Burford Capital Limited (BUR)’s latest performance is not what we had anticipated

Steve Mayer

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) on Friday, plunged -1.49% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $8.72. Within the past 52 weeks, BUR’s price has moved between $8.68 and $15.73.

A company in the Financial sector has dropped its sales by -7.52% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 45.94%. With a float of $189.15 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $218.81 million.

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) Insider Updates

Observing investor behavior towards Asset Management industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Burford Capital Limited is 13.64%, while institutional ownership is 66.92%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Jul 09 ’25, was worth 3,064,950. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company sold 210,000 shares at a rate of $14.60, taking the stock ownership to the 278,862 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Jul 09 ’25, when Company’s Chief Investment Officer sold 210,000 for $14.60, making the entire transaction worth $3,064,950. This insider now owns 3,406,625 shares in total.

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) Performance Highlights and Predictions

As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported -0.06 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 0.59) by -0.65. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.29 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 45.94% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 43.95% 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

Burford Capital Limited (BUR) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 15.24 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 4.03. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 64.90.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 0.39, a number that is poised to hit 0.30 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 1.42 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Burford Capital Limited (BUR)

Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 2.47 million. That was better than the volume of 1.54 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 9.70%.

During the past 100 days, Burford Capital Limited’s (BUR) raw stochastic average was set at 1.66%, which indicates a significant decrease from 3.96% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 0.42 in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 0.40 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $11.16, while its 200-day Moving Average is $12.99. However, in the short run, Burford Capital Limited’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $8.66. Second resistance stands at $8.73. The third major resistance level sits at $8.82. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $8.50, it is likely to go to the next support level at $8.41. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $8.34.

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE: BUR) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 1.88 billion based on 218,888K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 546,090 K and income totals 146,480 K. The company made 69,800 K in profit during its latest quarter, and -19,160 K in sales during its previous quarter.

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