BNS

Bank of Nova Scotia
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BNS

Arincen40/100B

If you had invested in Bank of Nova Scotia ago, it would be worth $2,955 today, against $4,096 in SPY and $6,368 in QQQ.

ArincenArincen ScoreBeta

40/100

Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.

Profitability4

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Cash2

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Growth4

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Figures to FY2025; the price as of today.

Bank of Nova Scotia key facts

Style
Dividend stock · 7.2/10Growth 6.7 · Value 3.6 · Dividend 7.2
Day range
92.210 – 93.150
52-week range
65.990 – 96.850
Market capitalization
112.41B USD
P/E
17.04
PEG ratio
0.78
EPS
5.41
Div Yield
3.48%
EPS growth forecast (FY2026)
+21.3%
Volume
3,145
Beta
1.19
ESG score
66.3/100Environment 56 · Social 73 · Governance 70
Sector
Financial Services
Industry
Banks - Diversified
CEO
Scott Thomson
Employees
82K
IPO date
7 Jun 2002

Bank of Nova Scotia earnings

Next earnings · Q4 FY2026
EPS estimate
1.58 USD
Revenue estimate
7.40B USD
Last quarter · Q3 FY2026
EPS1.64Beat +7.2%Revenue7.52BBeat +5.7%

Revenue

ReportedEstimate

EPS

ReportedEstimate
PeriodReport dateEPS estimateReported EPSSurpriseEPS growthRevenue estimateReported revenueSurpriseRevenue growth
Q1 FY20271.59——+7.58%7.26B——-1.89%
Q4 FY20261.58——+13.67%7.40B——-43.02%
Q3 FY20261.531.64+7.19%+19.71%7.11B7.52B+5.68%-42.33%
Q2 FY20261.421.47+3.52%+38.68%7.13B7.24B+1.53%-44.28%
Q1 FY20261.421.48+4.23%+21.31%7.13B7.40B+3.66%-42.80%
Q4 FY20251.331.39+4.51%+20.87%6.99B12.99B+85.81%-4.26%
Q3 FY20251.281.37+7.03%+15.13%6.82B13.03B+91.02%-6.17%
Q2 FY20251.141.06-7.02%-8.62%6.75B13.00B+92.55%-4.26%

Analysts' estimates for FY2026 over the last 7 days:EPS Revenue How the estimates moved

Bank of Nova Scotia analyst forecast

12-month price target
72.15 USD
-21.77%

Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 67.00 to 75.60, with an average of 72.15.

Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Hold
1 ratings
Buy
0
Hold
1
Sell
0

12-month price target

Highest target75.60
Average target72.15
Lowest target67.00
Current price92.23

Bank of Nova Scotia valuation

Price to earnings ratio (TTM)
17.04
Forward P/E (FY2027)
14.10
Price to sales (TTM)
2.24
Price to book
1.80
EV / EBITDA (TTM)
28.60

Capital structure

Market capitalization
112.41B USD
+
Total debt
191.12B USD
−
Cash and short-term investments
7.25B USD
=
Enterprise value
296.28B USD

Valuation over time

P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Fiscal yearP/EForward P/EP/SP/BEV/EBITDA
FY2028 (est.)12.76————
FY2027 (est.)14.1012.76———
FY2026 (est.)15.0914.10———
Now (TTM)17.0414.052.241.8028.60
FY202516.1410.791.561.3245.60
FY202412.0810.251.161.0727.80
FY20239.618.202.110.8725.30
FY20228.189.581.681.0822.39
FY202110.598.982.561.4118.05

Bank of Nova Scotia against its own history

Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2021 to FY2025: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.

Its peers: Citigroup, Wells Fargo &, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase &, the US Banks - Diversified companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.

  • P/E (today)Above its median17.0
    7.318.8
  • Gross marginBelow its median44.3%
    38.9%100.0%
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 58.0%
  • Operating marginBelow its median14.4%
    13.1%32.9%
    Against its peers: 4 of 5Peers' median 20.0%
  • Net marginBelow its median10.6%
    10.2%24.7%
    Against its peers: 4 of 5Peers' median 16.6%
  • Return on equityLowest in 5 years9.0%
    9.0%13.6%
    Against its peers: 4 of 5Peers' median 10.9%
  • Free cash flow marginBelow its median6.9%
    -34.1%34.9%
    Against its peers: 1 of 5Peers' median -29.7%
  • Revenue growthBelow its median-3.7%
    -32.3%139.2%
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median -0.9%
  • EPS growthBelow its median-2.9%
    -27.6%45.3%
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 17.6%
  • Debt to EBITDAHighest in 5 years41.61×
    17.13×41.61×
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 12.26×
  • Current ratioLowest in 5 years0.12
    0.121.39
    Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 0.45

Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.

Bank of Nova Scotia growth and profitability

Revenue (TTM)
71.51B CAD
Net income (TTM)
10.01B CAD
Gross margin
48.67%
Operating margin
18.75%
Net margin
14.00%

Revenue / Net income

Revenue Net income Net margin
PeriodRevenueGrowthNet incomeGrowthGross marginOperating marginNet marginEBITDAGrowth
FY202573.18B-3.74%7.79B+0.40%44.25%14.36%10.64%12.11B+3.67%
FY202476.02B+139.16%7.76B+4.70%38.89%13.05%10.20%11.68B+1.68%
FY202331.79B-32.30%7.41B-25.27%100.00%27.34%23.31%11.49B-20.55%
FY202246.95B+20.58%9.92B+3.03%64.17%27.54%21.12%14.46B+0.88%
FY202138.94B+24.43%9.62B+41.99%74.75%32.94%24.72%14.34B+47.80%

Bank of Nova Scotia revenue breakdown

By product

FY2021
100.0%Trading Related Revenue NonTEB
SegmentRevenueShare of revenueChange on the year
Trading Related Revenue NonTEB2.03B100.0%-15.7%

By region

FY2020
PERU: 10.4%Chile: 6.3%114.6%Caribbean And Central America10.4%PERU6.3%Chile
RegionRevenueShare of revenueChange on the year
Caribbean And Central America55.00M114.6%-20.3%
PERU5.00M10.4%-28.6%
Chile3.00M6.3%—
Canada-15.00M-31.3%-123.1%

How Bank of Nova Scotia makes its money

Revenue73.18B 100.0%
Cost of revenue40.79B 55.7%
Gross profit32.38B 44.3%
Selling and administration11.50B 15.7%
Other operating expenses10.38B 14.2%
Operating income10.51B 14.4%
Tax2.75B 3.8%
Net income7.79B 10.6%

FY2025, in CAD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.

Bank of Nova Scotia dividends

Annual dividend
3.21 USD
Dividend yield (indicated)
3.48%
Payout ratio
59.01%
Years of dividend growth
1
Frequency
Quarterly
Last payment
0.80 USD
Last ex-dividend date
6 Oct 2026
Last payment date
28 Oct 2026

Dividends per share

Year2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Dividends per share3.083.143.103.132.862.672.622.542.332.18

Bank of Nova Scotia financial health

Cash and short-term investments
10.33B CAD
Total debt
272.60B CAD
Net cash
-262.27B CAD
Free cash flow (TTM)
6.32B CAD
Current ratio
0.04
Debt to equity
3.06
Piotroski score
7 / 9
Altman Z-score
0.02

Cash, debt and free cash flow

Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Fiscal yearCash and short-term investmentsTotal debtFree cash flow
FY2025108.10B504.02B5.06B
FY2024108.17B300.67B15.16B
FY2023140.83B313.81B11.03B
FY2022119.31B310.86B16.37B
FY2021120.05B245.66B-13.27B

Bank of Nova Scotia ownership

Institutions
62.86%
Institutional holders
572 (+28)
Free float
98.80%

Who owns the shares

Institutions 62.9% Others 37.1%
As of 30 Jun 2026

Shares free to trade

Free float 1.20B shares ·98.8% Closely held 14.69M shares ·1.2%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Shares outstanding

Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Fiscal yearBasic sharesDiluted sharesChange in diluted shares
FY20251.24B1.25B+1.06%
FY20241.23B1.23B+2.33%
FY20231.20B1.20B-0.33%
FY20221.20B1.21B-1.39%
FY20211.21B1.23B-1.45%

Source: Financial Modeling Prep

Related Instruments

Title: Bank of Nova Scotia

Sector: Financial Services
Industry: Banks - Diversified
Bank of Nova Scotia is a global financial-services provider with over CAD 1.5 trillion in assets as of the end of July 2026. It has four major business segments: Canadian banking, international banking, global wealth management, and globalbanking and markets. It offers a range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. The bank's international operations span numerous countries and are more concentrated in Latin America.

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