Cormark Equities Analysts Cut Earnings Estimates for B2Gold

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Investment analysts at Cormark cut their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of B2Gold in a report issued on Friday, February 21st. Cormark analyst R. Gray now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.09 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.10. Cormark has a “Buy” rating and a $6.25 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for B2Gold’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.16 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.21 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on BTO. TD Securities cut shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Bank of America lowered shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on B2Gold from C$8.50 to C$7.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, B2Gold currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$5.91.

B2Gold Trading Up 1.0 %

BTO opened at C$4.00 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$3.70 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.60, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold has a 12 month low of C$3.16 and a 12 month high of C$4.84. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is C$3.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$3.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In related news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin purchased 10,153 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$3.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$35,637.03. 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, December 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, December 12th were given a dividend of $0.054 per share. This represents a $0.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio 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.