What is Burford Capital's pre-tax income?

Burford Capital (BUR) reported pre-tax income of -$1.64B in Q1 2026.

How has Burford Capital's pre-tax income changed year-over-year?

Burford Capital's pre-tax income decreased by 3777.2% year-over-year, from $44.48M to -$1.64B.

What is the long-term trend for Burford Capital's pre-tax income?

Over 2 years (2022 to 2024), Burford Capital's pre-tax income has grown at a 52.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $109.02M to $253.59M.

What does pre-tax income mean?

Total income from all sources — operating income plus non-operating items like interest income, investment gains, and other income — before the provision for income taxes.

Burford Capital BUR Pre-Tax Income

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Segments

By segment

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Principal Finance-$1.63B-5,214%

Asset Management and Other Services-$2.78M-142%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue-$1.7B-1,547%

Operating income-$1.6B-2,119%

Net income-$1.6B-5,377%

EPS (diluted)-$7.46-5,429%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$702.6M+44.4%

Total debt$2.4B+35.7%

Total equity$827.9M-66.0%

Total assets$4.3B-30.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$136.6M-188%

CapEx$41.0K+70.8%

Free cash flow-$136.7M-188%

Valuation

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Market cap$900.37M-62.7%

Enterprise value$2.61B-29.5%

Profitability

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Operating margin98.4%+25.2pp

Net margin21.2%-21.9pp

FCF margin54.4%+43.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity3.5%—

Debt / equity2.9×+2.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Burford Capital in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest.

The official record: Burford Capital’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Burford Capital's pre-tax income?: Burford Capital (BUR) reported pre-tax income of -$1.64B in Q1 2026.
How has Burford Capital's pre-tax income changed year-over-year?: Burford Capital's pre-tax income decreased by 3777.2% year-over-year, from $44.48M to -$1.64B.
What is the long-term trend for Burford Capital's pre-tax income?: Over 2 years (2022 to 2024), Burford Capital's pre-tax income has grown at a 52.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $109.02M to $253.59M.
What does pre-tax income mean?: Total income from all sources — operating income plus non-operating items like interest income, investment gains, and other income — before the provision for income taxes.