Burford Capital Limited — Earnings Quality Grade F
BUR · Financial Services
Major red flags
Screening Summary
管理层信号
Financial Trends
Revenue & Net Income ($B)
Margins (%)
18-Point Screening
Revenue Quality
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Revenue -43.2%, CFFO -113.4%. Cash follows revenue
Expense Quality
No material inventory
CapEx growth -57.0% vs revenue -43.2%. Normal
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
Cash Flow Quality
CFFO/NI = -0.46. Only -46% of profit backed by cash
Small-cap context: Small-cap CFFO/NI often diverges from working-capital swings, not necessarily manipulation.
FCF < 50% of Net Income for 2 years
Accruals ratio = 1.4%. Low accruals
Cash $0.6B covers only 26% of debt $2.1B
Balance Sheet Health
Goodwill+Intangibles $0.1B = 5% of equity. Manageable
Insufficient data
Insufficient data
No write-off data
Acquisition Risk
FCF after acquisitions negative for 2/3 years
Goodwill+Intangibles change 0% YoY. Normal
Manipulation Score
Insufficient data
Altman Z-Score — Not Applicable
Burford Capital Limited is a financial company. Z-Score is designed for non-financial companies.
Generated from public financial data using forensic accounting frameworks. Not investment advice. Data: Yahoo Finance · 2026-04-25