National Bank Financial Boosts Earnings Estimates for B2Gold

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – National Bank Financial boosted their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, July 15th. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $1.07 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.78. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for B2Gold’s FY2026 earnings at $1.14 EPS.

BTO has been the topic of several other research reports. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of B2Gold to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Monday, June 30th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$7.50 in a research note on Monday, April 21st. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on shares of B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a research note on Monday, March 31st. Scotiabank upgraded shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Cormark upgraded shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$6.11.

B2Gold Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of B2Gold stock opened at C$4.57 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is C$4.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$4.25. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.22 billion, a PE ratio of -5.26, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold has a 1-year low of C$3.16 and a 1-year high of C$5.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 3.33.

B2Gold Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 24th were paid a dividend of $0.02 per share. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -25.32%.

Insider Buying and Selling at B2Gold

In related news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin sold 100,000 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction on Friday, May 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.65, for a total transaction of C$465,000.00. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 108,216 shares of company stock worth $505,820. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by 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.