Scotiabank Comments on B2Gold’s FY2026 Earnings (TSE:BTO)

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Equities research analysts at Scotiabank issued their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of B2Gold in a report released on Wednesday, January 8th. Scotiabank analyst O. Habib forecasts that the company will post earnings of $0.30 per share for the year. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

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

B2Gold Price Performance

BTO opened at C$3.74 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of C$3.85 and a 200-day moving average price of C$3.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 2.93 and a quick ratio of 3.33. The firm has a market cap of C$4.90 billion, a PE ratio of -22.00, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold has a 1 year low of C$3.18 and a 1 year high of C$4.84.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other B2Gold news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin purchased 10,153 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 19th. The stock was purchased at an average price of C$3.51 per share, with a total value of C$35,637.03. 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.