A major move is in the offing as Burford Capital Limited (BUR) market cap hits 2.78 billion

On Friday, Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) was 3.85% up from the session before settling in for the closing price of $12.21. A 52-week range for BUR has been $11.17 – $16.77.

During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 68.02%. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 140.14%. With a float of $188.72 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $219.42 million.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 160 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 61.76%, operating margin of 100.1%, and the pretax margin is 71.28%.

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) Insider Activity

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Burford Capital Limited stocks. The insider ownership of Burford Capital Limited is 13.84%, while institutional ownership is 57.29%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 10 ’25, was worth 335,000. In this transaction Chief Development Officer of this company bought 25,283 shares at a rate of $13.25, taking the stock ownership to the 25,283 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jan 28 ’25, when Company’s Chief Executive Officer sold 90,000 for $14.61, making the entire transaction worth $1,314,900. This insider now owns 452,185 shares in total.

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) Earnings and Forecasts

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.35 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 140.14% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 50.60% during the next five years compared to -7.52% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) Trading Performance Indicators

You can see what Burford Capital Limited (BUR) is doing with its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 5.14. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 12.82.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.65, a number that is poised to hit 0.30 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.82 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Burford Capital Limited (BUR)

Looking closely at Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR), its last 5-days average volume was 1.36 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.0 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 54.73%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.67.

During the past 100 days, Burford Capital Limited’s (BUR) raw stochastic average was set at 33.11%, which indicates a significant decrease from 52.52% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 64.78% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 38.28% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $13.99, while its 200-day Moving Average is $13.51. However, in the short run, Burford Capital Limited’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $12.88. Second resistance stands at $13.08. The third major resistance level sits at $13.47. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $12.29, it is likely to go to the next support level at $11.90. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $11.70.

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) Key Stats

There are 219,422K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 2.78 billion. As of now, sales total 546,090 K while income totals 146,480 K. Its latest quarter income was 93,020 K while its last quarter net income were -12,970 K.