Equity investors are usually looking for companies that have opportunities to deploy incremental capital at high returns. Burford Capital is, in our view, a prime example of this as it continues to apply its legal and financial skills to the business of law. It’s recent, well-timed, 5% placing at 1850p to raise c.$250m looks to us simply a logical response to the ever-expanding opportunities, on which we comment herein. This has coincided with market volatility, hitting the best performing shares on AIM the hardest. We have updated our estimates (3-4% reduction FY’18 and ’19, 5% increase FY’20) and increase our 12m TP 6% offering a 29% TSR. The exaggerated fall in the shares offers a compelling buying opportunity, in our view.
