What is B. Riley’s Forecast for Burford Capital Q1 Earnings?

Burford Capital Limited (NYSE:BUR) – Stock analysts at B. Riley dropped their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Burford Capital in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 4th. B. Riley analyst R. Binner now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.37 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.38. The consensus estimate for Burford Capital’s current full-year earnings is $1.28 per share. B. Riley also issued estimates for Burford Capital’s FY2026 earnings at $1.90 EPS.

Burford Capital Stock Down 1.5 %

BUR stock opened at $13.50 on Thursday. Burford Capital has a 52-week low of $12.07 and a 52-week high of $16.77. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $14.06 and its 200-day simple moving average is $13.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 15.75 and a quick ratio of 15.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.96 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.64 and a beta of 0.44.

Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, March 3rd. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.56 by ($0.62). Burford Capital had a net margin of 34.81% and a return on equity of 8.07%. The firm had revenue of $65.69 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $219.38 million.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC grew its position in Burford Capital by 22.8% during the fourth quarter. Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC now owns 3,727,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,529,000 after purchasing an additional 691,269 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in Burford Capital by 24.6% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,946,927 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,076,000 after purchasing an additional 582,514 shares in the last quarter. Sycale Advisors NY LLC grew its position in Burford Capital by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Sycale Advisors NY LLC now owns 2,157,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,514,000 after purchasing an additional 107,983 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Burford Capital by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,429,089 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,243,000 after purchasing an additional 63,346 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Emeth Value Capital LLC purchased a new position in Burford Capital during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $17,980,000.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Christopher P. Bogart sold 90,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.61, for a total transaction of $1,314,900.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 452,185 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,606,422.85. The trade was a 16.60 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider David Perla sold 3,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, January 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.61, for a total transaction of $43,830.00. Following the transaction, the insider now directly owns 82,489 shares in the company, valued at $1,205,164.29. The trade was a 3.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 100,500 shares of company stock worth $1,468,305 over the last 90 days. 0.19% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Burford Capital Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 23rd will be issued a dividend of $0.0625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 23rd. This represents a dividend yield of 1.8%. Burford Capital’s dividend payout ratio is currently 18.46%.

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Capital Provision, and Asset Management and Other Provision. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters directly and through investment in private funds; legal risk management services; lower risk legal finance business focusing on pre-settlement litigation matters with lower risk and lower expected returns; post-settlement finance; and complex strategies in which it acts as a principal and acquires assets that are mispriced.