profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Burford Capital
$3.71+3.34% today
-58.6% in 1 year
1-year low $3.001-year high $9.87
Trading close to its lowest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $13.02 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Burford Capital sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $196 million in 2022 to $194 million in 2025, with $62.6 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Burford Capital vs. similar companies
Burford Capital grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burford Capital | 13.0× · Cheap | ||
 BlackRock | 33.8× · Expensive | ||
 Blackstone | 50.7× · Expensive | ||
 Investor | 8.4× · Cheap | ||
 Brookfield | 73.4× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Burford Capital's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | 854 | 341 | 194 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 31 | 611 | 146 | 63 | |
| 0.14 | 2.74 | 1.05 | 0.28 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 15.6% | 71.5% | 42.9% | 32.3% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,288 | 5,837 | 6,175 | 6,641 |
| Cash | 108 | 221 | 470 | 566 |
| Total debt | 1,266 | 1,551 | 1,778 | 2,141 |
| Total liabilities | 1,901 | 2,630 | 2,918 | 3,513 |
| 1,743 | 2,291 | 2,419 | 2,448 | |
| 222 | 223 | 219 | 223 | |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 1.8% | 26.7% | 6.1% | 2.6% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -466 | -275 | 217 | -29 | |
| 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| -467 | -278 | 216 | -29 | |
| Dividends paid | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 8 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 13.0×
- 4.4×
- 0.50
- 0.4×
- 4.2×
- –
- –
- -3.6%
- 7.7%
- 2.7%
Profitability
- 56.7%
- 24.5%
- 32.3%
- 24.5%
- 17.0%
- 4.1%
- 2.5%
- 0.9%
- 1.3%
- –
Growth
- −0.3%
- +26.0%
- −113.6%
- –
- +0.0%
Financial health
- 18.9×
- 0.88
- 32.4%
- 0.6×
- 1.78
- 1.78
- 0.05
How it ranks in Financial Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 10%of 843
Top 43%of 730
Top 45%of 866
Bottom 21%of 862
Bottom 13%of 921
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $10.50
- Range
- $7.00 – $14.00
- 2 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | -1.34 | -1.90 | +29.5% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -0.09 | 0.30 | −129.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | 0.39 | – | – |
| May 7, 2025 | 0.14 | 0.30 | −53.7% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.06 | – | – |
| Nov 7, 2024 | 0.61 | 0.36 | +69.5% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.24 | – | – |
| May 13, 2024 | -0.14 | 0.45 | −131.4% |
2.7%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$27a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised2 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$0.08 in 2015 → $0.13 in 2025
How safe it looks
43.8% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: -93.5%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
3/7Passes 3 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
30No pass
Benjamin Graham
68Pass
Philip Fisher
62Pass
Peter Lynch
78Pass
Joel Greenblatt
35No pass
Charlie Munger
47No pass
Terry Smith
37No pass
Questions about Burford Capital
Is Burford Capital a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 3 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Burford Capital AI analysis
What does Burford Capital do?
Burford Capital Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides legal finance products and services. The company offers asset management services, including core legal finance, complex strategies, and post-settlement finance. It is in Asset Management.
Does Burford Capital pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.7% a year, about 44% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $27.4 million in dividends.
Is Burford Capital stock halal?
No. Burford Capital does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 263% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Burford Capital stock done over the past year?
Down 58.6% over the past twelve months, to $3.71. It traded between $3.00 and $9.87 and is 62.4% below its high.
Who are Burford Capital's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are BlackRock, Blackstone, Investor and Brookfield. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Burford Capital's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 9, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.