BUR vs. ALLY, GGAL, UWMC, WF, CIB, BMA, COOP, OMF, CADE, and UPST
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Ally Financial (ALLY), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), UWM (UWMC), Woori Financial Group (WF), Bancolombia (CIB), Banco Macro (BMA), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), OneMain (OMF), Cadence Bank (CADE), and Upstart (UPST). 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 better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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.
Ally Financial has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ally Financial currently has a consensus price target of $43.47, suggesting a potential upside of 8.36%. Burford Capital has a consensus price target of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 38.85%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Ally Financial.
Ally Financial pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. 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 received 760 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.
88.8% of Ally Financial shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Ally Financial shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
In the previous week, Ally Financial had 43 more articles in the media than Burford Capital. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Ally Financial and 2 mentions for Burford Capital. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Ally Financial's score of 0.71 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Ally Financial beats Burford Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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