Research Analysts Set Expectations for B2Gold Q1 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (NYSE:BTG) – Equities researchers at Cormark reduced their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for B2Gold in a note issued to investors on Friday, February 21st. Cormark analyst R. Gray now anticipates that the company will earn $0.06 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.07. Cormark has a “Moderate Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.40 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for B2Gold’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also weighed in on BTG. TD Securities lowered shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com lowered shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 8th. CIBC dropped their price objective on shares of B2Gold from $3.70 to $3.30 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, Bank of America lowered B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, B2Gold currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $4.02.

B2Gold Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NYSE:BTG opened at $2.83 on Monday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $2.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $2.81. The firm has a market cap of $3.73 billion, a P/E ratio of -5.90, a PEG ratio of 0.33 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a current ratio of 1.83. B2Gold has a 52-week low of $2.20 and a 52-week high of $3.50.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.83%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 7th. B2Gold’s payout ratio is currently -33.33%.

Institutional Trading of B2Gold

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Old West Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in B2Gold during the third quarter worth $670,000. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in B2Gold by 0.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 59,489,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,862,000 after acquiring an additional 438,399 shares during the period. Invenomic Capital Management LP bought a new stake in B2Gold during the third quarter worth $2,636,000. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in B2Gold by 46.7% in the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,075,521 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,544,000 after acquiring an additional 661,107 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its position in B2Gold by 62.0% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 95,482 shares of the company’s stock worth $294,000 after acquiring an additional 36,555 shares during the period. 61.40% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.