Burford Capital
About: Burford Capital Ltd is a finance firm providing litigation finance, insurance, and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of investment activities. It operates in two segments: Principal Finance, which allocates capital to legal finance assets from its balance sheet, primarily as capital provision assets and in limited scope through interests in private funds managed by the company; Asset management and other services, which includes the provision of services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance; and other corporate. The geographical segments include the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and, Australia.
Employees: 160
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Funds holding %
of 7,296 funds
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Analysts bullish %
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
126% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 43 | Existing positions closed: 19
71% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $4.55M | Put options by funds: $2.67M
45% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $3.92B [Q4 2024] → $5.69B (+$1.77B) [Q1 2025]
13% more funds holding
Funds holding: 178 [Q4 2024] → 201 (+23) [Q1 2025]
2.58% more ownership
Funds ownership: 51.94% [Q4 2024] → 54.52% (+2.58%) [Q1 2025]
3% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 64 | Existing positions reduced: 62
7% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 14 [Q4 2024] → 13 (-1) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
Low target
$18
43%
upside
Avg. target
$18
43%
upside
High target
$18
43%
upside
1 analyst rating
1 positive
100%
0 neutral
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0 negative
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Wedbush Jay McCanless | 43%upside $18 | Outperform Assumed | 11 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 3 articles about BUR published over the past 30 days
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 week ago
Intended Purchases of Ordinary Shares to Satisfy Non-Employee Directors' Awards
NEW YORK , June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces the intended open market purchases of Burford's ordinary shares of nil par value ("Shares") on the London Stock Exchange to satisfy a grant of awards to Burford's non-employee directors under the Burford Capital Limited 2021 Non-Employee Directors' Share Plan as soon as practicable following this announcement. One of Burford's joint brokers, Numis Securities Limited (trading as Deutsche Numis), will purchase the Shares on Burford's behalf, pursuant to an instruction to purchase 29,227 Shares at an approximate aggregate market value of £274,000 based on the closing price on the London Stock Exchange on June 4, 2025.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
2 weeks ago
Pound Sterling Conversion Rate for 2024 Final Dividend
NEW YORK , May 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces the pound sterling conversion rate for its shareholder-approved final dividend for the year ended December 31, 2024 of 6.25 US cents per ordinary share to be paid on June 13, 2025 to shareholders of record as of May 23, 2025. For shareholders electing to receive their dividend in pound sterling, the final dividend is 4.625498 pence per ordinary share, based on the exchange rate of £1 = US$1.351206 set on May 29, 2025.
Positive
Seeking Alpha
3 weeks ago
Greenhaven Road Capital Main Fund Q1 2025 Top 5 Holdings
Lifecore, Burford, KKR, PAR, and Cellebrite are well-positioned despite trade policy and tariff headwinds, each with unique catalysts for growth. KKR stands out for its asset growth, brand strength, and resilience, benefiting from the migration to private assets and high-net-worth channels. PAR's high-margin software, resilient QSR customer base, and strong growth prospects outweigh tariff risks and support a bullish outlook.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
MSCI changes Burford Capital country classification to USA from United Kingdom
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.
Neutral
Seeking Alpha
1 month ago
Burford Capital Limited (BUR) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call May 7, 2025 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Josh Wood - Head, IR Chris Bogart - CEO Jon Molot - CIO Jordan Licht - CFO Conference Call Participants Mark DeVries - Deutsche Bank Alex Bowers - Berenberg Randy Binner - B. Riley Securities Operator [Starts Abruptly] -- and I will be your conference operator today.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Burford Reports 1Q25 Financial Results
NEW YORK , May 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces its unaudited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 ("1Q25"). The full detailed presentation of Burford's 1Q25 financial results can be viewed at http://investors.burfordcapital.com.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Burford Capital to Host Retail Shareholder Audio Webcast on June 5, 2025
NEW YORK , May 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that it will host a call for retail shareholders on Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 10.00am EDT / 3.00pm BST, during which Christopher Bogart, Chief Executive Officer, and Jordan Licht, Chief Financial Officer, will discuss Burford's financial results and other disclosures and answer shareholder questions. To gain dedicated access to the call, retail shareholders are requested to pre-register via: https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/4942031/5A8C56BB36F6A691BC9449608110D865.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Legal Finance in Practice: Expert Perspectives on Managing Legal Risk, Cost and Uncertainty
New edition of The Burford Quarterly explores how GCs, law firm leaders and private equity professionals are using finance tools to manage high-stakes litigation NEW YORK , April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital, the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today releases its latest Burford Quarterly , a journal of legal finance that explores the top trends at the nexus of law and finance. As legal finance continues to be used as a transformative resource for both corporations and law firms, this edition provides data, analysis and expert commentary on industry developments.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Burford Announces Date for Release of 1Q25 Financial Results and Results Call Registration and Participation Details
NEW YORK , April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Burford Capital Limited ("Burford"), the leading global finance and asset management firm focused on law, today announces that it will release its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 ("1Q25") on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 8.00am EDT / 1.00pm BST. Burford will hold a conference call for investors and analysts at 9.00am EDT / 2.00pm BST on Wednesday, May 7, 2025.
Neutral
PRNewsWire
1 month ago
Burford Capital Limited Additional Definitive Proxy Soliciting Materials
NEW YORK , April 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The following information is being shared by Burford Capital Limited ("Burford", "we", "us" or "our") with holders of its ordinary shares beginning on April [28], 2025 in response to a recommendation by Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") in connection with the proposals included in Burford's definitive proxy statement (the "2025 Proxy Statement"), which was filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 3, 2025 and is available at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1714174/000171417425000070/0001714174-25-000070-index.htm . ISS has recommended that shareholders vote against the re-election of two directors, namely Christopher Halmy (the Vice Chair and putative Chair in 2027) and Robert Gillespie.
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