Burford Capital (9BFA) Stock Price & Analysis
9BFA Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 3.00 - EUR 3.00
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 2.57 - EUR 8.79
- Previous Close
- EUR 2.93
- Volume
- 0
- Average Volume (3M)
- 54
- Market Cap
- EUR 666.29M
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 3.24B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 747.26M
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 2.42B
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- ―
- Beta
- 0.95
- Next Earnings
- Nov 04, 2026 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 0.08
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- 3.51%
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Specialized Legal Finance Model
Burford operates in a specialized legal-finance niche where returns are linked to litigation recoveries rather than traditional lending alone. Its non-recourse structures and portfolio financing offer differentiated exposure and can support attractive economics when underwriting and case selection are effective.
Manageable Leverage
Debt-to-equity below 1.0 indicates that the balance sheet remains supported by a meaningful equity base relative to borrowings. This provides some financial resilience and capacity to continue funding legal assets, although the recent increase in leverage warrants monitoring.
Extended Debt Maturities
The refinancing extends the stated maturity profile and replaces near-term 2028 debt with notes due in 2029. Tighter covenants and secured creditor protections also impose greater financial discipline, potentially improving funding visibility over the next several years.
Bears Say
Declining Revenue And Earnings
Recent revenue contraction and the sharp 2025 earnings decline weaken confidence in near-term growth and demonstrate that profitability is not consistently expanding. This volatility can constrain reinvestment, reduce predictability, and make future results more dependent on individual case outcomes.
Inconsistent Cash Generation
Repeated negative operating cash flow and the reversal from positive to negative free cash flow indicate that reported profits are not consistently converting into cash. This variability can complicate funding of new legal assets and increase reliance on external financing over time.
Higher Refinancing Cost
Although the refinancing extends maturities, the higher coupon increases Burford’s recurring interest burden and raises the cost of capital supporting its legal-finance investments. Higher funding costs can compress net returns and make investment economics more sensitive to case timing and recoveries.
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Company Description
Burford Capital
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 take a case on a contingent fee or alternative fee basis, as well as directly to the client. This segment also offers legal risk management and adverse legal cost insurance services. The Asset Management and Other Services segment manages legal finance assets on behalf of third-party investors, as well as provides other services to the legal industry. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.
- Sector
- Financial
- Industry
- Asset Management
- CEO
- Christopher Bogart
- Employees
- 172
- Website
- www.burfordcapital.com
- Address
- Oak House, St. Peter Port, GU, GY1 2NP, GG
Burford Capital (9BFA) Earnings & Revenues
9BFA Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call emphasized a strong, large and diversified core litigation finance business with healthy liquidity, robust new business momentum and substantial modeled future cash realizations. Key metrics included $740 million in cash and marketable securities, $133 million of Q1 new commitments (up 25% vs. recent Q1 average), $1.3 billion of unfunded definitive commitments, and more than $3.8 billion of cumulative realizations. Major negatives centered on the significant noncash YPF appellate loss and related accounting write-down, several one-off charges (including a $19 million case-related expense recognition and FX impact tied to redemption), and fair-value accounting and discount-rate headwinds that compressed reported capital provision income. Management presented a clear plan to focus the narrative on the core portfolio, harvest cash, manage expenses and delever over time while remaining comfortable with current leverage. Given the breadth and strength of operational highlights and cash-related metrics relative to the primarily noncash and manageable lowlights, the overall tone is constructive.
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Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Technical Analysis | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Moving Averages | 6 | 0 | 6 |