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Burford Capital BUR Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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

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

Operating cash flow-$136.6M-188%

CapEx$41.0K+70.8%

Free cash flow-$136.7M-188%

Valuation

Market cap$900.37M-62.7%

Enterprise value$2.61B-29.5%

Profitability

Operating margin98.4%+25.2pp

Net margin21.2%-21.9pp

FCF margin54.4%+43.5pp

Returns & leverage

Return on equity3.5%—

Debt / equity2.9×+2.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Burford Capital’s reported figures.

market cap/net income=26.2×

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Burford Capital’s 10-Q, filed November 5, 2025, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Burford Capital's price / earnings?: Burford Capital (BUR) reported price / earnings of 26.2× in Q3 2025.
How has Burford Capital's price / earnings changed year-over-year?: Burford Capital's price / earnings increased by 180.5% year-over-year, from 9.3× to 26.2×.
What is the long-term trend for Burford Capital's price / earnings?: Over 2 years (2022 to 2024), Burford Capital's price / earnings has grown at a -43.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 54.6× to 17.5×.
What does price / earnings mean?: Market capitalization at the quarter end divided by trailing-twelve-month net income. The price the market pays for each dollar of trailing earnings.