What is Stifel Canada’s Forecast for B2Gold Q1 Earnings?

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Stifel Canada issued their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for B2Gold in a research report issued on Monday, April 21st. Stifel Canada analyst I. Rico anticipates that the company will earn $0.13 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share. Stifel Canada also issued estimates for B2Gold’s FY2025 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently weighed in on the company. TD Securities downgraded B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. Scotiabank raised shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 14th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, March 31st. Bank of America downgraded shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Cormark downgraded B2Gold from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, March 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have given a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, B2Gold currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$6.08.

B2Gold Price Performance

Shares of BTO opened at C$4.68 on Tuesday. 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 company’s fifty day moving average price is C$4.15 and its 200-day moving average price is C$3.99. B2Gold has a 1-year low of C$3.16 and a 1-year high of C$4.88. The firm has a market capitalization of C$4.33 billion, a PE ratio of -5.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.02 per share. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 7th. B2Gold’s payout ratio is -25.32%.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Director Clive Thomas Johnson sold 99,465 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$3.79, for a total transaction of C$376,972.35. Also, Senior Officer Eduard Bartz sold 27,862 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, March 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$3.89, for a total value of C$108,383.18. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 16 shares of the company’s stock, valued at C$62.24. This trade represents a 99.94 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 535,145 shares of company stock valued at $2,191,177. 0.66% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.