Burford Capital (BUR) Competitors $12.79 +0.05 (+0.39%) (As of 12/24/2024 05:19 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends BUR vs. ALLY, UWMC, BSAC, WF, CIB, CADE, UPST, OMF, BMA, and QFINShould 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 UWM Banco Santander-Chile Woori Financial Group Bancolombia Cadence Bank Upstart OneMain Banco Macro Qifu Technology 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. Which has more volatility & risk, ALLY or BUR? 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. Which has preferable earnings and valuation, ALLY or BUR? 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 RatioAlly Financial$8.95B1.22$1.02B$2.5014.30Burford Capital$563.24M4.97$610.52M$1.1611.03 Is ALLY or BUR more profitable? 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% Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in ALLY or BUR? 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. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ALLY or BUR? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAlly FinancialOutperform Votes76664.26% Underperform Votes42635.74% Burford CapitalOutperform Votes1359.09% Underperform Votes940.91% Is ALLY or BUR a better dividend stock? 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. Do analysts recommend ALLY or BUR? 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) 2.41Burford Capital 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 3 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media favor ALLY or BUR? 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 SummaryAlly Financial beats Burford Capital on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks. Ad DTICackling Kamala hates this companyDo you want to see one of the most exciting election trades of all time? A trade that could help America become 100% energy independent… Reduce energy costs to virtually zero… And hand investors what could be a stunning return in just a few years’ time? It all has to do with a little known company that is helping to kick off the next great American energy revolution. Before that happens, you need to see the details here. 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 NYSE 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 CapitalNondepository credit institutions IndustryFinance SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$2.80B$8.06B$11.54B$19.38BDividend Yield0.97%5.21%5.71%3.66%P/E Ratio11.0318.9525.1041.43Price / Sales4.9711.4427.2118.17Price / CashN/A57.6318.5221.28Price / BookN/A2.422.635.36Net Income$610.52M$468.09M$1.04B$989.88M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BURBurford Capital3.8568 of 5 stars$12.79+0.4%$19.50+52.5%-5.5%$2.80B$563.24M11.03140Positive NewsALLYAlly Financial4.9786 of 5 stars$34.95+0.3%$42.14+20.6%+4.2%$10.65B$8.95B13.9811,100UWMCUWM2.9994 of 5 stars$5.81-1.2%$7.28+25.3%-19.1%$9.29B$835.67M-25.266,700BSACBanco Santander-Chile3.7568 of 5 stars$18.77-0.9%$21.33+13.7%-2.1%$8.84B$2.42T10.669,229WFWoori Financial Group4.1813 of 5 stars$31.81-1.0%N/A+6.0%$7.87B$12.63T4.14150CIBBancolombia2.4436 of 5 stars$32.00-0.6%$33.67+5.2%+5.9%$7.69B$27.76T5.0734,756CADECadence Bank3.7932 of 5 stars$34.50+1.2%$36.88+6.9%+16.3%$6.29B$921.95M9.915,333Analyst RevisionUPSTUpstart3.4979 of 5 stars$67.86-0.8%$61.80-8.9%+55.1%$6.19B$552.43M-35.161,388Positive NewsOMFOneMain4.9432 of 5 stars$51.80-0.2%$56.08+8.3%+8.1%$6.18B$4.46B11.339,100Positive NewsBMABanco Macro3.4883 of 5 stars$96.50-0.2%$50.83-47.3%+235.6%$6.17B$3.42T8.468,005QFINQifu Technology3.7096 of 5 stars$38.18-0.2%$37.50-1.8%+153.3%$6.16B$14.03B7.733,121Positive News Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Ally Financial Competitors UWM Competitors Banco Santander-Chile Competitors Woori Financial Group Competitors Bancolombia Competitors Cadence Bank Competitors Upstart Competitors OneMain Competitors Banco Macro Competitors Qifu Technology Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Bank Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Toy Stocks Growth Stocks Airline Stocks Chinese Stocks EV Charging Stocks Defense Stocks Lithium Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 12/25/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersAmazon coin set to soar 25X – starting December 16th?This tiny 3-cent crypto just partnered with one of the biggest companies in the world… Amazon. 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