Scotiabank Weighs in on B2Gold’s FY2025 Earnings (TSE:BTO)

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank raised their FY2025 earnings estimates for B2Gold in a research note issued on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst O. Habib now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.38 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $0.37. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

BTO has been the topic of a number of other research reports. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price objective on B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$6.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Cibc World Mkts downgraded shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 24th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Finally, Cormark upped their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$4.25 to C$5.25 in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$5.66.

B2Gold Stock Up 1.9 %

Shares of TSE:BTO opened at C$3.74 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of C$3.89 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$3.97. The company has a market cap of C$4.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -22.00, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 2.93 and a quick ratio of 3.33. B2Gold has a one year low of C$3.18 and a one year high of C$4.84.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a $0.054 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.78%. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -129.41%.

Insider Transactions at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin bought 10,153 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 19th. The shares were purchased at an average price of C$3.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$35,637.03. Corporate insiders own 0.66% of the company’s stock.

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.