Research Analysts Set Expectations for B2Gold Q1 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Research analysts at Raymond James issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for B2Gold in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 16th. Raymond James analyst F. Hamed anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.10 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Scotiabank upgraded shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, March 31st. Cormark lowered B2Gold from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, March 31st. TD Securities cut shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Bank of America cut shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$5.94.

B2Gold Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of BTO stock opened at C$4.59 on Friday. B2Gold has a 1-year low of C$3.16 and a 1-year high of C$4.88. The company has a market cap of C$4.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.28, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 3.33. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of C$4.11 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$3.98.

Insider Transactions at B2Gold

In other news, Director Jerry Korpan sold 120,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated 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, Director Clive Thomas Johnson sold 103,949 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.17, for a total transaction of C$433,467.33. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 535,145 shares of company stock valued at $2,191,177. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by company 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 paid a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.74%. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -25.32%.

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.