Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors

Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.

Is BSAC or BUR more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to Banco Santander-Chile's net margin of 19.16%. Banco Santander-Chile's return on equity of 19.15% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Banco Santander-Chile	19.16%	19.15%	1.18%
Burford Capital	34.81%	8.07%	4.28%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BSAC or BUR?

6.4% of Banco Santander-Chile shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% 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 stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, BSAC or BUR?

Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.73, meaning that its share price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate BSAC or BUR?

Banco Santander-Chile presently has a consensus price target of $21.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.65%. Burford Capital has a consensus price target of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 43.75%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Banco Santander-Chile	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BSAC or BUR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Banco Santander-Chile	$2.60T	0.00	$883.95M	$1.94	11.91
Burford Capital	$341.23M	8.72	$610.52M	$0.65	20.87

Is BSAC or BUR a better dividend stock?

Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 51.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Burford Capital pays out 18.5% 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.

Does the media prefer BSAC or BUR?

In the previous week, Burford Capital had 7 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Burford Capital and 7 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Banco Santander-Chile's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Burford Capital's score of 0.40 indicating that Banco Santander-Chile is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Banco Santander-Chile	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Burford Capital	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BSAC or BUR?

Banco Santander-Chile received 245 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.09% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote while only 54.09% of users gave Banco Santander-Chile an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Banco Santander-Chile	Outperform Votes 258 54.09%	Underperform Votes 219 45.91%
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 13 59.09%	Underperform Votes 9 40.91%

Summary

Burford Capital beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.