Shares of B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Get Free Report) NYSE: BTG have been assigned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven brokerages that are currently covering the firm, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, two have assigned a hold rating, three have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average 12 month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is C$6.11.
A number of research firms have recently commented on BTO. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$7.50 in a research report on Monday, April 21st. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of B2Gold to a "moderate buy" rating in a research note on Monday. Scotiabank upgraded shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, March 31st. Finally, Cormark upgraded B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd.
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Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin sold 8,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.97, for a total transaction of C$40,754.00. Also, Senior Officer Eduard Bartz sold 13,161 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$3.79, for a total value of C$49,880.19. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 16 shares in the company, valued at C$60.64. The trade was a 99.88% decrease in their ownership of the stock. In the last three months, insiders sold 340,842 shares of company stock worth $1,488,273. 0.66% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
B2Gold Trading Down 0.4%
Shares of B2Gold stock opened at C$4.96 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.58 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.71, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold has a 52-week low of C$3.16 and a 52-week high of C$5.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 1.83. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is C$4.65 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$4.16.
B2Gold Dividend Announcement
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 24th were given a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.61%. B2Gold's payout ratio is -25.32%.
B2Gold Company Profile
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Get Free ReportB2Gold 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.
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