What is Scotiabank’s Forecast for B2Gold FY2026 Earnings?

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) – Equities research analysts at Scotiabank decreased their FY2026 EPS estimates for B2Gold in a research note issued on Wednesday, August 19th. Scotiabank analyst O. Habib now anticipates that the company will earn $0.51 per share for the year, down from their prior forecast of $0.62. Scotiabank has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for B2Gold’s current full-year earnings is $0.56 per share.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. ATB Cormark Capital Markets upgraded shares of B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating and lifted their target price for the company from C$6.50 to C$11.00 in a report on Monday, August 10th. TD upgraded B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price target for the stock from C$6.00 to C$8.50 in a research note on Monday, August 10th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce upgraded B2Gold from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 10th. National Bank Financial dropped their price objective on B2Gold from C$10.70 to C$9.75 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, July 14th. Finally, Scotia upgraded B2Gold from a “sector perform” rating to a “sector outperform” rating and set a C$10.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday, August 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, B2Gold currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of C$9.33.

B2Gold Stock Performance

Shares of BTO stock opened at C$8.12 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is C$5.99 and its 200-day moving average price is C$6.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 11.48, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 1.58. B2Gold has a one year low of C$5.02 and a one year high of C$8.60. The firm has a market cap of C$10.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.50, a P/E/G ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.74.

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported C$0.04 earnings per share for the quarter. The business had revenue of C$1.12 billion during the quarter. B2Gold had a net margin of 21.20% and a return on equity of 21.87%.

B2Gold Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.02 per share. This represents a $0.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 10th. B2Gold’s dividend payout ratio is presently 14.29%.

Insider Activity at B2Gold

In other B2Gold news, Director Jerry Korpan sold 200,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$7.06, for a total value of C$1,412,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 2,280,000 shares in the company, valued at C$16,096,800. The trade was a 8.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Also, insider Ninette Krohnert sold 4,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, July 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$5.88, for a total value of C$27,636.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 62,557 shares in the company, valued at C$367,835.16. This represents a 6.99% decrease in their position. Insiders sold 536,585 shares of company stock worth $3,652,521 over the last 90 days. 0.66% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About B2Gold

B2Gold is a responsible international gold producer headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Founded in 2007, today, B2Gold has operating gold mines in Canada, Mali, Namibia and the Philippines, and numerous development and exploration projects in various countries.