FY2025 Earnings Estimate for B2Gold Issued By Scotiabank

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Stock analysts at Scotiabank boosted their FY2025 EPS estimates for B2Gold in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst O. Habib now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.38 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.37. The consensus estimate for B2Gold's current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their target price on B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, October 21st. Cibc World Mkts downgraded B2Gold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$6.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Finally, Cormark boosted their price target on shares of B2Gold from C$4.25 to C$5.25 in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$5.66.

B2Gold Price Performance

BTO stock traded up C$0.03 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting C$3.77. The company had a trading volume of 1,094,409 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,860,245. The company has a 50-day moving average price of C$3.89 and a 200 day moving average price of C$3.97. B2Gold has a 12-month low of C$3.18 and a 12-month high of C$4.84. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.18, 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 2.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other B2Gold news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin bought 10,153 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was acquired 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 owned by insiders.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.054 per share. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.73%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold's payout ratio is -129.41%.

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.