B2Gold Corp. (NYSEAMERICAN:BTG - Get Free Report) TSE: BTO saw a large growth in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 27,930,000 shares, a growth of 6.0% from the November 30th total of 26,360,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 14,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
Shares of BTG stock opened at $2.44 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 2.99 and a quick ratio of 1.97. The company's 50-day moving average price is $2.86. B2Gold has a fifty-two week low of $2.34 and a fifty-two week high of $3.50. The company has a market capitalization of $3.19 billion, a PE ratio of -81.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.65 and a beta of 1.10.
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.
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