All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
Of the nine metrics, 8 read as filed from the record and 1 is an SI estimate, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2023-05-02.
From the record
Burford Capital Limited's filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, the latest 2023-05-02) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
-4.2% a year over 7 filed years; profitable in 6 of 7.
From the record
Burford Capital Limited's 7 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $534 million in fiscal 2019 to $413 million in fiscal 2025, down 4.2% a year; it rose in 2 of 6 years; the deepest fall was 62% from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 6 of 7 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 0.4% a year. 6% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 0 purchases.
From the record
Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Burford Capital Limited's diluted share count grew about 0.4% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 6% of its net income over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30 (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 2%: 2¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 53%: owes 53¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Burford Capital Limited earned about 2 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 53 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 0.6% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 33% of 114 in its family; net margin 15.1%.
From the record
Burford Capital Limited's standing among 114 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $413 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 28% by size; a net margin of 15.1% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 9% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 49% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
SI estimate 8.3/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).
SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed
From the record
SI estimate, not a filed reading: Burford Capital Limited's leadership is put at 8.3 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 17% of 92 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-01-02 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.9 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 36% of 108 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Burford Capital Limited's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $566 million against debt of $2.1 billion leaves -23.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 6% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is -7.1% of revenue (top 33%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
bottom 48% of 100 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Burford Capital Limited's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 9% a year over the last three filed years against -4.2% over all 7, speeding up (top 12% of its family); the newest year grew -24.3% (bottom 18%); capital spending grew -11.3% a year (bottom 39%) (its annual reports). Burford Capital Limited reported 2 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Principal Finance at $359 million, Asset Management and Other Services at $37 million. 0 of 2 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 91% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
bottom 34% of 78 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Burford Capital Limited's newest year against its own record: revenue of $413 million in fiscal 2025 came in 42.1% below the $714 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 18% of its family); net income of $63 million against a prior three-year average of $263 million (bottom 41%); a net margin of 15.1% against 30.9% before (bottom 43%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made