BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Revenue per share 0.80
Dividend & Yield0.10£ (1.47%)
Beta 1.03
Market capitalization 1.54B
Operating cash flow -80.02M
ESG Scores unknown

Company description

Burford Capital Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides legal finance products and services. The company offers asset management services, including core legal finance, complex strategies, and post-settlement finance. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.

Sector: Financial Services - Industry: Asset Management

Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio7.72
Working Capital-0.18
Return On Equity-0.05
Debt To Equity0.66
Fixed Asset Ratio-0.18
Fixed Interest Cover0.18

Financial data

Financial Statements

Cashflow Statement 2019-01-01 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Change To Liabilities
Total Cashflows From Investing Activities -104k -3.4M -360k -285k
Net Borrowings 180M -1.43M -4.96M 366.07M
Total Cash From Financing Activities 364.88M 154.69M -5.26M 444.83M
Change To Operating Activities -193.1M -85.57M 144.73M -418.93M
Issuance Of Stock 249.98M
Net Income 317.58M 180.96M 165.12M -72.07M
Change In Cash 130.14M -122.06M 48.68M -141.83M
Effect Of Exchange Rate -1.33M 199k 472k -1.01M
Total Cash From Operating Activities -233.31M -273.56M 53.83M -585.36M
Depreciation 10.11M 12.6M 10.69M -5.55M
Change To Account Receivables
Other Cashflows From Financing Activities -40.52M 183.12M -293k 123.49M
Change To Netincome -366.83M -381.55M -266.7M -97.56M
Capital Expenditures -104k -3.4M -360k -285k

Income Statement 2019-01-01 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Research Development
Income Before Tax 305.11M 209.69M 210.24M -59.44M
Net Income 317.58M 180.96M 165.12M -72.07M
Selling General Administrative 105.68M 105.68M 93.85M 131.25M
Gross Profit 354.6M 368.89M 352.97M 151.29M
Ebit 345.11M 247.44M 237.23M 10.77M
Operating Income 345.11M 247.44M 237.23M 10.77M
Interest Expense -38.54M -38.75M -39.05M -58.65M
Income Tax Expense -12.46M 13.42M 36.94M -3.02M
Total Revenue 426.43M 380.14M 357.81M 156.59M
Cost Of Revenue 71.83M 11.25M 4.84M 5.3M
Total Other Income ExpenseNet -78.53M -37.76M -26.99M -70.21M
Net Income From Continuing Ops 317.58M 196.27M 173.3M -56.43M
Net Income Applicable To Common Shares 317.58M 180.96M 165.12M -72.07M

Balance Sheet Statement 2019-01-01 2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31
Total Liabilities 1.19B 1.12B 1.21B 1.58B
Total Stockholder Equity 1.36B 1.53B 1.66B 1.55B
Other Current Liabilities 119.82M 92.8M
Total Assets 2.55B 2.65B 3.12B 3.52B
Common Stock 596.45M 596.45M 598.81M 598.81M
Other Current Assets 4.15M
Retained Earnings 716.22M 899.06M 1.03B 922.5M
Treasury Stock 50.48M 37.48M 6.55M 4.11M
Cash 265.55M 186.62M 322.08M 180.25M
Total Current Liabilities 141.81M 179.83M 54.7M 59.76M
Other Stockholder Equity 50.48M 37.48M 6.55M 4.11M
Property, Plant, and Equipment 1.87M 20.18M 15.22M 13.07M
Total Current Assets 478.17M 411M 389.93M 461.6M
Net Tangible Assets 1.21B 1.39B 1.53B 1.42B
Net Receivables 167.02M 153.67M 49.3M 104.82M
Accounts Payable


Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-1213.35k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-1213.35k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-12670
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-12670
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-129.56k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-129.56k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-1234.68k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-1234.68k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-122.95k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-122.95k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-12836.13k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-12836.13k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-121.11M
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.39 per share.D2022-08-121.11M
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.58 per share.D2022-08-1120.6k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.58 per share.D2022-08-1120.6k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.58 per share.D2022-08-111.3k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.58 per share.D2022-08-111.3k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 10.58 per share.D2022-08-11850.76k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 10.58 per share.D2022-08-11850.76k
CI Financial Corp.D2022-07-219.21k
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.D2022-07-2099.08k
Burford Capital LtdD2022-06-24468k
Muller (Andreas)Bought at price 8.88 per share.D2022-06-2310k
Invesco Asset Management LtdD2022-06-013.22M
Halmy (Christopher)Bought at price 8.10 per share.D2022-05-2512.5k
Burford Capital Employee Benefit TrustBought at price 8.14 per share.D2022-05-2445.85k
Burford Capital LLCBought at price 8.13 per share.D2022-05-2354.18k
Burford Capital LLCBought at price 7.75 per share.D2022-05-1950.66k
Wilson (Hugh Steven)Bought at price 7.76 per share.D2022-05-1910k
Burford Capital Employee Benefit TrustBought at price 7.86 per share.D2022-05-1865k
Burford Capital LLCBought at price 7.94 per share.D2022-05-1750.09k
Burford Capital Employee Benefit TrustBought at price 7.77 per share.D2022-05-1650k
Burford Capital LLCBought at price 7.45 per share.D2022-05-1229.28k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01131.98k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01131.98k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01796.74k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01796.74k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01191.44k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01252.08k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Sold at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01787.27k
Molot (Jonathan Todd)Bought at price 9.27 per share.D2022-04-01787.27k
Arnott (Craig)Bought at price 9.64 per share.D2022-03-3117.43k
Klein (Mark)Bought at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-318.71k
Klein (Mark)Sold at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-313.14k
O'Connell (Elizabeth)Bought at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-3126.14k
O'Connell (Elizabeth)Sold at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-3113.35k
Perla (David)Bought at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-3121.79k
Perla (David)Sold at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-3111.14k
Will (Aviva)Bought at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-3139.22k
Will (Aviva)Sold at price 9.49 per share.D2022-03-3121.63k

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of -16.76% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

-16.76 %

Latent gain

-1162.9 £

Invested capital

6937.9 £

Annualized return

-4.07 %
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Momentum strategy results on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give -43.0% of return on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV. That represents -4356.0£ of latent gain with 10131.0£ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give -6.94% of return on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV. That represents -492.0£ of latent gain with 7092.0£ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

-43.0 %

Latent gain

-4356.0 £

Invested capital

10131.0 £

Annualized return

0.0 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

-6.94 %

Latent gain

-492.0 £

Invested capital

7092.0 £

Annualized return

-1.91 %

Momentum equity curve on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV since the beginning:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250£, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000£.


Buy the dip strategy result on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

Buy the dip entry openings on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV is 0%. That represents 0.0$ of latent gain with 0.0£ of employed capital. The following chart shows BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

0 %

Latent gain

0.0 £

Invested capital

0.0 £

Annualized return

0.0 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

Note: the dividends potentially given by BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV.

Equity curve comparison on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV investment comparison

Performance comparison on BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment -16.76% -1162.9£ 6937.9£ -4.07%
Momentum 1 quarter -43.0% -4356.0£ 10131.0£ -11.08%
Momentum 2 quarters -6.94% -492.0£ 7092.0£ -1.91%
Non-directional 0% 0.0£ 0.0£ 0.0%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

-4.07 %

Momentum 1Q

-1.91 %

Momentum 2Q

-1.91 %

Non-directional

0.0 %

Correlated stocks

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Positive correlations

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Negative correlation

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Most negatively correlated stocks last 3 months

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

Company name BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV
Country Guernsey
City Saint Peter Port
Address Oak House
Phone
Website www.burfordcapital.com
FullTime employees 140
Industry Asset Management
Sector Financial Services
Exchange XLON
Ticker BUR.XLON
Market www.londonstockexchange.com

BURFORD CAPITAL LIMITED ORD NPV ESG Scores

Environment scores

Environment ESG Factors Scores
Environment Score 0
Peer Environment Performance unknown
Environment Percentile unknown
Palm Oil unknown
Nuclear unknown
Fur Leather unknown
GMO unknown
Coal unknown
Pesticides unknown
Animal Testing unknown

Social scores

Social ESG Factors Scores
Social Score 0
Peer Social Performance unknown
Social Percentile unknown
Highest Controversy unknown
Peer Highest Controversy Performance unknown
Adult unknown
Gambling unknown
Alcoholic unknown
Tobacco unknown
Catholic unknown
Controversial Weapons unknown
Small Arms unknown
Military Contract unknown
Peer Count unknown

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Governance scores

Governance ESG Factors Scores
Governance Score 0
Peer Governance Performance unknown
Governance Percentile unknown

ESG at glance
Total ESG Scores: unknown
Environment Score: 0
Social Score: 0
Governance Score: 0

ESG Performance: unknown

Peer Group: unknown

Peer Esg Score Performance: unknown

Rating Year: unknown

Rating Month: unknown

Max Age: unknown

Percentile: unknown