Analysts Set Expectations for B2Gold’s Q1 Earnings (TSE:BTO)

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research note issued on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Canada analyst I. Rico anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.13 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for B2Gold’s FY2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

BTO has been the topic of a number of other reports. Scotiabank upgraded shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. TD Securities cut shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$7.50 in a report on Monday. Bank of America downgraded B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped their target price on B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, March 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$5.93.

B2Gold Stock Performance

B2Gold stock opened at C$4.54 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51. The stock has a market cap of C$4.20 billion, a PE ratio of -5.23, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold has a 12-month low of C$3.16 and a 12-month high of C$4.88. The business’s 50-day moving average price is C$4.17 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$3.99.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.76%. B2Gold’s payout ratio is -25.32%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other B2Gold news, Director Gregory Barnes acquired 50,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$4.07 per share, with a total value of C$203,500.00. Also, Director Clive Thomas Johnson sold 86,496 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.85, for a total value of C$333,009.60. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 535,145 shares of company stock worth $2,191,177. 0.66% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

B2Gold Company Profile

B2Gold Corp. operates as a gold producer company. It operates the Fekola Mine in Mali, the Masbate Mine in the Philippines, and the Otjikoto Mine in Namibia. The company also has an 100% interest in the Gramalote gold project in Colombia; 24% interest in the Calibre Mining Corp.; and approximately 19% interest in BeMetals Corp.