What is Stifel Canada’s Forecast for B2Gold FY2026 Earnings?

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Equities researchers at Stifel Canada boosted their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of B2Gold in a report released on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Canada analyst I. Rico now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.67 per share for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.65. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for B2Gold’s FY2027 earnings at $1.08 EPS.

A number of other analysts have also recently commented on the company. Cormark upgraded B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Bank of America cut B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Scotiabank upgraded B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. TD Securities cut B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a research note on Monday, March 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$5.93.

B2Gold Stock Performance

B2Gold stock opened at C$4.38 on Wednesday. B2Gold has a fifty-two week low of C$3.16 and a fifty-two week high of C$4.88. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.04, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$4.18 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$3.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 1.83.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Director Jerry Korpan sold 120,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$4.63, for a total value of C$555,600.00. Also, Senior Officer Eduard Bartz sold 13,161 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.79, for a total transaction of C$49,880.19. Following the sale, the insider now owns 16 shares in the company, valued at C$60.64. This represents a 99.88 % decrease in their position. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 535,145 shares of company stock worth $2,191,177. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.83%. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -25.32%.

About B2Gold

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.