Burford Capital (BUR) Q1 FY2025 earnings: revenue $119 million, up 168.3% on the year
Burford Capital Ltd. (BUR) reported revenue of $119 million for Q1 FY2025, the quarter ended 31 March 2025, up 168.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $31 million, and diluted earnings per share $0.14. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 7 May 2025.
Revenue$119 millionup 168.3%
Net income$31 million
Diluted EPS$0.14
QuarterQ1 FY2025ended 31 March 2025
The quarter, against the one before and a year earlier
| Line | Q1 FY2025 | Q4 FY2024 | Q1 FY2024 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 119 | 93.0 | 44.3 | +168.3% |
| Operating income | 77.8 | 52.7 | 14.2 | +449.3% |
| Operating margin | 65.4% | 56.7% | 32.0% | |
| Interest expense | 33.9 | 34.2 | 32.6 | +4.0% |
| Pre-tax income | 44.5 | 16.2 | -18.9 | n/a |
| Income tax | 7.6 | 2.2 | -1.4 | n/a |
| Effective tax rate | 17.0% | 13.9% | n/a | |
| Net income | 30.9 | -13.0 | -29.9 | n/a |
| Net margin | 26.0% | -13.9% | -67.6% | |
| Diluted EPS | $0.14 | -$0.05 | -$0.14 | n/a |
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Fourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.Cash flow and capital returned
| Line | Q1 FY2025 | Q4 FY2024 | Q1 FY2024 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 155 | -18.7 | 53.0 | +193.0% |
| Capital expenditure | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -44.2% |
| Free cash flow | 155 | -19.2 | 52.9 | +193.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | 130.5% | -20.6% | 119.5% | |
| Cash from investing | -0.0 | -0.5 | -0.0 | n/a |
| Cash from financing | -139 | -83.4 | 209 | n/a |
| Share-based compensation | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | -13.2% |
| Buybacks | 15.3 | 0.0 | 4.4 | +249.7% |
| Dividends paid | 0.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Dividend per share | $6.25 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Diluted shares, weighted | 223m | 223m | 219m | +1.9% |
| Shares outstanding at period end | 218m | 219m | 219m | -0.2% |
Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.
Balance sheet at quarter end
| Line | Q1 FY2025 | Q4 FY2024 | Q1 FY2024 | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 2,434 | 2,419 | 3,126 | -22.1% |
| Non-controlling interest | 726 | 837 | n/a | n/a |
| Debt | 1,765 | 1,764 | n/a | n/a |
| Other liabilities | 1,255 | 1,155 | n/a | n/a |
| Total liabilities and equity | 6,181 | 6,175 | n/a | n/a |
| Fixed assets | n/a | 3.4 | n/a | n/a |
| Goodwill | 134 | 134 | n/a | n/a |
| Investments | n/a | 320 | n/a | n/a |
| Cash and equivalents | 487 | 470 | 483 | +0.8% |
| Other assets | 5,560 | 5,248 | n/a | n/a |
| Total assets | 6,181 | 6,175 | n/a | n/a |
Questions
What was Burford Capital's revenue in Q1 FY2025?
Burford Capital (BUR) reported revenue of $119 million for Q1 FY2025, the quarter ended 31 March 2025, up 168.3% on the same quarter a year earlier.
How much did Burford Capital earn in Q1 FY2025?
Net income for Q1 FY2025 was $31 million, and diluted earnings per share $0.14.
When did Burford Capital report Q1 FY2025 results?
Burford Capital filed its 10-Q for the quarter ended 31 March 2025 with the SEC on 7 May 2025.
Quarterly results, the last 10 quarters
| Q1 FY2024 | Q2 FY2024 | Q3 FY2024 | Q4 FY2024 * | Q1 FY2025 | Q2 FY2025 | Q3 FY2025 | Q4 FY2025 * | Q1 FY2026 | Q2 FY2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 44.3 | 160 | 249 | 93.0 | 119 | 191 | 69.8 | 33.4 | -1,720 | 111 |
| Operating income | 14.2 | 122 | 202 | 52.7 | 77.8 | 142 | 24.8 | -12.7 | -1,570 | 63.2 |
| Operating margin | 32% | 76% | 81% | 57% | 65% | 74% | 36% | -38% | n/a | 57% |
| Interest expense | 32.6 | 34.5 | 34.4 | 34.2 | 33.9 | 34.0 | 41.5 | 41.6 | 49.6 | 49.6 |
| Pre-tax income | -18.9 | 87.0 | 169 | 16.2 | 44.5 | 110 | -16.5 | -53.7 | -1,636 | 14.0 |
| Tax rate | n/a | 13% | 7% | 14% | 17% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a | 32% |
| Net income | -29.9 | 53.7 | 136 | -13.0 | 30.9 | 88.3 | -19.2 | -37.5 | -1,632 | 2.2 |
| Net margin | -68% | 34% | 54% | -14% | 26% | 46% | -27% | -112% | n/a | 2% |
| Diluted EPS | -$0.14 | $0.24 | $0.61 | -$0.05 | $0.14 | $0.39 | -$0.09 | -$0.16 | -$7.46 | $0.01 |
| Operating cash flow | 53.0 | -97.4 | 280 | -18.7 | 155 | -84.2 | -20.1 | -79.9 | -137 | 52.0 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Free cash flow | 52.9 | -97.4 | 280 | -19.2 | 155 | -84.3 | -20.1 | -80.0 | -137 | 51.9 |
| Buybacks | 4.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 |
| Dividends paid | n/a | n/a | 0.0 | n/a | 0.0 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 13.7 | n/a | n/a |
| Shares outstanding | 219m | 219m | 219m | 219m | 218m | 219m | 219m | 219m | 219m | 220m |
| Filing | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-Q | 10-K | 10-Q | 10-Q |
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
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* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.10-Q for the period ended 31 March 2025, filed 7 May 2025: the filing.