HFF (HF) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer BUR or HF?

Burford Capital currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.08%. Given Burford Capital's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than HFF.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Burford Capital	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HFF	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has more risk and volatility, BUR or HF?

Burford Capital has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HFF has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, BUR or HF?

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than HFF. HFF 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
Burford Capital	$1.09B	3.09	$610.52M	$1.16	13.23
HFF	$662.04M	1.23	$115.99M	$2.88	7.08

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BUR or HF?

HFF received 273 more outperform votes than Burford Capital when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.45% of users gave HFF an outperform vote while only 59.09% of users gave Burford Capital an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Burford Capital	Outperform Votes 13 59.09%	Underperform Votes 9 40.91%
HFF	Outperform Votes 286 65.45%	Underperform Votes 151 34.55%

Is BUR or HF more profitable?

Burford Capital has a net margin of 34.81% compared to HFF's net margin of 18.38%. HFF's return on equity of 41.56% beat Burford Capital's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Burford Capital	34.81%	8.07%	4.28%
HFF	18.38%	41.56%	12.58%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BUR or HF?

85.8% of HFF shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Burford Capital shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.9% of HFF shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BUR or HF?

In the previous week, Burford Capital and Burford Capital both had 1 articles in the media. Burford Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.59 beat HFF's score of 0.00 indicating that Burford Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Burford Capital	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
HFF	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Burford Capital beats HFF on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.