Cormark Issues Pessimistic Forecast for B2Gold Earnings

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

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Bank of America cut shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. TD Securities downgraded B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on B2Gold from C$8.50 to C$7.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday, October 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of C$5.79.

B2Gold Stock Performance

Shares of BTO stock opened at C$3.61 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of C$4.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 2.93. B2Gold has a one year low of C$3.16 and a one year high of C$4.84. The company’s 50-day moving average is C$3.63 and its 200 day moving average is C$3.94.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at B2Gold

In related news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin bought 10,153 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were bought 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 declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.054 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd. This represents a $0.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.98%. B2Gold’s dividend 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.