Randall Chatwin Acquires 10,153 Shares of B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) Stock

B2Gold Corp. (TSE:BTO) (NYSE:BTG) Senior Officer Randall Chatwin acquired 10,153 shares of B2Gold stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 19th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of C$3.51 per share, with a total value of C$35,637.03.

Randall Chatwin also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, November 14th, Randall Chatwin sold 6,095 shares of B2Gold stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$3.74, for a total transaction of C$22,795.30.
• On Friday, October 4th, Randall Chatwin sold 5,000 shares of B2Gold stock. The shares were sold at an average price of C$4.27, for a total transaction of C$21,350.00.

B2Gold Stock Performance

Shares of B2Gold stock traded down C$0.01 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting C$3.58. 640,626 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,337,862. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of C$4.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of C$3.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 2.93 and a quick ratio of 3.33. The stock has a market capitalization of C$4.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.06, a PEG ratio of -0.27 and a beta of 1.23. B2Gold Corp. has a 12-month low of C$3.18 and a 12-month high of C$4.84.

B2Gold Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, December 12th were paid a $0.054 dividend. This represents a $0.22 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.03%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 2nd. B2Gold’s payout ratio is -129.41%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

BTO has been the subject of several recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on shares of B2Gold from C$6.00 to C$6.50 in a research report on Monday, October 21st. Cormark increased their price objective on B2Gold from C$4.25 to C$5.25 in a research note on Monday, September 23rd. Cibc World Mkts cut B2Gold from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lowered their price target on B2Gold from C$6.50 to C$6.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 16th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of C$5.66.

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.