Randall Chatwin Sells 10,000 Shares of B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) Stock

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) Senior Officer Randall Chatwin sold 10,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of C$4.53, for a total transaction of C$45,300.00.

B2Gold Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of B2Gold stock opened at C$4.44 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.93, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05. B2Gold Corp. has a 12-month low of C$3.18 and a 12-month high of C$4.74. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$3.92 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$3.74. The stock has a market cap of C$5.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -27.75, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.21.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The company reported C$0.08 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of C$0.10 by C($0.02). B2Gold had a negative net margin of 7.23% and a negative return on equity of 3.47%. The firm had revenue of C$673.95 million during the quarter. On average, equities analysts forecast that B2Gold Corp. will post 0.6237337 EPS for the current fiscal year.

B2Gold Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Monday, September 23rd will be paid a $0.055 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 10th. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.95%. B2Gold’s payout ratio is currently -137.50%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on BTO. CIBC set a C$3.30 price objective on shares of B2Gold and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 14th. Cibc World Mkts raised shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 14th. Cormark lowered B2Gold from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, August 12th. Scotiabank cut shares of B2Gold from an “outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 9th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets dropped 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. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seven have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$5.94.

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.