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BUR vs SYF

Side-by-side comparison of Burford Capital Limited (BUR) and Synchrony Financial (SYF): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both BUR and SYF operate in Finance: Consumer Services (Finance), so they compete in similar markets.
  • SYF is the larger of the two at $23.83B, about 24.5x BUR ($973.7M).
  • Over the past year, BUR is down 66.0% and SYF is up 16.1% - SYF leads by 82.1 points.
  • SYF has been more active in the news (28 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for BUR).
  • SYF has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 8 for BUR).
PerformanceBUR-65.99%SYF+16.10%
2025-06-09+0.00%2026-06-08
MetricBURSYF
Company
Burford Capital Limited
Synchrony Financial
Price
$4.50+1.01%
$70.63-0.28%
Market cap
$973.7M
$23.83B
1M return
-12.69%
-4.55%
1Y return
-65.99%
+16.10%
Industry
Finance: Consumer Services
Finance: Consumer Services
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2020
2014
News (4w)
2
28
Recent ratings
8
25
BUR

Burford Capital Limited

Burford Capital Limited, together with its subsidiaries, provides investment capital, asset management, financing, and risk solutions for the legal sector in Guernsey and internationally. The company offers law firm and business solutions, including litigation finance, portfolio financing, risk management, insurance, asset recovery, international arbitration, insolvency and bankruptcy, competition and antitrust, intellectual property, and post-settlement and monetization solutions, as well as legal finance and advisory services. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.

SYF

Synchrony Financial

Synchrony Financial operates as a consumer financial services company in the United States. It provides a range of specialized financing programs and consumer banking products to digital, retail, home, auto, travel, health, and pet industries. The company also offers private label credit cards, dual cards, general purpose co-branded credit cards, and small and medium-sized business credit products; and promotional financing for consumer purchases, such as private label credit cards, dual cards, and installment loans. In addition, it provides promotional financing to consumers for health, veterinary and personal care procedures, and services and products, such as dental, vision, audiology, and cosmetic; debt cancellation products; and deposit products, including certificates of deposit, individual retirement accounts, money market accounts, and savings accounts to retail and commercial customers, as well as accepts deposits through third-party securities brokerage firms. The company offers its credit products through programs established with a group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations, and healthcare service providers; and deposit products through various channels, such as digital and print. Synchrony Financial was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

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