The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Burford Capital Limited shares valued at $3,064,950 were sold by BOGART CHRISTOPHER P on Jul 09 ’25. At $14.60 per share, BOGART CHRISTOPHER P sold 210,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 278,862 shares worth approximately $3.62 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Molot Jonathan Todd sold 210,000 shares, netting a total of over 3,064,950 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $14.60 each, the insider now holds 3,406,625 shares.
Before that, Will Aviva O. had sold 17,500 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $255,412, the President traded Burford Capital Limited shares for $14.60 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 17,500 shares, worth approximately $3.81 million.
Analysts at Deutsche Bank started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early September. Earlier on May 13, 2022, B. Riley Securities initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for BUR stock.
Analyzing BUR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Burford Capital Limited [NYSE: BUR] rose 1.73% to $12.97. The stock’s lowest price that day was $12.77, but it reached a high of $13.165 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.93%. Over the course of the year, Burford Capital Limited shares have jumped approximately 4.26%.
Is Burford Capital Limited subject to short interest?
Stocks of Burford Capital Limited saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by 85567.0 shares to 4.59 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 4.67 million shares. A decline of -1.87% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.39 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.39.
Which companies own the most shares of Burford Capital Limited (BUR)?
In terms of Burford Capital Limited share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 18 in the next 12 months, up nearly 41.18% from the previous closing price of $12.75. Analysts anticipate Burford Capital Limited stock to reach 18 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 18. In spite of this, 1 analysts ranked Burford Capital Limited stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On June 04, 2021, Wedbush assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and initiated coverage with a $15.
