B2Gold (TSE:BTO) Downgraded by Cormark to “Hold”

B2Gold (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) was downgraded by stock analysts at Cormark from a “moderate buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note issued on Monday,Zacks.com reports. Cormark also issued estimates for B2Gold’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.13 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.16 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.50 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $0.51 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $0.66 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $0.73 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Bank of America cut shares of B2Gold from a “buy” rating to an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 14th. TD Securities cut B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on B2Gold from C$7.00 to C$6.50 in a report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of C$5.94.

B2Gold Price Performance

Shares of TSE:BTO opened at C$4.09 on Monday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of C$3.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of C$3.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.51, a quick ratio of 3.33 and a current ratio of 1.83. The firm has a market cap of C$3.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold has a fifty-two week low of C$3.16 and a fifty-two week high of C$4.84.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Senior Officer William Lytle sold 54,062 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.85, for a total value of C$208,138.70. Also, Director Gregory Barnes purchased 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 26th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of C$4.07 per share, for a total transaction of C$203,500.00. In the last three months, insiders have sold 168,420 shares of company stock valued at $649,531. 0.66% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.