Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for B2Gold Q1 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Equities research analysts at Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of B2Gold in a report issued on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Canada analyst I. Rico anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.13 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for B2Gold's current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for B2Gold's FY2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

Several other equities analysts also recently commented on the company. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$7.50 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Scotiabank raised B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, April 14th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, March 31st. TD Securities downgraded shares of B2Gold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Bank of America lowered shares of B2Gold from a "buy" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of C$5.93.

B2Gold Price Performance

BTO traded down C$0.09 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching C$4.27. 2,034,329 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,921,251. B2Gold has a one year low of C$3.16 and a one year high of C$4.88. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of C$4.21 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$4.00. The company has a quick ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were paid a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.87%. B2Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -25.32%.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In other news, Director Clive Thomas Johnson sold 86,496 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.85, for a total value of C$333,009.60. Also, Director Jerry Korpan sold 120,000 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$4.63, for a total transaction of C$555,600.00. Insiders sold a total of 535,145 shares of company stock valued at $2,191,177 over the last quarter. 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.