Brokers Issue Forecasts for B2Gold's Q1 Earnings (TSE:BTO)

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Stock analysts at Cormark raised their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research note issued on Monday, March 31st. Cormark analyst R. Gray now expects that the company will earn $0.13 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.09. Cormark has a "Hold" rating 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 FY2026 earnings at $0.20 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently weighed in on BTO. BMO Capital Markets cut their price target on B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, March 31st. TD Securities downgraded B2Gold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, Bank of America lowered B2Gold from a "buy" rating to an "underperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of C$5.94.

B2Gold Trading Down 8.3 %

Shares of BTO traded down C$0.34 on Wednesday, hitting C$3.78. 5,361,374 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,818,184. B2Gold has a 1 year low of C$3.16 and a 1 year high of C$4.84. The stock's 50 day moving average is C$3.95 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$4.00. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.49 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.35, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 1.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51.

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Insider Activity at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin sold 30,150 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$4.17, for a total transaction of C$125,725.50. Also, Senior Officer William Lytle sold 54,062 shares of the 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$208,138.70. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 302,519 shares of company stock worth $1,208,724. Company insiders own 0.66% of the company's stock.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors 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 2.12%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. B2Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -25.32%.

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.