分析师将B2Gold Corp.（纽约证券交易所美国股票代码：BTG）的目标股价定为6.45美元|美国_新浪财经

B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:BTG – Get Rating) (TSE:BTO) has received a consensus recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the eight analysts that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 12 month price objective among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $6.45.

A number of research firms recently issued reports on BTG. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on B2Gold from C$7.50 to C$7.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 19th. M Partners restated a "buy" rating on shares of B2Gold in a research note on Tuesday, November 1st. National Bank Financial restated an "outperform overweight" rating on shares of B2Gold in a research note on Tuesday, February 14th. Scotiabank lowered their target price on B2Gold from C$8.25 to C$7.50 in a research note on Monday, October 24th. Finally, CIBC downgraded B2Gold from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating and lowered their target price for the company from $5.00 to $4.75 in a research note on Monday, January 30th.

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B2Gold Stock Performance

NYSEAMERICAN:BTG opened at $3.32 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $3.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.44 and a beta of 0.91. The company has a current ratio of 5.21, a quick ratio of 3.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. B2Gold has a 52-week low of $2.81 and a 52-week high of $5.07.

B2Gold Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 16th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 7th were paid a $0.04 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 6th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.82%. B2Gold's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 69.57%.

Institutional Trading of B2Gold

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main boosted its stake in shares of B2Gold by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main now owns 1,307,870 shares of the basic materials company's stock valued at $4,641,000 after buying an additional 7,870 shares in the last quarter. Beach Investment Counsel Inc. PA acquired a new position in B2Gold during the fourth quarter worth $55,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its holdings in B2Gold by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 528,959 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $1,888,000 after purchasing an additional 16,825 shares during the last quarter. Sentinus LLC raised its holdings in B2Gold by 51.2% during the fourth quarter. Sentinus LLC now owns 38,410 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $154,000 after purchasing an additional 13,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sprott Inc. raised its holdings in B2Gold by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. Sprott Inc. now owns 2,357,373 shares of the basic materials company's stock worth $8,416,000 after purchasing an additional 149,659 shares during the last quarter. 52.20% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About B2Gold

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B2Gold Corp. is an exploration company, which engages in the acquisition and development of mineral properties. It operates through the following segments: Fekola Mine, Otjikoto Mine, Masbate Mine, Libertad Mine, and Limon Mine. The company was founded by Mark Anthony Corra, Thomas A. Garagan, Clive Thomas Johnson and Roger Thomas Richer on November 30, 2006 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.