Growth Metrics

Burford Capital (BUR) Retained Earnings (2019 - 2026)

Burford Capital (BUR) reported Retained Earnings of $168.8 million for Q1 2026, down 90.61% year-over-year from $1.8 billion in Q1 2025, and up 84919.6% on a QoQ basis from -$199000.0 in Q4 2025.

Burford Capital (BUR) has 8 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $168.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 90.61% year-over-year to $168.8 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $168.8 million (down 90.61% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at -$199000.0, down 101.97% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings advanced to $168.8 million in Q1 2026 per BUR's latest filing, from -$199000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $1.8 billion in Q1 2025 and bottomed at -$2.1 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $1.3 billion (2023), against an average of $989.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings jumped 9508.06%; it then tumbled 101.97% in 2025.
  • Tracing BUR's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at $1.1 billion in 2022, then jumped by 53.54% to $1.6 billion in 2023, then slumped by 99.39% to $10.1 million in 2024, then plunged by 101.97% to -$199000.0 in 2025, then surged by 84919.6% to $168.8 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BUR Retained Earnings figures stand at $168.8 million (Q1 2026), -$199000.0 (Q4 2025), and $554000.0 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 BlackRock 158.51 Bn 148.89 Bn - 39.18 Bn
2 Blackstone 92.68 Bn 91.63 Bn - -15.77 Mn
3 Kkr 84.94 Bn 132.45 Bn - 14.08 Bn
4 Brookfield Asset Management 77.34 Bn 77.68 Bn - 180.00 Mn
5 Apollo Global Management 76.27 Bn 95.00 Bn 5.04 Bn 5.16 Bn
6 State Street 44.42 Bn 18.75 Bn - -
7 Ameriprise Financial 41.68 Bn 41.55 Bn 4.57 Bn 28.43 Bn
8 Northern Trust 31.21 Bn 31.21 Bn - 17.07 Bn
9 Ares Management 28.85 Bn 32.22 Bn - -1.66 Bn
10 Burford Capital 1.01 Bn -2.13 Bn - 168.79 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 168.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 -199,000.00
Sep 30, 2025 554,000.00
Jun 30, 2025 -2.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 1.80 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 10.12 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 1.79 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.66 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.62 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.29 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 890.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 -9.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 5.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 33.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 923.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 1.80 Mn