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How Burford Capital Limited stacks up
BUR · against 268 other Financial Services companies
Valuation
8/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #245 of 269 · scores higher than 8% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score26 peers with a valuation score of 0–9, including BUR · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 8?
Weighted metrics compared with all Financial Services companies.Mainly because of its earnings yield and free cash flow yield, which are weaker than most Financial Services peers.
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Earnings yield: -203.2% vs peer median 5.7%
- Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price. Free cash flow yield: -22.2% vs peer median 6.1%
- EBITDA yield is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = BUR, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | BUR | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 410 reported | -203.2% | 5.6% | 0% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 206 reported | Not reported | 6.8% | — | — | 50% |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 183 reported | -22.2% | 6.1% | 5% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 401 reported | 98.4% | 83.1% | 56% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around BUR| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 498M USD | 100 | 90 | |
| 1 | 641M USD | 100 | 74 | |
| 3 | 82M USD | 99 | 78 | |
| 3 | 827M USD | 99 | 62 | |
| 3 | 659M USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 241 | 116M USD | 10 | ||
| 241 | 10.8B SEK (≈$1.1B) |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score