B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:BTG) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:BTG) (TSE:BTO) was the target of a large growth in short interest in 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 shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 14,350,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days.

B2Gold Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEAMERICAN:BTG opened at $2.59 on Friday. B2Gold has a one year low of $2.34 and a one year high of $3.50. The firm has a market cap of $3.39 billion, a PE ratio of -86.30, a PEG ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.10. The company’s fifty day moving average is $2.86. The company has a current ratio of 2.99, a quick ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01.

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.