The stock of Burford Capital Limited (BUR) has seen a 1.00% increase in the past week, with a 7.35% gain in the past month, and a -4.84% decrease in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 2.95%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 2.58% for BUR. The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 2.02% for BUR’s stock, with a 4.43% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Is It Worth Investing in Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) Right Now?
Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 15.28x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 1.09. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 as “overweight,” 0 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for BUR is 188.72M, and at present, short sellers hold a 2.20% of that float. On May 14, 2025, the average trading volume of BUR was 1.04M shares.
BUR) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) has decreased by -1.32 when compared to last closing price of 14.35.Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 1.00% in its stock price over the last five trading days. prnewswire.com reported 2025-05-14 that NEW YORK, May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Burford Capital Limited (“Burford” or the “Company”), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, notes the announcement by MSCI for the purpose of its MSCI Global Standard Indexes of a change to the country classification of Burford Capital. Implemented as of the close on May 30, 2025, and effective June 2, 2025, Burford will be added to the MSCI USA Indexes and MSCI US Equity Standard and Small Cap Indexes and deleted from the MSCI United Kingdom Indexes.
Analysts’ Opinion of BUR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for BUR stocks, with Deutsche Bank repeating the rating for BUR by listing it as a “Buy.” The predicted price for BUR in the upcoming period, according to Deutsche Bank is $18 based on the research report published on September 06, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
B. Riley Securities gave a rating of “Buy” to BUR, setting the target price at $15 in the report published on May 13th of the previous year.
BUR Trading at 4.70% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought BUR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -9.98% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 2.58%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 2.95%, as shares surge +4.64% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +4.72% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, BUR rose by +1.36%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +1.21% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $13.88. In addition, Burford Capital Limited saw 11.06% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at BUR starting from Lenkner Travis, who purchase 25,283 shares at the price of $13.25 back on Mar 10 ’25. After this action, Lenkner Travis now owns 25,283 shares of Burford Capital Limited, valued at $335,000 using the latest closing price.
BOGART CHRISTOPHER P, the Chief Executive Officer of Burford Capital Limited, sale 90,000 shares at $14.61 during a trade that took place back on Jan 28 ’25, which means that BOGART CHRISTOPHER P is holding 452,185 shares at $1,314,900 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for BUR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.92 for the present operating margin
- 0.57 for the gross margin
The net margin for Burford Capital Limited stands at 0.31. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 8.83, with 3.40 for asset returns.
Based on Burford Capital Limited (BUR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.42 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at -0.08. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.74. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 2.71.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 390.6 million with net debt to EBITDA at 3.87. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.42.
Conclusion
To sum up, Burford Capital Limited (BUR) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
