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Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors

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$12.79 +0.05 (+0.39%)
(As of 12/24/2024 05:19 PM ET)

BUR vs. ALLY, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, CADE, UPST, OMF, BMA, and QFIN

Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Ally Financial (ALLY), UWM (UWMC), Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Cadence Bank (CADE), Upstart (UPST), OneMain (OMF), Banco Macro (BMA), and Qifu Technology (QFIN). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Burford Capital vs.

Ally Financial (NYSE:ALLY) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Ally Financial has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ally Financial$8.95B1.22$1.02B$2.5014.30
Burford Capital$563.24M4.97$610.52M$1.1611.03

Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Ally Financial's net margin of 10.84%. Ally Financial's return on equity of 8.39% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ally Financial10.84% 8.39% 0.51%
Burford Capital 34.81%8.07%4.28%

88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ally Financial received 753 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.26% of users gave Ally Financial an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Ally FinancialOutperform Votes
766
64.26%
Underperform Votes
426
35.74%
Burford CapitalOutperform Votes
13
59.09%
Underperform Votes
9
40.91%

Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Ally Financial pays out 48.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 10.3% 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.

Ally Financial currently has a consensus target price of $42.14, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. Burford Capital has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 52.46%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Ally Financial.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ally Financial
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
Burford Capital
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Ally Financial had 7 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Ally Financial and 2 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Ally Financial's score of 0.43 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ally Financial
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Burford Capital
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ally Financial beats Burford Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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BUR vs. The Competition

MetricBurford CapitalNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.80B$8.06B$11.54B$19.38B
Dividend Yield0.97%5.21%5.71%3.66%
P/E Ratio11.0318.9525.1041.43
Price / Sales4.9711.4427.2118.17
Price / CashN/A57.6318.5221.28
Price / BookN/A2.422.635.36
Net Income$610.52M$468.09M$1.04B$989.88M
7 Day Performance-4.98%-6.73%-1.82%-1.59%
1 Month Performance-7.32%-5.49%-3.13%-3.77%
1 Year Performance-5.47%23.39%11.64%12.55%

Burford Capital Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BUR
Burford Capital
3.8568 of 5 stars
$12.79
+0.4%
$19.50
+52.5%
-5.5%$2.80B$563.24M11.03140Positive News
ALLY
Ally Financial
4.9786 of 5 stars
$34.95
+0.3%
$42.14
+20.6%
+4.2%$10.65B$8.95B13.9811,100
UWMC
UWM
2.9994 of 5 stars
$5.81
-1.2%
$7.28
+25.3%
-19.1%$9.29B$835.67M-25.266,700
BSAC
Banco Santander-Chile
3.7568 of 5 stars
$18.77
-0.9%
$21.33
+13.7%
-2.1%$8.84B$2.42T10.669,229
WF
Woori Financial Group
4.1813 of 5 stars
$31.81
-1.0%
N/A+6.0%$7.87B$12.63T4.14150
CIB
Bancolombia
2.4436 of 5 stars
$32.00
-0.6%
$33.67
+5.2%
+5.9%$7.69B$27.76T5.0734,756
CADE
Cadence Bank
3.7932 of 5 stars
$34.50
+1.2%
$36.88
+6.9%
+16.3%$6.29B$921.95M9.915,333Analyst Revision
UPST
Upstart
3.4979 of 5 stars
$67.86
-0.8%
$61.80
-8.9%
+55.1%$6.19B$552.43M-35.161,388Positive News
OMF
OneMain
4.9432 of 5 stars
$51.80
-0.2%
$56.08
+8.3%
+8.1%$6.18B$4.46B11.339,100Positive News
BMA
Banco Macro
3.4883 of 5 stars
$96.50
-0.2%
$50.83
-47.3%
+235.6%$6.17B$3.42T8.468,005
QFIN
Qifu Technology
3.7096 of 5 stars
$38.18
-0.2%
$37.50
-1.8%
+153.3%$6.16B$14.03B7.733,121Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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