B2Gold FY2025 EPS Forecast Raised by National Bank Financial

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Equities researchers at National Bank Financial lifted their FY2025 EPS estimates for B2Gold in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, April 22nd. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.61 for the year, up from their previous estimate of $0.27. 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 $0.63 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Cormark upgraded shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, March 31st. Bank of America cut shares of B2Gold from a "buy" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$7.50 in a research report on Monday. Finally, Scotiabank upgraded shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$5.93.

B2Gold Stock Performance

TSE:BTO opened at C$4.36 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 1.83. B2Gold has a fifty-two week low of C$3.16 and a fifty-two week high of C$4.88. The company has a market cap of C$4.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.02, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$4.20 and a 200-day moving average price of C$3.99.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.02 per share. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.83%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. B2Gold's dividend payout ratio is presently -25.32%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Jerry Korpan sold 120,000 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction on Monday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.63, for a total transaction of C$555,600.00. Also, Director Gregory Barnes bought 50,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 26th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$4.07 per share, for a total transaction of C$203,500.00. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 535,145 shares of company stock worth $2,191,177. 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.

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