In the latest trading session,, 1.7 million Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 1.06. With the company’s most recent per share price at $12.98 changed hands at -$1.28 or -9.01% at last look, the market valuation stands at $2.84B. BUR’s current price is a discount, trading about -21.19% off its 52-week high of $15.73. The share price had its 52-week low at $10.70, which suggests the last value was 17.57% up since then. When we look at Burford Capital Limited’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 3.86 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 1.60 million.
Analysts gave the Burford Capital Limited (BUR) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.00. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 1 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 0 recommended BUR as a Hold, 1 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight.
Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR) trade information
Instantly BUR was in red as seen in intraday trades today. With action 14.42%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 0.82%, with the 5-day performance at 14.42% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR) is 0.89% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 4.67 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 3.5 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 18, meaning bulls need an upside of 27.89% from its recent market value. According to analyst projections, BUR’s forecast low is 18 with 18 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -38.67% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -38.67% for it to hit the projected low.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -7.52%. The 2025 estimates are for Burford Capital Limited earnings to increase by 134.39%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 50.43% per year.
BUR Dividends
Burford Capital Limited is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in August. The 0.96% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.13. It is important to note, however, that the 0.96% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 9.23% of Burford Capital Limited shares while 64.50% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 71.06%. There are 64.50% institutions holding the Burford Capital Limited stock share, with MITHAQ CAPITAL SPC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 4.8137% of the shares, roughly 10.54 million BUR shares worth $137.6 million.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 4.8029% or 10.52 million shares worth $137.3 million as of 2024-06-30.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Apr 30, 2025 were iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF and AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds)-INVESCO SMALL CAP VALUE FUND . With 4.96 shares estimated at $65.65 million under it, the former controlled 2.27% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds)-INVESCO SMALL CAP VALUE FUND held about 1.56% of the shares, roughly 3.41 shares worth around $45.16 million.
