Burford Capital Ltd
BUR NYSE· Finance Services
Last close · Oct 26, 2026
$3.25
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Burford Capital Ltd had $413M of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 24.3% on the year before.
- Its operating margin was 56.2%, down 15.4 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 56 is left after running the business.
- Burford Capital Ltd made $62.6M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2022 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 26.0% a year.
- Free cash flow was −$29.3M in fiscal 2025, −7.1% of revenue.
- Burford Capital Ltd returned $15.3M to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 0.6%.
- Burford Capital Ltd owes $1.2B more than it holds in cash.
Market cap
$732M
P/E
—
Revenue
$413M
Net income
$62.6M
Free cash flow
−$29.3M
Operating margin
56.2%
Burford Capital Ltd in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
−24.3%
No. Sales fell 24.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
15.1%
Yes. It keeps 15.1% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
−7.1%
No. It spent more cash than it brought in.
How healthy are the accounts?
1 / 7
Weak. It passes 1 of 7 health tests.
How is the share priced?
—
No P/E: it made no profit over the last four quarters.
What Burford Capital Ltd does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 26, 2026
- Legal name
- Burford Capital Ltd
- CIK
- 0001714174
Burford Capital Ltd · BUR
Results and finances
The last 4 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | ||||
| Revenue | $319M | $1.1B | $546M | $413M |
| Revenue growth | — | 240.5% | −49.8% | −24.3% |
| Operating margin | 61.1% | 75.0% | 71.5% | 56.2% |
| Net income | $30.5M | $611M | $146M | $62.6M |
| Net margin | 9.6% | 56.2% | 26.8% | 15.1% |
| Diluted EPS | $0.14 | $2.74 | $0.66 | $0.28 |
| Cash | ||||
| Cash from operations | −$466M | −$275M | $217M | −$29.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $0.4M | $3.2M | $0.7M | $0.3M |
| Free cash flow | −$467M | −$278M | $216M | −$29.3M |
| FCF margin | −146.1% | −25.6% | 39.6% | −7.1% |
| Share buybacks | $3.7M | $3.8M | $5.1M | $15.3M |
| Share count change | — | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.6% |
| Debt and strength | ||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $108M | $234M | $790M | $944M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | — | $1.5B | $1.8B | $2.1B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.4B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $2.4B |
| Interest coverage | 2.5x | 8.2x | 2.9x | 1.5x |
| Returns and quality | ||||
| Return on capital | — | 22.1% | 10.4% | 5.5% |
| Return on equity | 1.3% | 26.1% | 6.2% | 2.6% |
| Return on tangible equity | 1.4% | 28.3% | 6.4% | 2.7% |
| Piotroski F-score | — | — | 3 | 1 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
—
$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Burford Capital Ltd · BUR
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
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Dividends and buybacks
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At $3.25 a share, the company is worth $732M.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001714174). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.