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Burford Capital Limited (BUR)

Financial Services | Asset Management | Saint Peter Port, Guernsey | NYSE
4.36 USD +0.04 (0.926%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 4.35 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 6:51 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:33 a.m. EDT

The investment case for this asset is fundamentally broken despite the attractive headline yield. The company is generating negative revenue and negative free cash flow, with a trailing P/E that is mathematically impossible due to losses. While the board continues to distribute capital, the payout ratio exceeds 100% of the reported earnings, indicating the dividend is being funded by burning through cash reserves rather than organic profitability. The balance sheet is fragile, carrying debt that far exceeds equity, and the operating metrics show a complete collapse in performance over the last year. Technically, the stock is trading well below its 200-day average, reflecting a severe loss of investor confidence. The options market confirms this bearish sentiment, with massive put positioning suggesting traders are betting on a continued grind lower. While the yield might appeal to desperate income seekers, it is a classic value trap where the dividend is unsustainable given the deteriorating business fundamentals. The recent price action shows no signs of a recovery trend, merely a sideways drift in a downtrend.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.071134
AutoETS0.083263
AutoTheta0.083785
AutoARIMA0.084139

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 3.43
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.795
Excess Kurtosis -0.40
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-05-21
Last Dividend Date 2026-05-21
Debt to Equity Ratio 164.497
Revenue per Share -6.912
Market Cap 957,388,416
Forward P/E 8.19
Beta 1.06
Website https://www.burfordcapital.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:33 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with significant open interest in out-of-the-money puts expiring in late 2026 and early 2027. Call activity is minimal and concentrated near the money, while put volume dominates the landscape, particularly at strikes significantly below the current price. This distribution suggests a strong consensus among retail and speculative traders that further declines are likely.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.39% 1.39% 1.09% 1.17%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-05-22 0.063 1.390728
2025-05-23 0.063 0.483129
2024-11-01 0.063 0.466667
2024-05-23 0.063 0.453564
2023-11-09 0.063 0.483500
2023-05-25 0.063 0.468053
2022-11-03 0.063 0.797468
2022-05-26 0.063 0.747331
2021-11-11 0.063 0.560997
2021-05-27 0.125 1.053963
Additional Data
dividendRate 0.13
dividendYield 2.89
exDividendDate 2026-05-22
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.063
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.014583333
lastDividendValue 0.063
lastDividendDate 2026-05-22
dividendDate 2026-06-12

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.6871832
Address1 Oak House
Address2 Hirzel Street
All Time High 17.7
All Time Low 3.59
Ask 4.93
Ask Size 3,200
Audit Risk 8
Average Analyst Rating 1.7 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,158,000
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,954,303
Average Volume 1,954,303
Average Volume10Days 1,158,000
Beta 1.056
Bid 4.3
Bid Size 2,900
Board Risk 3
Book Value 3.73
City Saint Peter Port
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 9
Country Guernsey
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 4.36
Current Ratio 6.049
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 4.3787
Day Low 4.3
Debt To Equity 164.497
Display Name Burford Capital
Dividend Date 1,781,222,400
Dividend Rate 0.13
Dividend Yield 2.89
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,786,021,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,786,021,200
Earnings Growth -0.974
Earnings Quarterly Growth -0.975
Earnings Timestamp 1,786,019,400
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,795,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,795,400
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue -2.162
Enterprise Value 3,274,743,552
Eps Current Year -6.5901
Eps Forward 0.5321
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -7.76
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,779,408,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 4.2364
Fifty Day Average Change 0.123600006
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.029175716
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -68.71832
Fifty Two Week High 13.905
Fifty Two Week High Change -9.545
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.68644375
Fifty Two Week Low 3.59
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.7700002
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.21448475
Fifty Two Week Range 3.59 - 13.905
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,603,114,200,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 1.31
Float Shares 187,233,118
Forward Eps 0.5321
Forward P E 8.193949
Free Cashflow -1,085,876,096
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 172
Fullday Change 0.04
Fullday Change Percent 0.925925
Fullday Price 4.35
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits -1,529,433,984
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.09234
Held Percent Institutions 0.81029
Implied Shares Outstanding 219,584,503
Industry Asset Management
Industry Disp Asset Management
Industry Key asset-management
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,779,408,000
Last Dividend Value 0.063
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Principal Finance, and Asset Management and Other Services. The Principal Finance segment provides capital against the underlying value of high-value single or multiple litigation and arbitration matters at any stage of the process from before filing to after a final judgment has been entered; and to a law firm that has agreed to take a case on a contingent fee or alternative fee basis, as well as directly to the client. This segment also offers legal risk management and adverse legal cost insurance services. The Asset Management and Other Services segment manages legal finance assets on behalf of third-party investors, as well as provides other services to the legal industry. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
Long Name Burford Capital Limited
Market us_market
Market Cap 957,388,416
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_69075501
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -1,686,518,016
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 948,605,052
Number Of Analyst Opinions 6
Open 4.318
Operating Cashflow -184,606,000
Operating Margins 0.65190005
Overall Risk 5
Payout Ratio 0.4464
Phone 44 1481 723 450
Post Market Change -0.010000229
Post Market Change Percent -0.22936304
Post Market Price 4.35
Post Market Time 1,787,957,512
Previous Close 4.32
Price Eps Current Year -0.6615985
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 1.1689008
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months -0.63202757
Profit Margins 0.0
Quick Ratio 6.049
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.66667
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.04
Regular Market Change Percent 0.925925
Regular Market Day High 4.3787
Regular Market Day Low 4.3
Regular Market Day Range 4.3 - 4.3787
Regular Market Open 4.318
Regular Market Previous Close 4.32
Regular Market Price 4.36
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,202
Regular Market Volume 1,020,667
Return On Assets -0.18238
Return On Equity -0.72116
Revenue Growth -0.372
Revenue Per Share -6.912
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20504117
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 3
Shares Outstanding 219,584,503
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.067
Shares Short 14,712,795
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 15,731,062
Short Name Burford Capital Limited
Short Percent Of Float 0.0735
Short Ratio 8.0
Source Interval 15
Symbol BUR
Target High Price 22.5
Target Low Price 5.0
Target Mean Price 8.67333
Target Median Price 6.27
Total Cash 747,260,032
Total Cash Per Share 3.403
Total Debt 2,415,348,992
Total Revenue -1,514,788,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.063
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.014583333
Trailing Eps -7.76
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 6.58485
Two Hundred Day Average Change -2.2248497
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.33787403
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,020,667
Website https://www.burfordcapital.com
Zip GY1 2NP