Burford Capital vs Security National Financial
BUR and SNFCA side by side, both in finance services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BUR and SNFCA compare
Security National Financial grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (−4.2% versus −402% for Burford Capital).
Security National Financial scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 1 for Burford Capital), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BUR | SNFCA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $248M |
| Share price | $3.65 | $9.07 |
| Change, 1 year | −59.4% | 17.8% |
| Change, 5 years | −65.6% | 13.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.18 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 172 | 1,243 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 1 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 7.8× |
| P/S | – | 0.8× |
| P/B | – | 0.5× |
| P/FCF | – | 2.2× |
| PEG | – | 1.94 |
| FCF yield | – | 44.5% |
| Fair value | – | $13.56 |
| Margin of safety | – | 33.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −402% | −4.2% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 4.7% (better) | −6.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −1987% | 7.7% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −2079% | 12.5% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −15.5% | −14.4% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 98.6% |
| Net margin | – | 9.0% |
| FCF margin | – | 33.8% |
| Return on equity | −98.3% | 6.8% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −102% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | – | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | −7.4× | – |
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.55 |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 6 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.54% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 0.54% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 69.4% | 34.3% |
| Held by insiders | 5.5% | 3.7% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$94.5K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.1% | 0.82% |
Go deeper
- BUR stock overview
- BUR income statement
- BUR valuation and score
- SNFCA stock overview
- SNFCA income statement
- SNFCA valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.