Q1 Earnings Estimate for B2Gold Issued By Cormark (TSE:BTO)

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Investment analysts at Cormark issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of B2Gold in a report issued on Wednesday, January 15th. Cormark analyst R. Gray anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.10 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for B2Gold’s Q2 2025 earnings at $0.09 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.26 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.59 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Cibc World Mkts downgraded B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$8.50 to C$7.00 in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America lowered shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, October 21st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have issued a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$5.79.

B2Gold Stock Performance

BTO opened at C$3.47 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -20.41, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The business’s 50-day moving average price is C$3.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$3.97. B2Gold has a 1 year low of C$3.18 and a 1 year high of C$4.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 2.93 and a quick ratio of 3.33.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were given a dividend of $0.054 per share. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.22%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -129.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin acquired 10,153 shares of the company’s 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.