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Burford Capital Limited (BUR) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Burford Capital Limited from Oct 21, 2009 to Sep 28, 2026: 4,278 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.

BUR adjusted close, 2009 to 2026

BURBurford Capital Limited
£3.02-66.7% over one year
201520202025
£20.43
All time high, 2018
£9.12
52 week high, £2.72 low
4,278
Daily sessions since 2009

Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2009 to 2026 series and minute bars.

BUR key facts

  • Burford Capital Limited (BUR) closed at £3.02 on Sep 28, 2026 on LSE.
  • BUR's all time high close is £20.43, set on Aug 23, 2018; its all time low close is £0.9177 on Jan 7, 2013.
  • BUR's 52 week range is £2.72 to £9.12.
  • BUR returned -66.7% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and -62.4% over five years.
  • Over ten years BUR returned -26%, -3.0% a year compounded.
  • BUR's deepest drawdown was -86.6% from Aug 23, 2018 to Sep 24, 2026.
  • DataCedar holds 4,278 daily sessions of BUR history from Oct 21, 2009 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

BUR price chart, 2009 to 2026

BUR adjusted close, Oct 21, 2009 to Sep 28, 2026£0.9177£2.54£7.04£19.502010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

BUR returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month-5.7%
3 months-5.2%
6 months-10.8%
Year to date-55.0%
1 year-66.7%
3 years-73.5%
5 years-62.4%
10 years-25.9%
Since Oct 21, 2009+181.9%
Compound annual growth, 16.9 years+6.3%

BUR records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£20.43 on Aug 23, 2018
All time low close
£0.9177 on Jan 7, 2013
52 week high
£9.12 on Sep 30, 2025
52 week low
£2.72 on Sep 24, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-86.6% from Aug 23, 2018 to Sep 24, 2026, not yet recovered
Best single session
+31.0% on Mar 14, 2018
Worst single session
-46.0% on Aug 7, 2019
Volatility, 1 year annualised
73.6%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
42%
Growth of 1 since 2009
2.8×
Best calendar year
2016, +193%
Worst calendar year
2019, -57%

BUR price history by year

Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2009 starts on Oct 21, 2009; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£6.72£7.52£2.72£3.02-54.6%61.1M187
2025£10.58£12.47£6.21£6.66-35.6%69M253
2024£12.18£13.49£8.00£10.35-14.7%53.7M254
2023£6.63£13.87£4.78£12.13+81.9%90.8M251
2022£7.85£9.43£5.90£6.67-13.5%70.9M250
2021£7.14£9.69£5.74£7.71+8.5%90.9M253
2020£7.07£8.00£2.50£7.10-0.1%270.3M254
2019£16.49£20.43£3.80£7.11-57.0%333M253
2018£11.59£20.73£9.99£16.55+43.8%194.9M253
2017£6.19£12.57£2.70£11.51+101.2%139.3M252
2016£1.94£5.96£1.93£5.72+193.3%84.8M253
2015£1.21£2.00£1.02£1.95+61.6%51.6M253
2014£1.22£1.37£1.07£1.21-0.9%43.2M253
2013£0.9476£1.49£0.9177£1.22+29.2%23.7M253
2012£1.23£1.48£0.9177£0.9427-23.5%7.5M251
2011£1.17£1.37£1.10£1.23+5.1%19.8M252
2010£1.05£1.26£0.9572£1.17+11.9%3.6M253
2009£1.04£1.09£1.01£1.05n/a2.4M50

BUR monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
September 2026£3.02-5.7%
August 2026£3.20+6.6%
July 2026£3.01-2.5%
June 2026£3.08-10.1%
May 2026£3.43-3.4%
April 2026£3.55+13.9%
March 2026£3.12-50.5%
February 2026£6.29-9.7%
January 2026£6.96+4.6%
December 2025£6.66-7.6%
November 2025£7.20-3.4%
October 2025£7.46-15.7%

About the BUR data

Daily bars. 4,278 sessions from Oct 21, 2009 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.

Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 28, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.

Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.

Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Oct 21, 2009, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.

curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/BUR/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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