MUT vs. BUR, BPT, JGGI, EMG, 3IN, ABDN, RCP, MNKS, HVPE, and HGT
Should you be buying Murray Income Trust stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murray Income Trust include Burford Capital (BUR), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), JPMorgan Global Growth & Income (JGGI), Man Group (EMG), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), abrdn (ABDN), RIT Capital Partners (RCP), Monks (MNKS), HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE), and HgCapital Trust (HGT). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Murray Income Trust vs.
Murray Income Trust (LON:MUT) and Burford Capital (LON:BUR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk and profitability.
Murray Income Trust pays an annual dividend of GBX 39 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of GBX 10 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Murray Income Trust pays out 43.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 17.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Burford Capital received 284 more outperform votes than Murray Income Trust when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.66% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 60.37% of users gave Murray Income Trust an outperform vote.
Murray Income Trust has a beta of 0.8, suggesting that its stock price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Murray Income Trust. Murray Income Trust is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Burford Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
35.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.2% of Burford Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Murray Income Trust shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of Burford Capital shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Murray Income Trust had 1 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Murray Income Trust and 0 mentions for Burford Capital. Murray Income Trust's average media sentiment score of 1.69 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.00 indicating that Murray Income Trust is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Murray Income Trust has a net margin of 92.34% compared to Burford Capital's net margin of 64.53%. Murray Income Trust's return on equity of 9.57% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.
Burford Capital has a consensus price target of GBX 1,600, indicating a potential upside of 30.93%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Murray Income Trust.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Murray Income Trust on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:MUT) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
