Q2 Earnings Forecast for Barrick Gold Issued By Cormark

Barrick Gold Co. (TSE:ABX - Free Report) NYSE: ABX - Stock analysts at Cormark issued their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Barrick Gold in a research report issued on Wednesday, January 15th. Cormark analyst R. Gray forecasts that the basic materials company will post earnings per share of $0.49 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Barrick Gold's current full-year earnings is $2.24 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for Barrick Gold's Q3 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

ABX has been the topic of a number of other research reports. National Bankshares dropped their price objective on Barrick Gold from C$26.00 to C$24.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Cibc World Mkts downgraded shares of Barrick Gold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, November 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their price objective on shares of Barrick Gold from C$37.00 to C$36.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. TD Securities reissued a "buy" rating and set a C$34.00 target price on shares of Barrick Gold in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Barrick Gold from C$33.50 to C$32.00 in a report on Monday, December 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of C$30.38.

Barrick Gold Price Performance

TSE:ABX traded up C$0.50 during midday trading on Friday, hitting C$23.14. 2,968,631 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,182,791. The business has a 50-day moving average price of C$23.53 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$25.19. The company has a current ratio of 3.01, a quick ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.54. The company has a market capitalization of C$40.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.45, a P/E/G ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.48. Barrick Gold has a one year low of C$18.65 and a one year high of C$29.50.

Insider Transactions at Barrick Gold

In other Barrick Gold news, Director Dennis Mark Bristow purchased 85,296 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, November 21st. The shares were bought at an average price of C$25.03 per share, for a total transaction of C$2,135,291.53. Also, Senior Officer Poupak Bahamin sold 2,500 shares of Barrick Gold stock in a transaction on Friday, November 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$24.49, for a total transaction of C$61,215.00. 0.60% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Barrick Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th were paid a dividend of $0.135 per share. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. Barrick Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 45.38%.

About Barrick Gold

Barrick Gold Corporation engages in the exploration, mine development, production, and sale of gold and copper properties in Canada and internationally. The company also explores and sells silver and energy materials. It has ownership interests in producing gold mines located in Argentina, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dominican Republic, Mali, Tanzania, and the United States.