B2Gold FY2025 EPS Estimate Cut by National Bank Financial

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – National Bank Financial reduced their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, February 10th. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.36 for the year, down from their previous estimate of $0.45. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Several other brokerages have also commented on BTO. Bank of America lowered B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price target on shares of B2Gold from C$8.50 to C$7.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. TD Securities lowered shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research note on Monday, October 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, B2Gold has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$5.79.

B2Gold Trading Down 2.2 %

TSE BTO opened at C$3.63 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 2.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is C$3.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is C$3.93. B2Gold has a twelve month low of C$3.16 and a twelve month high of C$4.84. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.35, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a $0.054 dividend. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.95%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -129.41%.

Insider Transactions at B2Gold

In other news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin bought 10,153 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of C$3.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$35,637.03. Corporate insiders own 0.66% of the company’s stock.

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.