Burford Capital (BURL) Stock Overview

Provides legal finance products and services worldwide. More details

BURL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	5/6
Future Growth	5/6
Past Performance	2/6
Financial Health	1/6
Dividends	3/6

Rewards

Trading at 62.1% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 52.38% per year

Analysts in good agreement that stock price will rise by 117.2%

Risk Analysis

Interest payments are not well covered by earnings

Profit margins (18.7%) are lower than last year (35%)

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Burford Capital
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	US$6.85
52 Week High	US$10.98
52 Week Low	US$6.22
Beta	0.99
1 Month Change	-15.00%
3 Month Change	-33.48%
1 Year Change	n/a
3 Year Change	n/a
5 Year Change	n/a
Change since IPO	-29.40%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	BURL	GB Diversified Financial	GB Market
7D	7.1%	-2.8%	-1.4%
1Y	n/a	9.3%	13.8%

Return vs Industry: Insufficient data to determine how BURL performed against the UK Diversified Financial industry.

Return vs Market: Insufficient data to determine how BURL performed against the UK Market.

Price Volatility

Is BURL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
BURL volatility
BURL Average Weekly Movement	5.3%
Diversified Financial Industry Average Movement	5.0%
Market Average Movement	4.9%
10% most volatile stocks in GB Market	10.4%
10% least volatile stocks in GB Market	2.6%

Stable Share Price: BURL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the UK market.

Volatility Over Time: BURL's weekly volatility (5%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
2009	160	Christopher Bogart	www.burfordcapital.com

Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Principal Finance, and Asset Management and Other Services. The Principal Finance segment provides capital against the underlying value of high-value single or multiple litigation and arbitration matters at any stage of the process from before filing to after a final judgment has been entered; and to a law firm that has agreed to take a case on a contingent fee or alternative fee basis, as well as directly to the client.

Burford Capital Limited Fundamentals Summary

How do Burford Capital's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
BURL fundamental statistics
Market cap	UK£1.45b
Earnings (TTM)	UK£66.51m
Revenue (TTM)	UK£355.94m

21.9x

P/E Ratio

4.1x

P/S Ratio

Is BURL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
BURL income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$466.13m
Cost of Revenue	US$10.46m
Gross Profit	US$455.68m
Other Expenses	US$368.58m
Earnings	US$87.10m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2025

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	0.40
Gross Margin	97.76%
Net Profit Margin	18.69%
Debt/Equity Ratio	67.2%

How did BURL perform over the long term?

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Dividends

1.4%

Current Dividend Yield

31%

Payout Ratio

Does BURL pay a reliable dividends?

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When do you need to buy BURL by to receive an upcoming dividend?
Burford Capital dividend dates
Ex Dividend Date	Oct 31 2025
Dividend Pay Date	Dec 04 2025
Days until Ex dividend	25 days
Days until Dividend pay date	9 days

Does BURL pay a reliable dividends?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/11/24 07:05
End of Day Share Price	2025/11/24 00:00
Earnings	2025/09/30
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Burford Capital Limited is covered by 10 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Alexander Bowers	Berenberg
Robert Chantry	Berenberg
Randy Binner	B. Riley Securities, Inc.

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