Cormark Issues Pessimistic Forecast for B2Gold Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Investment analysts at Cormark lowered their Q3 2025 earnings per share 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 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.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 6th. The company reported C$0.03 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates 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 business earned $0.07 earnings per share.

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

B2Gold Stock Performance

Shares of BTO stock opened at C$3.65 on Thursday. B2Gold has a 12 month low of C$3.16 and a 12 month high of C$4.84. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is C$3.64 and its 200-day simple moving average is C$3.95. The firm has a market cap of C$4.78 billion, a PE ratio of -21.47, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 2.93 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05.

Insider Activity

In other news, Senior Officer Randall Chatwin purchased 10,153 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 19th. The shares were acquired at an average price of C$3.51 per share, for a total transaction of C$35,637.03. 0.66% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were issued a dividend of $0.054 per share. This represents a $0.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.92%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio is presently -129.41%.

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.