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BUR Financials Burford Capital Ltd

7 years of revenue, profit, cash flow and balance-sheet history through FY2025, from SEC filings — with a computed, factual read of the trend. Updated Overview →

Growth & profitability

  • Revenue has grown 4.7% per year over the past 5 years.
  • Net income has grown slower than revenue (-15.3% vs 4.7% per year).
  • Operating margin has contracted, at 56.2% in the latest year.

Financial health

  • Total debt ($2.1B) exceeds cash ($566M); net debt is $1.6B.
  • Total debt has grown faster than revenue (25.7% vs 4.7% per year).
  • Operating income covered interest expense 1.5× in the latest year.
  • Total debt is 9.2× EBITDA.
Revenue & net income
-$29M $529M $1B $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
RevenueNet income
Margins (gross / operating / net)
-13% 31% 75% 0% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
GrossOperatingNet
Free cash flow (CFO − capex)
-$586M -$185M $216M $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Free cash flow
Cash vs total debt
$0 $1B $2B 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
CashTotal debt
Cash flow: operating / investing / financing
-$585M -$70M $445M $0 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
OperatingInvestingFinancing

Key annual figures

FYRevenueNet incomeGross MOp MFCFTotal debtCash
2025 $413M $63M 0.0% 56.2% -$29M $2.1B $566M
2024 $546M $146M 0.0% 71.5% $216M $1.8B $470M
2023 $1.1B $611M 0.0% 75.0% -$278M $1.5B $221M
2022 $319M $31M 0.0% 61.1% -$467M $1.3B $108M
2021 $217M -$29M 0.0% 31.6% -$586M $1.0B $180M
2020 $328M $143M 0.0% 63.7% $53M $677M $322M
2019 $534M $301M 0.0% 74.2% -$277M $665M $178M

Valuation over time

How the market has priced BUR against its own fundamentals since 2023-03 — each month-end's share price set against the most recent annual filing, so the multiple moves as price runs ahead of (or behind) earnings. Split-adjusted.

Price / earnings (P/E)
0.0 56.5 113.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/E
Price / sales (P/S)
0.0 5.4 10.8 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
P/S
Dividend yield (%)
0.0 0.5 1.1 Mar '23 Aug '23 Jan '24 Jun '24 Nov '24 Apr '25 Sep '25 Feb '26
Dividend yield %

Frequently asked questions

Is BUR growing its revenue and profit?

Over the past 5 years, Burford Capital Ltd's revenue has grown 4.7% per year, and net income declined 15.3% per year. These are computed facts, not advice.

How much debt does BUR have?

As of FY2025, Burford Capital Ltd reported $2.1B of total debt against $566M of cash; operating income covered interest expense 1.5×.

What is BUR's profit margin?

In FY2025, gross margin was —, operating margin 56.2%, and net margin 15.1%.

What is BUR's P/E ratio?

As of Jun '26, Burford Capital Ltd traded at a price-to-earnings ratio of about 14.7× (market cap ÷ latest annual net income). The valuation charts above show how its P/E, P/S and dividend yield have moved with the share price. These are computed facts, not advice.

Where does this data come from?

All figures are extracted from the company’s SEC EDGAR/XBRL filings — 10-K annual reports and 10-Q quarterly reports (use the Annual / Quarterly toggle). Quarterly figures are derived from the as-filed statements (year-to-date amounts are differenced into discrete quarters). Growth rates and ratios are computed by tradmap; nothing here is investment advice.

Source: SEC EDGAR / XBRL (10-K + 10-Q filings) · prices EOD (Databento), corporate-action-adjusted · growth rates, valuation multiples & ratios computed by tradmap. Valuation uses each month-end price against the latest annual filing. Informational only — not investment advice.