Scotiabank Has Positive Outlook of B2Gold FY2026 Earnings

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Investment analysts at Scotiabank boosted their FY2026 earnings estimates for shares of B2Gold in a research report issued to clients and investors on Thursday, February 26th. Scotiabank analyst O. Habib now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.73 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $0.69. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued research reports about the company. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price objective on B2Gold from C$11.50 to C$10.50 in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. National Bank Financial lifted their target price on B2Gold from C$9.25 to C$10.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 9th. Finally, Cormark cut shares of B2Gold from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, one has given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of C$8.31.

B2Gold Stock Down 8.5%

TSE:BTO opened at C$7.50 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 3.33, a current ratio of 1.06 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 17.54. The stock’s fifty day moving average is C$6.99 and its two-hundred day moving average is C$6.55. B2Gold has a 52 week low of C$3.62 and a 52 week high of C$8.60. The stock has a market capitalization of C$10.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 50.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.02.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 18th. The company reported C$0.15 earnings per share for the quarter. B2Gold had a net margin of 13.18% and a return on equity of 12.15%. The firm had revenue of C$1.41 billion during the quarter.

B2Gold Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 19th will be given a dividend of $0.02 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 6th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.1%. B2Gold’s payout ratio is currently 66.67%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other B2Gold news, insider William Lytle sold 272,373 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$8.32, for a total value of C$2,266,143.36. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 38,975 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately C$324,272. This represents a 87.48% decrease in their position. Also, insider Randall Chatwin sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$7.25, for a total transaction of C$145,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 6,199 shares in the company, valued at C$44,942.75. The trade was a 76.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Insiders have sold 583,159 shares of company stock worth $4,821,759 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.66% of the company’s stock.

B2Gold Company Profile

B2Gold Corp is an international, low-cost, senior gold mining company. It has three operating open-pit gold mines in Mali, Namibia, and the Philippines and numerous exploration projects across four continents. Other significant assets include the Gramalote and Kiaka gold projects. The company focuses on acquiring and developing interests in mineral properties with a primary focus on gold deposits as gold production forms all its revenue. There is no dependence on a particular purchaser because the gold is sold into a global market.