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Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.58Revenue estimate 7.40B
Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report
EPS estimate 1.58Revenue estimate 7.40B
Bank of Nova Scotia financials
Yes. Bank of Nova Scotia earned 10.01B CAD of net income over the last twelve months, 14.0% of its revenue. It made a profit in 31 of its 31 fiscal years since 1995.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 71.51B CAD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 10.01B CAD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 6.32B CAD
- Cash and short-term investments
- 10.33B CAD
- Total debt
- 272.60B CAD
- Shareholders' equityWhat is a balance sheet? The balance sheet lists what a company owns (assets), what it owes (liabilities) and what is left for its shareholders (equity) on one date.
- 89.20B CAD
Cash, debt and equity as of 31 Jul 2026.
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
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2027 | 1.59 | — | — | +7.58% | 7.26B | — | — | -1.89% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 1.58 | — | — | +13.67% | 7.40B | — | — | -43.02% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 1.53 | 1.64 | +7.19% | +19.71% | 7.11B | 7.52B | +5.68% | -42.33% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 1.42 | 1.47 | +3.52% | +38.68% | 7.13B | 7.24B | +1.53% | -44.28% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 1.42 | 1.48 | +4.23% | +21.31% | 7.13B | 7.40B | +3.66% | -42.80% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 1.33 | 1.39 | +4.51% | +20.87% | 6.99B | 12.99B | +85.81% | -4.26% | |
| Q3 FY2025 | 1.28 | 1.37 | +7.03% | +15.13% | 6.82B | 13.03B | +91.02% | -6.17% | |
| Q2 FY2025 | 1.14 | 1.06 | -7.02% | -8.62% | 6.75B | 13.00B | +92.55% | -4.26% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2028 | 7.23 | — | — | +10.51% | 31.05B | — | — | +6.08% |
| FY2027 | 6.54 | — | — | +6.99% | 29.27B | — | — | +0.73% |
| FY2026 | 6.11 | — | — | +21.26% | 29.06B | — | — | -44.06% |
| FY2025 | 4.98 | 5.04 | +1.17% | +6.11% | 26.65B | 51.95B | +94.91% | +9.89% |
| FY2024 | 4.91 | 4.75 | -3.33% | -2.06% | 28.93B | 47.28B | +63.44% | +100.98% |
| FY2023 | 4.95 | 4.85 | -1.93% | -39.22% | 23.08B | 23.52B | +1.90% | -1.94% |
| FY2022 | 6.17 | 7.98 | +29.24% | +7.11% | 23.41B | 23.99B | +2.46% | -3.01% |
Bank of Nova Scotia growth and profitability
Full income statement- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 71.51B CAD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 10.01B CAD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 48.67%
- Operating margin
- 18.75%
- Net margin
- 14.00%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
How Bank of Nova Scotia makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
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.
FY2025, in CAD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
Bank of Nova Scotia revenue breakdown
By product
FY2021
100.0%Trading Related Revenue NonTEB
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trading Related Revenue NonTEB | 2.03B | 100.0% | -15.7% |
By region
FY2020
114.6%Caribbean And Central America10.4%PERU6.3%Chile
| Region | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean And Central America | 55.00M | 114.6% | -20.3% |
| PERU | 5.00M | 10.4% | -28.6% |
| Chile | 3.00M | 6.3% | — |
| Canada | -15.00M | -31.3% | -123.1% |
Operating and free cash flow
Full cash flow statementOperating cash flow Free cash flow
Bank of Nova Scotia financial health
Full balance sheet- Cash and short-term investments
- 10.33B CAD
- Total debt
- 272.60B CAD
- Net cash
- -262.27B CAD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 6.32B CAD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 0.04
- Debt to equityWhat is the debt to equity ratio? Debt to equity is a company's total debt divided by its shareholders' equity: how much it has borrowed for each dollar its owners have in the business.
- 3.06
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 7 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 0.02
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Assets, liabilities and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders' equity
Bank of Nova Scotia valuation
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 17.06
- Forward P/E (FY2027)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 14.12
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 2.25
- Price to bookWhat is the P/B ratio? The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value with its book value, the shareholders' equity on its balance sheet.
- 1.80
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 28.61
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
112.56B USD
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Total debt
191.12B USD
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Cash and short-term investments
7.25B USD
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Enterprise value
296.43B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Bank of Nova Scotia against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
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 median17.17.318.8
- 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 years0.120.121.39Against 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 dividends
- Annual dividend
- 3.21 USD
- Dividend yield (indicated)What is dividend yield? Dividend yield is a year of dividends as a percentage of the share price: the income a shareholder receives for each dollar invested at today's price.
- 3.47%
- Payout ratioWhat is the payout ratio? The payout ratio is the share of a company's earnings paid out as dividends: dividends per share divided by earnings per share (EPS).
- 59.01%
- Years of dividend growthWhat are years of dividend growth? The years in a row a company has raised its dividend per share. 25 years make an S&P 500 company a Dividend Aristocrat; 50 make a Dividend King.
- 1
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Last payment
- 0.80 USD
- Last ex-dividend dateWhat is the ex-dividend date? The ex-dividend date is the first day a stock trades without its next dividend: buy before it to receive the payment; buy on or after it and the seller gets it.
- 6 Oct 2026
- Last payment date
- 28 Oct 2026
Dividends per share
Bank of Nova Scotia ownership
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 62.86%
- Institutional holders
- 572 (+28)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 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
Common questions about Bank of Nova Scotia's financials
Source: Financial Modeling Prep