Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for B2Gold Q1 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Investment analysts at National Bank Financial issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 22nd. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.10 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for B2Gold's current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on BTO. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$7.50 in a report on Monday, April 21st. TD Securities lowered shares of B2Gold from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, March 31st. Bank of America lowered shares of B2Gold from a "buy" rating to an "underperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Cormark raised shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 22nd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of C$5.93.

B2Gold Stock Performance

Shares of TSE:BTO traded down C$0.02 during trading on Thursday, hitting C$4.27. The company's stock had a trading volume of 810,760 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,869,221. The company has a 50-day moving average of C$4.22 and a 200-day moving average of C$4.00. B2Gold has a 12 month low of C$3.16 and a 12 month high of C$4.88. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 3.33. The firm has a market cap of C$3.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.92, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23.

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 issued a $0.02 dividend. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. B2Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -25.32%.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Director Jerry Korpan sold 120,000 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction on Monday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.63, for a total transaction of C$555,600.00. Also, Director Clive Thomas Johnson sold 103,949 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.17, for a total transaction of C$433,467.33. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 535,145 shares of company stock valued at $2,191,177. 0.66% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About B2Gold

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.