B2Gold (BTG) Climbs 5.27% on Return to Profitability

We recently published 10 Stocks Outrunning the Market; 3 on a High. B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAmerican:BTG) was one of the best performers on Friday.

B2Gold jumped by 5.27 percent on Friday to close at $5.39 apiece, as investors took heart from the company’s return to profitability last year, thanks to a combination of production expansion and higher-than-expected gold prices.

During the period, B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAmerican:BTG) swung to a net income attributable to shareholders of $401.9 million from a $629.89 million attributable net loss in 2024. Gold revenues surged by 61 percent to $3.06 billion from $1.9 billion year-on-year, on gold sales of 927,797 ounces at an average realized gold selling price of $3,299 per ounce.

Consolidated gold production finished at 979,604 ounces, or within the guidance of 940,000 and 1.04 million ounces.

In the fourth quarter alone, attributable net profit stood at $170.58 million, reversing an $11.88 million attributable net loss in the same quarter a year earlier. Gold revenues more than doubled to $1.05 billion from $499.8 million year-on-year.

For this year, B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAmerican:BTG) expects to produce between 820,000 and 970,000 ounces of gold, or a decline from 2025 due to a step down in production at the Otjikoto Mine and expected lower production at the Fekola Complex.

In other news, B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAmerican:BTG) announced the distribution of $0.02 in cash dividends to all common shareholders on record as of March 6, 2026, payable on March 19.

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