BUR vs. BSAC, ALLY, CIB, UWMC, GGAL, WF, QFIN, COOP, OMF, and CADE
Should you be buying Burford Capital stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Burford Capital include Banco Santander-Chile (BSAC), Ally Financial (ALLY), Bancolombia (CIB), UWM (UWMC), Grupo Financiero Galicia (GGAL), Woori Financial Group (WF), Qifu Technology (QFIN), Mr. Cooper Group (COOP), OneMain (OMF), and Cadence Bank (CADE). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.
Burford Capital vs.
Banco Santander-Chile (NYSE:BSAC) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
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.
Banco Santander-Chile pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Burford Capital pays an annual dividend of $0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Banco Santander-Chile pays out 28.9% 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.
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.
Banco Santander-Chile has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.44, indicating that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Banco Santander-Chile presently has a consensus target price of $21.33, suggesting a potential downside of 9.10%. Burford Capital has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 41.87%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Banco Santander-Chile.
In the previous week, Burford Capital had 5 more articles in the media than Banco Santander-Chile. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Burford Capital and 2 mentions for Banco Santander-Chile. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Banco Santander-Chile's score of 0.60 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Burford Capital beats Banco Santander-Chile on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BUR) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
