Comparing Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) and Intelligent Group (NASDAQ:INTJ)

Intelligent Group (NASDAQ:INTJ) and Burford Capital (NYSE:BUR) are both finance companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and institutional ownership.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Intelligent Group and Burford Capital, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Intelligent Group	1	0	0	0	1.00
Burford Capital	1	1	2	0	2.25

Burford Capital has a consensus target price of $18.00, indicating a potential upside of 84.67%. Given Burford Capital’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Burford Capital is more favorable than Intelligent Group.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Intelligent Group and Burford Capital”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Intelligent Group	$2.61 million	1.70	-$50,000.00	N/A	N/A
Burford Capital	$546.09 million	3.91	$146.48 million	$0.38	25.65

Burford Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Intelligent Group.

Volatility & Risk

Intelligent Group has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Burford Capital has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Intelligent Group and Burford Capital’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Intelligent Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Burford Capital	18.42%	2.71%	1.37%

Summary

Burford Capital beats Intelligent Group on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Intelligent Group

Intelligent Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides financial public relations services in the Hong Kong. The company offers financial PR services, such as creating multi-stakeholder communications programs, arranging press conferences and interviews, participating in the preparation of news releases and shareholders' meetings, monitoring news publications, identifying shareholders, targeting potential investors, organizing corporate events, and implementing crisis management policies and procedures. It provides training to its clients on public relations tactics and practices. It serves listing applicants and listed companies, as well as private companies, investors, and international investment banks. Intelligent Group Limited was founded in 2016 and is based in Admiralty, Hong Kong.

About Burford Capital

Burford Capital Limited provides legal finance products and services worldwide. The company operates through two segments, Capital Provision, and Asset Management and Other Provision. The Capital Provision segment provides capital to the legal industry or in connection with legal matters directly and through investment in private funds; legal risk management services; lower risk legal finance business focusing on pre-settlement litigation matters with lower risk and lower expected returns; post-settlement finance; and complex strategies in which it acts as a principal and acquires assets that are mispriced. The Asset Management and Other Services segment provides services to the legal industry, including litigation insurance. Burford Capital Limited was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey.