBurford Capital beats Cobham on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads 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£2.85B£1.09B£3.74B£2.45BDividend Yield0.94%4.44%4.20%4.95%P/E Ratio18.5523.9414.07131.24Price / Sales9.532,214.531,653.66260,214.92Price / Cash3.2860.9449.2727.94Price / Book0.701.093.324.45Net Income£193.30M£260.34M£1.24B£5.79B7 Day Performance8.13%8.95%5.47%3.67%1 Month Performance-1.14%-0.12%4.89%4.03%1 Year Performance-11.52%1.12%8.23%97.94% Burford Capital Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BURBurford Capital2.6026 of 5 starsGBX 1,037+2.8%GBX 1,600+54.3%-11.5%£2.85B£299.55M18.55140News CoverageGap UpCOBCobhamN/AN/AN/AN/A£3.96B£1.97B-86.5810,898BCGBaltic Classifieds Group0.5136 of 5 starsGBX 326+1.2%GBX 297-8.9%+42.5%£1.87B£92.71M48.87130Gap DownTRSTTrustpilot Group1.9919 of 5 starsGBX 208+1.0%GBX 335+61.1%+9.1%£1.09B£222.55M68.95820Gap DownBOYBodycote2.8938 of 5 starsGBX 493+1.4%GBX 812.50+64.8%-31.2%£882.86M£739.54M14.834,833Earnings ReportGap DownDFSDFS Furniture2.5891 of 5 starsGBX 129.50-0.4%GBX 185+42.9%+16.5%£298.43M£964.48M-69.3420,200Gap DownMCBMcBrideN/AGBX 138.32+0.4%N/A+30.8%£237.11M£930.83M7.07240SHGShanta GoldN/AN/AN/AN/A£154.98M£150.50M1,476.00190High Trading VolumeFIFFinsbury Food GroupN/AN/AN/AN/A£143.42M£413.74M1,375.00206RMRMN/AGBX 106+1.9%N/A+58.8%£89.54M£189.50M-1.931,990Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeSBSISchroder BSC Social Impact TrustN/AGBX 67-2.2%N/A-19.3%£55.18M£2.21M53.27810Positive NewsGap Down Remove Ads 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 Schroder BSC Social Impact Trust Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:BUR) was last updated on 4/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersTwo Unmistakable Patterns Return…The signs suggest we're entering one of those rare periods now. 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