What is Cormark’s Forecast for B2Gold Q1 Earnings?

B2Gold Corp. (NYSE:BTG) – Stock analysts at Cormark dropped their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research note issued on Friday, February 21st. Cormark analyst R. Gray now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.06 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.07. Cormark has a “Moderate Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.40 per share. Cormark also issued estimates for B2Gold’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.11 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.15 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. TD Securities lowered B2Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Bank of America lowered shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 14th. CIBC lowered their price objective on B2Gold from $3.70 to $3.30 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 15th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded B2Gold from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $4.02.

B2Gold Stock Performance

BTG opened at $2.82 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.72 billion, a PE ratio of -5.88, a PEG ratio of 0.33 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 1.83, a quick ratio of 1.08 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. B2Gold has a twelve month low of $2.20 and a twelve month high of $3.50. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $2.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $2.81.

Institutional Trading of B2Gold

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Old West Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of B2Gold during the third quarter worth $670,000. FMR LLC lifted its stake in B2Gold by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 59,489,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $183,862,000 after acquiring an additional 438,399 shares in the last quarter. Invenomic Capital Management LP purchased a new position in B2Gold during the 3rd quarter valued at about $2,636,000. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in B2Gold by 46.7% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,075,521 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,544,000 after acquiring an additional 661,107 shares in the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in B2Gold by 62.0% during the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 95,482 shares of the company’s stock worth $294,000 after purchasing an additional 36,555 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 61.40% of the company’s stock.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 20th. Investors of record on Friday, March 7th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 7th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.84%. B2Gold’s payout ratio is currently -33.33%.

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.