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

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Equities researchers at Cormark issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 15th. Cormark analyst R. Gray forecasts 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 brokerages also recently issued reports on BTO. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$8.50 to C$7.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Bank of America cut shares of B2Gold from a "buy" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research note on Monday, October 21st. Finally, Cibc World Mkts downgraded B2Gold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$5.79.

B2Gold Price Performance

Shares of TSE BTO traded up C$0.04 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching C$3.47. The company had a trading volume of 2,107,082 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,735,947. The firm has a market cap of C$4.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -20.41, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The business's 50-day simple moving average is C$3.75 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$3.97. B2Gold has a one year low of C$3.18 and a one year high of C$4.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 2.93.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a $0.054 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.22%. B2Gold's payout ratio is presently -129.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling at B2Gold

In other B2Gold 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 cost of C$3.51 per share, with a total value of C$35,637.03. Corporate insiders own 0.66% of the company's stock.

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.