Stifel Canada Has Positive Outlook of B2Gold FY2026 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO - Free Report) NYSE: BTG - Research analysts at Stifel Canada upped their FY2026 earnings per share estimates for B2Gold in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Canada analyst I. Rico now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.67 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $0.65. The consensus estimate for B2Gold's current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for B2Gold's FY2027 earnings at $1.08 EPS.

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

B2Gold Price Performance

B2Gold stock traded down C$0.04 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting C$4.23. The stock had a trading volume of 1,926,766 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,895,920. The company has a current ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51. B2Gold has a one year low of C$3.16 and a one year high of C$4.88. The firm's 50 day moving average is C$4.21 and its 200 day moving average is C$3.99. The firm has a market capitalization of C$3.91 billion, a P/E ratio of -4.87, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Senior Officer Eduard Bartz sold 13,161 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.79, for a total transaction of C$49,880.19. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 16 shares in the company, valued at C$60.64. The trade was a 99.88 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. Also, Director Jerry Korpan sold 120,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$4.63, for a total value of C$555,600.00. Insiders sold 535,145 shares of company stock worth $2,191,177 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.66% of the company's stock.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.89%. B2Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -25.32%.

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.