Burford Capital Financial Ratios
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Burford Capital ratio analysis
Burford Capital earned a net margin of 15.1% in FY 2025, down from 26.8% a year earlier. Return on equity reached 2.6%, meaning Burford Capital generated 0.03 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity. Debt-to-equity stood at 0.87 versus 0.73 the year before.
At the end of FY 2025, BUR traded at 31.2 times earnings; across the 5 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 5.7 to 58.2, with a median of 20.1. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Burford Capital financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 31.25 | 20.06 | 5.69 | 58.21 | — | 14.88 | — | — |
| Price / sales | 4.64 | 5.32 | 3.14 | 5.58 | 10.64 | 6.46 | — | — |
| Price / book | 0.78 | 1.20 | 1.49 | 1.02 | 1.36 | 1.20 | — | — |
| Operating margin | 56.2% | 71.5% | 75.0% | 61.1% | 31.6% | 63.7% | 74.2% | 80.9% |
| Net margin | 15.1% | 26.8% | 56.2% | 9.6% | -13.2% | 43.7% | 56.2% | 74.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | -7.1% | 39.6% | -25.6% | -146.1% | -269.5% | 16.3% | -51.8% | -54.9% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 2.6% | 6.1% | 26.7% | 1.8% | -1.7% | 8.1% | 16.0% | 21.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 0.9% | 2.4% | 10.5% | 0.7% | -0.8% | 4.4% | 9.9% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.87 | 0.73 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.38 | 0.36 | — |
| Revenue growth | -24.3% | -49.8% | 240.5% | 46.9% | -33.7% | -38.7% | 25.8% | — |
| EPS growth | -57.6% | -75.9% | 1,857.1% | — | -120.0% | -52.6% | -99.1% | — |