The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-04-25), Burford Capital's share price is $15.18. Burford Capital's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $10.46. Hence, Burford Capital's PB Ratio of today is 1.45.
The historical rank and industry rank for Burford Capital's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
BUR'
s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.85 Med: 1.4 Max: 1.79
Current: 1.45
During the past 13 years, Burford Capital's highest PB Ratio was 1.79. The lowest was 0.85. And the median was 1.40.
BUR's PB Ratio is ranked worse than 82.63% of 1693
companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 0.93
vs BUR: 1.45
During the past 12 months, Burford Capital's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 31.20% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 9.10% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 8.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.40% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Burford Capital was 43.20% per year. The lowest was 1.50% per year. And the median was 9.30% per year.
Back to Basics: PB Ratio
Burford Capital PB Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Burford Capital's PB Ratio can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Burford Capital's PB Ratio
For the Asset Management subindustry, Burford Capital's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Burford Capital's PB Ratio Distribution in the Asset Management Industry
For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Burford Capital's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Burford Capital's PB Ratio falls into.
Burford Capital PB Ratio Calculation
The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.
Burford Capital's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.
The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.
Be Aware
Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.
Burford Capital PB Ratio Related Terms
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Burford Capital (Burford Capital) Business Description
Burford Capital Ltd is a finance firm providing litigation finance, insurance, and risk transfer, law firm lending, corporate intelligence and judgment enforcement, and a wide range of investment activities. It operates in two segments: Capital provision, which is the provision of capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters, both directly and through investment in the group's managed funds; Asset management and other services, which includes the provision of services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance; and other corporate. The geographical segments include the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, and, Australia.
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