Cormark Issues Pessimistic Forecast for B2Gold Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Analysts at Cormark reduced their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for B2Gold in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Cormark analyst R. Gray now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.17 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.19. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. BMO Capital Markets lowered their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$8.50 to C$7.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, October 21st. TD Securities downgraded shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America downgraded shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$5.79.

B2Gold Trading Down 1.9 %

TSE:BTO opened at C$3.58 on Thursday. B2Gold has a 12 month low of C$3.16 and a 12 month high of C$4.84. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of C$3.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$3.95. The company has a current ratio of 2.93, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.69 billion, a P/E ratio of -21.06, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported C$0.03 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of C$0.07 by C($0.04). B2Gold had a negative return on equity of 3.47% and a negative net margin of 7.23%. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.07 EPS.

Insider Transactions at B2Gold

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

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.054 per share. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.03%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold’s payout ratio is currently -129.41%.

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.