Equities

Burford Capital Ltd

BUR:LSE

Burford Capital Ltd

FinancialsInvestment Banking and Brokerage Services
  • Price (GBX)655.50
  • Today's Change-9.00 / -1.35%
  • Shares traded119.39k
  • 1 Year change-43.10%
  • Beta1.4196
Data delayed at least 20 minutes, as of Feb 06 2026 16:35 GMT.
More ▼

Profile data is unavailable for this security.

About the company

Burford Capital Limited is a global finance and asset management company focused on law. The Company’s businesses include litigation finance and risk management, asset recovery and a range of legal finance and advisory activities. It provides capital, based on portfolio size, against the underlying value of litigation and legal assets. It operates through two segments: Principal Finance and Asset Management and Other Services. The Principal Finance segment funds capital to legal finance assets from its balance sheet, primarily as capital provision assets, and in limited scope through interests in private funds managed the Company. These capital provision assets and private fund interests generate its capital provision income. The Asset Management and Other Services segment manages legal finance assets on behalf of third-party investors, and it provides other services to the legal industry. Its clients are a range of litigants including a number of law firms and businesses.

  • Revenue in GBP (TTM)347.55m
  • Net income in GBP64.00m
  • Incorporated2009
  • Employees160.00
More ▼

Peer analysis

CompanyRevenue (TTM)Net income (TTM)Market capEmployeesMarket Cap /
Employees
Sequoia Economic Infrastrctr Incm Fd Ltd97.77m79.56m1.19bn0.001.19bn0.00
Herald Investment Trust plc46.46m31.67m1.20bn0.001.20bn0.00
JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust PLC249.86m241.40m1.21bn0.001.21bn0.00
Schiehallion Fund Ltd250.71m241.08m1.25bn0.001.25bn0.00
Bankers Investment Trust PLC230.72m216.69m1.28bn0.001.28bn0.00
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust plc114.11m96.24m1.32bn0.001.32bn0.00
Worldwide Healthcare Trust PLC-148.71m-168.47m1.36bn0.001.36bn0.00
Rosebank Industries PLC-100.00bn-100.00bn1.38bn--1.38bn--
JPMorgan Emerging Mkts Grt & Inc PLC65.23m49.48m1.40bn0.001.40bn0.00
BH Macro Ltd329.57m198.31m1.41bn0.001.41bn0.00
Burford Capital Limited347.55m64.00m1.43bn160.001.43bn160.00
Fidelity Special Values PLC172.69m158.39m1.45bn0.001.45bn0.00
Fidelity China Special Situations PLC590.06m557.14m1.53bn0.001.53bn0.00
Law Debenture Corporation plc252.53m169.96m1.55bn301.001.55bn301.00
Smithson Investment Trust PLC106.55m83.49m1.56bn0.001.56bn0.00
Pantheon International PLC45.41m-6.71m1.57bn0.001.57bn0.00
Data as of Feb 06 2026. Currency figures normalised to Burford Capital Ltd's reporting currency: UK Pound GBX

Institutional shareholders

25.03%Per cent of shares held by top holders
HolderShares% Held
Orbis Investment Management Ltd.as of 30 Sep 202514.77m6.75%
BlackRock Fund Advisorsas of 09 Jan 20267.24m3.31%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLCas of 07 Jan 20266.53m2.98%
BMO Asset Management, Inc.as of 30 Sep 20255.36m2.45%
Invesco Advisers, Inc.as of 30 Nov 20254.87m2.23%
ODIN Forvaltning ASas of 28 Nov 20254.27m1.95%
Contrarian Capital Management LLCas of 30 Sep 20254.04m1.85%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LPas of 30 Nov 20252.71m1.24%
CI Investments, Inc.as of 30 Sep 20252.55m1.17%
Geode Capital Management LLCas of 30 Nov 20252.44m1.11%
More ▼
Data from 30 Sep 2025 - 28 Nov 2025Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Data Provided by LSEG
All markets data located on InvestorsChronicle.co.uk is subject to the Investors Chronicle Terms & Condition
All content on InvestorsChronicle.co.uk is for your general information and use only and is not intended to address your particular requirements. In particular, the content does not constitute any form of advice, recommendation, representation, endorsement or arrangement by IC and is not intended to be relied upon by users in making (or refraining from making) any specific investment or other decisions.
Any information that you receive via Investors Chronicle is at best delayed intraday data and not "real time". Share price information may be rounded up/down and therefore not entirely accurate. Investors Chronicle is not responsible for any use of content by you outside its scope as stated in the Investors Chronicle Terms & Condition.