Randall Chatwin Purchases 10,153 Shares of B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) Stock

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) Senior Officer Randall Chatwin purchased 10,153 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of C$3.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$35,637.03.

Randall Chatwin also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, November 14th, Randall Chatwin sold 6,095 shares of B2Gold stock. The stock was sold at an average price of C$3.74, for a total value of C$22,795.30.
• On Friday, October 4th, Randall Chatwin sold 5,000 shares of B2Gold stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.27, for a total value of C$21,350.00.

B2Gold Price Performance

BTO opened at C$3.58 on Thursday. B2Gold Corp. has a 1 year low of C$3.18 and a 1 year high of C$4.84. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 2.93. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is C$4.11 and its 200 day simple moving average is C$3.98. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.69 billion, a PE ratio of -21.06, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.22 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.03%. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio is presently -129.41%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on BTO shares. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, October 21st. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$6.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, September 16th. Cibc World Mkts downgraded shares of B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, Cormark upped their price objective on shares of B2Gold from C$4.25 to C$5.25 in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, B2Gold presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$5.66.

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.