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Burford Capital BUR

US equityMarket cap rank #3440Asset Management

$3.50 −$0.12 (-3.31%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:50 am ET · After hours $3.50 0.00%

Open$3.57

Prev close$3.62

Day range$3.48 – $3.60

Volume1.93M

Market cap$768.58M

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield3.57%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership75.3%-4.65 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding289-1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)38 buys / 12 sellsNet buying

Short interest6.45% of floatDays to cover 7.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share26.9%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.73M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 32.2% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Orbis Investment Management Limited9.22%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC8.41%
Conifer Management, LLC5.53%
BlackRock4.70%
Jonathan Molot4.38%
Christopher Bogart4.19%
Pictet North America Advisors SA3.48%
AQR Capital Management2.82%

By investor type

Mutual Fund52.09%
Hedge Fund18.12%
Individual/Insider9.20%
Public Company2.98%
Private Company1.37%
Insurance Company0.31%
Government Pension Fund0.25%
Family Office/Trust0.20%

Reported short interest has fallen from 7.11% to 6.45% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+6,156,164	8.4%
AQR Capital Management	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+5,496,764	2.8%
M&G Investment Management Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,864,279	2.1%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+2,609,417	1.6%
DG Capital Management, LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+2,150,496	1.0%
Orbis Investment Management Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,635,599	9.2%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,259,401	2.0%
Trexquant Investment LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+916,154	0.5%
Greenhaven Road Investment Management, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+902,635	1.4%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+873,318	0.4%
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+758,812	0.6%
Eaton Vance Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+618,863	0.4%
Odyssean, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+612,720	0.3%
Hudson River Trading LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+519,511	0.4%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+497,391	0.6%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
20 Sep 2026	Charles Utley	Chief Accounting Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+36,391	–	72,782
14 Jun 2026	Christopher Bogart	Chief Executive Officer	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-18,294	$4.64	9,206,633
14 Jun 2026	Christopher Bogart	Chief Executive Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+103,586	–	9,206,633
14 Jun 2026	Robert Andrew Gillespie	Independent Non-Executive Director	Other Acquisition	+11,203	–	30,185
14 Jun 2026	John Sievwright	Independent Non-Executive Director	Other Acquisition	+32,076	–	66,319
14 Jun 2026	Elizabeth O’Connell	Chief Strategy Officer	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-9,265	$4.64	278,963
14 Jun 2026	Elizabeth O’Connell	Chief Strategy Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+32,847	–	278,963
14 Jun 2026	Rick Noel	Independent Non-Executive Director	Other Acquisition	+7,121	–	7,121
14 Jun 2026	Christopher Halmy	Independent Non-Executive Director	Other Acquisition	+22,406	–	59,576
14 Jun 2026	Pamela Corrie	Independent Non-Executive Director	Other Acquisition	+11,203	–	19,365
14 Jun 2026	Rukia Baruti Dames	Independent Non-Executive Director	Other Acquisition	+11,203	–	19,879
25 Mar 2026	Christopher Bogart	Chief Executive Officer	Sale to Issuer	-1,104	$7.70	9,103,047
25 Mar 2026	Christopher Bogart	Chief Executive Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+189,293	–	2,241,446
25 Mar 2026	David Perla	Co-Chief Operating Officer	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-1,739	$7.70	81,119
25 Mar 2026	David Perla	Co-Chief Operating Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+31,866	–	221,130
25 Mar 2026	David Perla	Co-Chief Operating Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+947	–	81,119
25 Mar 2026	Elizabeth O’Connell	Chief Strategy Officer	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-13,029	$7.70	246,116
25 Mar 2026	Elizabeth O’Connell	Chief Strategy Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+3,791	–	392,837
25 Mar 2026	Elizabeth O’Connell	Chief Strategy Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+19,605	–	246,116
25 Mar 2026	Craig Arnott	Deputy Chief Investment Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+36,425	–	303,429

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Sep 2026	14,161,352	6.4%	7.9
31 Aug 2026	14,136,101	6.4%	12.7
14 Aug 2026	14,712,795	6.7%	8.0
31 Jul 2026	15,160,054	6.9%	8.5
15 Jul 2026	15,731,062	7.2%	7.6
30 Jun 2026	15,571,164	7.1%	6.3

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