National Bank Financial Comments on B2Gold FY2025 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (NYSE:BTG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at National Bank Financial boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, July 15th. National Bank Financial analyst D. Demarco now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.78 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $0.56. The consensus estimate for B2Gold's current full-year earnings is $0.40 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for B2Gold's FY2026 earnings at $0.83 EPS.

B2Gold (NYSE:BTG - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May 7th. The company reported $0.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.08 by $0.01. B2Gold had a negative net margin of 33.12% and a positive return on equity of 5.65%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.06 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 15.3% compared to the same quarter last year.

Other research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Cormark upgraded shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 22nd. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th. Scotiabank upgraded shares of B2Gold from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of B2Gold to a "moderate buy" rating and set a $4.50 price target for the company in a report on Monday, June 30th. Finally, National Bankshares reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of B2Gold in a report on Wednesday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating, three have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $4.31.

B2Gold Price Performance

BTG traded up $0.12 during trading on Friday, hitting $3.45. 12,591,802 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 30,230,216. B2Gold has a twelve month low of $2.20 and a twelve month high of $3.83. The company has a market cap of $4.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.18, a PEG ratio of 0.33 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.83 and a quick ratio of 1.08. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $3.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $3.04.

Institutional Trading of B2Gold

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald L. P. acquired a new position in shares of B2Gold in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Independent Wealth Network Inc. acquired a new position in shares of B2Gold in the 1st quarter valued at about $28,000. Groupama Asset Managment acquired a new position in shares of B2Gold in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of B2Gold in the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Kercheville Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of B2Gold in the 1st quarter valued at about $31,000. 61.40% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

B2Gold Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 11th were issued a $0.02 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 11th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.32%. B2Gold's payout ratio is -17.02%.

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.