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
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
11% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 70 | Existing positions reduced: 63
7.27% more ownership
Funds ownership: 54.52% [Q1] → 61.78% (+7.27%) [Q2]
6% less funds holding
Funds holding: 201 [Q1] → 188 (-13) [Q2]
8% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 13 [Q1] → 12 (-1) [Q2]
28% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 28 | Existing positions closed: 39
65% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $13M | Put options by funds: $36.6M
67% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $5.68B [Q1] → $1.88B (-$3.8B) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
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Wedbush
Jay McCanless
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$18
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Outperform
Reiterated
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14 Aug 2025 |
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