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Burford Capital Limited BUR

7 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY
Revenue · FY2025
$413.4M
▼ 24.3% vs FY2024
EPS · FY25
$0.28
Dividend / sh · FY25
$12.50
Payout · FY25
ROE · FY25
2.6%
Net margin · FY25
15.1%
Dividend coverage
0.0×
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Result
USD 413.4M
Revenue, FY2025 · full 7-year series below
Revenue Net income
0.40.81.20.40.1201920222025
0.40.81.20.40.1201920222025

15 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.

Per share
USD 0.28
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS Dividend
5101512.500.28201920222025
5101512.500.28201920222025

Earnings covered only a fraction of the dividend — the rest came from cash or borrowing.

Profitability
2.6%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
81624322.6%201920222025
81624322.6%201920222025
Operating margin56.2%
Net margin15.1%
Return on assets1.0%

Each USD of equity produced 3 cents of profit this year.

Returned to shareholders
USD 15.3M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paid
Net buybacksUSD 15.3M
Share of profit24.5%
Consecutive raises

USD 15.3M in buybacks — 24% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.

Growth
+4.7% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+9.0%
+4.7%
Net income
+27.1%
−15.3%
EPS, diluted
+26.0%
−15.5%
Dividend / share
+0.0%
Returned to shareholders
−21.3%

Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.

Share base
0.22B
Shares outstanding, FY2025
0.220.22201920222025
0.220.22201920222025
Change, 5 years−0.1%
Change, 10 years

The share count shrank 0% in five years — the same company, cut into fewer, larger slices.

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Balance sheet
USD 6.6B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 6.6B
EquityUSD 2.4B
CashUSD 566.4M
Gross debtUSD 2.1B
Net debtUSD 1.6B

Net debt stands at 64% of equity.

History
7 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
Revenue $B
0.4
0.5
1.1
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.5
Operating income $B
0.2
0.4
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.4
EBITDA $B
·
·
0.8
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.4
Income tax $B
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Net income $B
0.1
0.1
0.6
0.0
−0.0
0.1
0.3
EPS, diluted $
0.28
0.66
2.74
0.14
−0.13
0.65
1.37
Dividend / sh $
12.50
12.50
12.50
12.50
·
·
·
Payout %
·
·
5
91
−143
·
9
ROE %
2.6
6.2
30.3
1.8
−1.7
8.1
·
Shares out B
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
0.22
·

Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.

How we verifyAUDITED
13 of 13
checks passed before publication
EPS recomputationBalance-sheet identityGross profitBalance-sheet liquidity

Every figure was compared against the original statement: 0 failures and 0 presentation gaps.

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We’d rather say what’s missing than fill the gap with an estimate.

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