Q2 Earnings Estimate for Barrick Gold Issued By Cormark

Barrick Gold Co. (TSE:ABX) (NYSE:ABX) – Analysts at Cormark issued their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Barrick Gold in a report released on Wednesday, January 15th. Cormark analyst R. Gray anticipates that the basic materials company will post earnings of $0.49 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Barrick Gold’s current full-year earnings is $2.24 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for Barrick Gold’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.49 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on ABX. TD Securities reissued a “buy” rating and set a C$34.00 target price on shares of Barrick Gold in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. UBS Group cut shares of Barrick Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their target price on shares of Barrick Gold to C$21.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, December 20th. Sanford C. Bernstein dropped their price target on shares of Barrick Gold from C$37.00 to C$36.00 in a research note on Tuesday, November 5th. Finally, Cibc World Mkts downgraded shares of Barrick Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 25th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Barrick Gold currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of C$30.38.

Barrick Gold Stock Up 2.2 %

Shares of ABX opened at C$23.14 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.01, a quick ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 14.54. The firm has a market cap of C$40.50 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.34 and a beta of 0.48. The company’s 50-day moving average price is C$23.53 and its 200 day moving average price is C$25.19. Barrick Gold has a 12-month low of C$18.65 and a 12-month high of C$29.50.

Barrick Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Friday, November 29th were issued a $0.135 dividend. This represents a $0.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.33%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 29th. Barrick Gold’s dividend payout ratio is currently 45.38%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Barrick Gold news, Senior Officer Poupak Bahamin acquired 5,778 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were acquired at an average cost of C$25.03 per share, for a total transaction of C$144,645.87. Also, Director Dennis Mark Bristow bought 85,296 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, November 21st. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$25.03 per share, with a total value of C$2,135,291.53. Insiders own 0.60% of the company’s stock.

About Barrick Gold

Barrick Gold Corporation engages in the exploration, mine development, production, and sale of gold and copper properties in Canada and internationally. The company also explores and sells silver and energy materials. It has ownership interests in producing gold mines located in Argentina, Canada, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Dominican Republic, Mali, Tanzania, and the United States.