What does share repurchase authorization limit mean?

This represents the total dollar value or share count that the board of directors has authorized the company to spend on repurchasing its own common stock from the open market. It serves as a signal of management's confidence in the company's valuation and its commitment to returning capital to shareholders. This limit is an authorization, not an obligation to spend.

Burford Capital BUR Share Repurchase Authorization Limit

Share Repurchase Authorization Limit at other companies

MidCap Financial Investment CorporationMFIC

$31.9M+53.3%

LazardLAZ

$107.3M-34.5%

Prospect CapitalPSEC

$65.86M0.0%

WaFd, Inc.WAFD

8M-25.8%

Golub CapitalGBDC

$108.16M-24.9%

The BancorpTBBK

$37.5M0.0%

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-62.9%

Enterprise value$2.61B-29.6%

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:StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingNumberOfSharesAuthorizedToBeRepurchased.

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 share repurchase authorization limit?: Burford Capital (BUR) reported share repurchase authorization limit of 21.4M in Q1 2026.
What does share repurchase authorization limit mean?: This represents the total dollar value or share count that the board of directors has authorized the company to spend on repurchasing its own common stock from the open market. It serves as a signal of management's confidence in the company's valuation and its commitment to returning capital to shareholders. This limit is an authorization, not an obligation to spend.