B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) to Issue $0.02 Quarterly Dividend

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, December 2nd, TickerTech Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of 0.02 per share on Monday, December 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 2nd.

B2Gold Price Performance

TSE:BTO opened at C$6.49 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of C$8.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 43.27, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 0.96. 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of C$6.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$5.61. B2Gold has a 1 year low of C$3.16 and a 1 year high of C$8.35.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, November 5th. The company reported C$0.01 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of C$1.09 billion for the quarter. B2Gold had a negative return on equity of 20.27% and a negative net margin of 38.20%. Equities analysts forecast that B2Gold will post 0.5596659 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In related news, insider Peter Dominic Montano sold 147,000 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$7.49, for a total transaction of C$1,101,030.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned -1,405 shares in the company, valued at C($10,523.45). This trade represents a 100.97% decrease in their position. Also, insider Andrew Bruce Brown sold 75,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$7.50, for a total transaction of C$562,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 17,333 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$129,997.50. This trade represents a 81.23% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Insiders sold a total of 1,253,978 shares of company stock valued at $9,256,534 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.66% of the company’s stock.

B2Gold Company Profile

B2Gold Corp is an international, low-cost, senior gold mining company. It has three operating open-pit gold mines in Mali, Namibia, and the Philippines and numerous exploration projects across four continents. Other significant assets include the Gramalote and Kiaka gold projects. The company focuses on acquiring and developing interests in mineral properties with a primary focus on gold deposits as gold production forms all its revenue.