B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:BTG) Short Interest Up 6.0% in December

B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:BTG) (TSE:BTO) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 27,930,000 shares, a growth of 6.0% from the November 30th total of 26,360,000 shares. Approximately 2.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 14,350,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days.

B2Gold Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of B2Gold stock opened at $2.44 on Wednesday. B2Gold has a 12 month low of $2.34 and a 12 month high of $3.50. The company has a current ratio of 2.99, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.19 billion, a PE ratio of -81.31, a PEG ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.10. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $2.86.

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.