Burford Capital Limited

NYSE:BUR Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.0b

Burford Capital Future Growth

Future criteria checks 4/6

Burford Capital is forecast to grow earnings and revenue by 28.8% and 13.8% per annum respectively. EPS is expected to grow by 22.9% per annum. Return on equity is forecast to be 10.8% in 3 years.

Key information

28.8%

Earnings growth rate

22.90%

EPS growth rate

Diversified Financial earnings growth4.1%
Revenue growth rate13.8%
Future return on equity10.77%
Analyst coverage

Low

Last updated15 May 2025

Recent future growth updates

Recent updates

Burford Capital: The IMF And Argentina

Apr 16

Burford Capital: An Outstanding Litigation Finance Business With High Expected Value Returns

Mar 03

Burford Capital: Business Update YPF And Ex-YPF

Feb 03

Burford Capital: Solid Progress This Quarter

Nov 14

Burford Capital: Serving Justice Pays Well

Sep 22

Burford Capital: Investors Are Getting Paid To Wait

Aug 15

Greenhaven Road Capital - Burford Capital: YPF Case Payout Is A '$6.2B Holding'

May 01

Will Argentina Pay Burford, And When?

Mar 20

Chris DeMuth Sure Likes Uranium And SHF Holdings + 3 Litigation Ideas

Jan 09

Burford Capital: A Cheap Moat With A Cherry On Top

Dec 11

A Normalized View On Burford's Core Portfolio Performance

Sep 20

Burford Capital's Valuation After The Bull Case Damages Win

Sep 11

Burford's Price In The Heat Of The YPF Trial Suggests Liquidation Value

Jul 28

Burford Capital Still Has Considerable Room To Grow

Jun 13

Burford Capital: Downside Appears Limited; YPF Is A Free Lottery Ticket

Oct 17

Burford Capital appoints Jordan Licht as CFO

Sep 06

Burford Capital declares $0.0625 dividend

Aug 09

Litigation Finance: The VCs Of The Justice System

Mar 18

Burford Capital: Great Business At A Wonderful Price And Free Embedded Call Options

Mar 02

Burford Capital: When Complexity Generates Opportunities

Dec 03

Arguing The Burford Thesis

Jul 27

Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts

NYSE:BUR - Analysts future estimates and past financials data (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsFree Cash FlowCash from OpAvg. No. Analysts
12/31/2027899494N/AN/A2
12/31/2026772408N/AN/A2
12/31/2025656314N/AN/A2
3/31/2025627207318319N/A
12/31/2024562146216217N/A
9/30/2024742260165165N/A
6/30/2024863396-100-99N/A
3/31/2024749321-208-206N/A
12/31/20231,079611-278-275N/A
9/30/20231,114592-479-476N/A
6/30/2023758261-549-545N/A
3/31/2023728234-431-430N/A
12/31/202233431-467-466N/A
9/30/202271-51-164-164N/A
6/30/20221247-80-80N/A
3/31/202215842-315-315N/A
12/31/2021222-29-586-585N/A
9/30/2021177-44-636-636N/A
6/30/2021193-15-687-687N/A
3/31/202127575-317-316N/A
12/31/20203271435354N/A
9/30/2020361123-200-199N/A
6/30/20203311437779N/A
3/31/20203481783235N/A
12/31/2019535301-277-274N/A
9/30/2019438295-99-97N/A
6/30/2019511377-187-186N/A
3/31/2019469347-210-210N/A
1/1/2019426318N/A-233N/A
9/30/2018400297N/A-156N/A
6/30/2018374277N/A-79N/A
3/31/2018357263N/A-91N/A
12/31/2017341249N/A-102N/A
9/30/2017301219N/A-29N/A
6/30/2017262189N/A45N/A
3/31/2017213149N/A19N/A
12/31/2016163108N/A-7N/A
9/30/2016152101N/A-43N/A
6/30/201614094N/A-80N/A
3/31/201612279N/A-50N/A
12/31/201510464N/A-20N/A
9/30/20159561N/A-68N/A
6/30/20158657N/A-116N/A
3/31/20158051N/A-104N/A
12/31/20147445N/A-92N/A
9/30/20147142N/A-47N/A
6/30/20146839N/A-1N/A

Analyst Future Growth Forecasts

Earnings vs Savings Rate: BUR's forecast earnings growth (28.8% per year) is above the savings rate (2.8%).

Earnings vs Market: BUR's earnings (28.8% per year) are forecast to grow faster than the US market (14.3% per year).

High Growth Earnings: BUR's earnings are expected to grow significantly over the next 3 years.

Revenue vs Market: BUR's revenue (13.8% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (8.5% per year).

High Growth Revenue: BUR's revenue (13.8% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.

Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts

Future Return on Equity

Future ROE: BUR's Return on Equity is forecast to be low in 3 years time (10.8%).

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/19 16:22
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Burford Capital Limited is covered by 10 analysts. 2 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Alexander BowersBerenberg
Robert ChantryBerenberg
Randy BinnerB. Riley Securities, Inc.