Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes for Burford Capital (BUR)

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Burford Capital (NYSE: BUR) in the last few weeks:

• 12/15/2025 – Burford Capital had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/13/2025 – Burford Capital was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 12/8/2025 – Burford Capital had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 12/1/2025 – Burford Capital had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/25/2025 – Burford Capital had its “sell (d+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/19/2025 – Burford Capital was downgraded by analysts at Weiss Ratings from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “sell (d+)” rating.
• 11/13/2025 – Burford Capital had its “hold (c-)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 11/11/2025 – Burford Capital had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at B. Riley. They now have a $18.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $20.00.
• 11/8/2025 – Burford Capital was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating.
• 11/7/2025 – Burford Capital was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating.
• 10/24/2025 – Burford Capital was downgraded by analysts at Weiss Ratings from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating.

Burford Capital Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a semi-annual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Investors of record on Friday, October 31st were paid a dividend of $0.0625 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 31st. This represents a yield of 125.0%. Burford Capital’s dividend payout ratio is currently 31.58%.

Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Capital Provision, and Asset Management and Other Provision. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters directly and through investment in private funds; legal risk management services; lower risk legal finance business focusing on pre-settlement litigation matters with lower risk and lower expected returns; post-settlement finance; and complex strategies in which it acts as a principal and acquires assets that are mispriced.