BUR — Burford Capital Ltd

Founder-Led

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About Burford Capital Ltd

Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Principal Finance, and Asset Management and Other Services. The Principal Finance segment provides capital against the underlying value of high-value single or multiple litigation and arbitration matters at any stage of the process from before filing to after a final judgment has been entered; and to a law firm that has agreed to … Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$4.53
Market Cap$1.02B
Float186.9M
Shares Outstanding219.1M
P/E (Forward)9.68
Price/Sales (TTM)2.94
vs. Analyst Target+91.5% to analyst PT
Operating Margin (TTM)91.26%
Revenue (TTM)-$1.45B
Earnings Growth (YoY)62.50%
Dividend Rate0.1%
Analyst Target Price$8.67 (5 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $317M $143M $312M $219M
2021 $108M -$28.8M $51.7M $6.0M
2022 $271M $30.5M $196M $113M
2023 $1.08B $611M $1.06B $821M
2024 $472M $146M $341M $254M
2025 $340M $62.6M $194M $84.0M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $175M $88.3M
Sep 2025 $53.3M -$19.2M
Dec 2025 $5.9M -$37.5M
Mar 2026 -$1.66B -$1.63B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership9.1%
Institutional Ownership80.1%
Short Float6.6%
% of All Funds Holding2.53%
Number of Funds Holding208

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$4.97Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$8.87Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$11.17Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$11.81Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$8.65Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$11.14Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$12.34Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$4.50 support 1.39x 0 months ago
$4.90 resistance 1.12x 0 months ago
$8.20 resistance 2.50x 1 months ago
$11.90 resistance 1.64x 6 months ago
$13.60 resistance 1.10x 7 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (19 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.90% 0.08% 52.63% 3.91% -19.95%
1 Day -1.14% -0.86% 36.84% 4.45% -8.34%
1 Week -4.53% -5.54% 21.05% 6.35% -14.98%
2 Weeks -3.85% -6.00% 22.22% 11.16% -14.38%
1 Month -5.30% -6.06% 22.22% 63.10% -46.95%

Next earnings: June 16, 2026 (20 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

Insufficient historical data for monthly seasonality analysis (requires 7+ years of data).

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.03% 45.2% 261
Tuesday 0.08% 52.1% 290
Wednesday 0.05% 49.3% 288
Thursday -0.27% 44.6% 280
Friday 0.06% 48.0% 281

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 80.1%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 9.1%

Founder-led management: Christopher Bogart (Co-Founder, CEO & Director), Jonathan Molot (Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer), Elizabeth O'Connell (Chief Strategy Officer)

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings4
Net Value-$6.5M
Net Shares Change-444,500
% of Float-0.2%
C-Suite Filings4
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
BOGART CHRISTOPHER P Chief Executive Officer -$3.1M 1 N/A
Molot Jonathan Todd Chief Investment Officer -$3.1M 1 N/A
Will Aviva O. President -$255,412.5 1 N/A
Perla David Vice Chair -$102,165 1 N/A

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-07-11 – 2025-07-11 4 4 -$6.5M 4 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2025-07-11 BOGART CHRISTOPHER P Chief Executive Officer -$3.1M Transaction at $14.60, now -69.0%
2025-07-11 Will Aviva O. President -$255,412.5 Transaction at $14.60, now -69.0%
2025-07-11 Perla David Vice Chair -$102,165 Transaction at $14.60, now -69.0%
2025-07-11 Molot Jonathan Todd Chief Investment Officer -$3.1M Transaction at $14.60, now -69.0%

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