Burford Capital Limited's Competitiveness
A competitive positioning analysis and financial ratio benchmarking of Burford Capital Limited (BUR) against its publicly traded competitors: sales growth, net income, profitability, valuation and market share, plus each peer's market capitalization, revenue, income and employees. Free below: the top 5 peers. Subscriber access adds the full competitor list and CSV downloads.
Key Findings: Burford Capital Limited vs Its Competitors
- Scale: Burford Capital Limited ranks #39 of 117 companies by market capitalization in the Miscellaneous Financial Services industry, holding 0.1% of industry market cap.
- Peer revenue share: Burford Capital Limited accounted for 100.0% of combined revenue among its tracked peer group, up from 100.0% a year earlier.
Every figure above is sourced and cited in detail further down this page (Market Structure, Profitability & Cost Structure, Productivity vs Peers).
BUR Sales vs. its Competitors, Q2 2026
Burford Capital Limited generated 100.00 % of the combined sales of its peer group, up from 100.00 % a year earlier.
For context: the Miscellaneous Financial Services industry grew revenue 304.0% year over year, combined, vs -42.1% for Burford Capital Limited. Burford Capital Limited's share of combined industry revenue moved from 0.23% to 0.03%, a loss of 0.20 percentage points.
Burford Capital Limited's Competitor Quality Breadth
Share of each group, trailing 12 months: profitable (net margin > 0), expanding (revenue growth > 0), growing faster than the industry's own median, and financially distressed (Piotroski F-Score of 2 or below).
| Entity | Profitable | Expanding | Above Industry Growth | Distressed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burford Capital Limited | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| High-Confidence Competitors (1) | - | - | - | |
| Similar-Size Competitors (9) | ||||
| Similar Growth & Profitability (8) | 50.00 % (4 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) | 0.00 % (0 of 8) | 62.50 % (5 of 8) |
Source: CSIMarket API, trailing 12 months. Altman Z-Score is not shown here: it is not populated in the underlying data for any company. Percentages are of companies in each group that report the relevant metric, not of the full group size.
BUR Stock Performance relative to its Competitors
BUR Stock Performance relative to High-Confidence Competitors
BUR Stock Performance relative to Similar-Size Competitors
BUR Stock Performance relative to Similar Growth & Profitability Competitors
Burford Capital Limited's Comment on Competition and Industry Peers
Burford Capital Limited's Competitors Named by the Company
Competitive relationships identified from SEC filings and corroborating sources, each with a basis and confidence.| Competitor | Basis | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Network 1 Technologies Inc | Named by the company | 85% |
Filing basis, confidence, active dates and source counts for Burford Capital Limited's named competitors require a Commercial License.
Methodology: relationships are extracted from SEC filings (named-competitor disclosures) and corroborating sources. Named by the company = explicitly disclosed as a competitor; Inferred = derived from corroborating signals. Confidence reflects evidence strength.
Burford Capital Limited's Business Segment Mix vs Peers
Revenue by operating segment or division, as named and reported by each company. Segment names are the filer's own and are not standardized across companies. Do not assume a same-named or similarly-named segment is defined identically between two companies. Shares are of each company's own total revenue and are not required to sum to 100% (intersegment revenue, unallocated items).| Company | Largest Segment |
|---|---|
| Burford Capital Limited | Principal Finance 82.16 % |
Source: operating segment revenue as reported in each company's SEC filings (10-K/10-Q), via the CSIMarket API, leaf-level reportable segments only (parent roll-up segments are excluded where sub-segments are separately disclosed).