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The Bank of Nova Scotia has a live ticker hub with the latest available market, valuation, profitability, growth, ownership, and risk indicators.

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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Based on latest report

Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

95.4B

NYSE

Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

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Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E12.8

P25 8.8P50 10.4P75 13.1

Trailing P/E15.4

P25 10.9P50 14.7P75 36.2

ROE10.3

P25 4.9P50 10.4P75 15

ROICn/a

P25 -1.3P50 6.6P75 12.7

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Russell 2000n/a

Indicator catalog

All BNS market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

220

Groups with data

Currency

CAD

Showing 220 of 220 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000009631
Company name	The Bank of Nova Scotia
Country	Canada
Country code	US
Cusip	064149107
Employees	90,979
Employees Change	1,491%
Employees Change Percent	1.67
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	CAD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Banks - Diversified
Isin	CA0641491075
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$95.4B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$77.53
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	269,454.62x
Sector	Financials
Sic	6022
Symbol	BNS
Website	https://www.scotiabank.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	6.48%
FCF yield	-24.04%
Forward P/E	12.77x
P/B ratio	1.45x
P/E ratio	15.43x
P/S ratio	3.89x
PE Ratio10 Y	11.42x
PE Ratio3 Y	12.36x
PE Ratio5 Y	11.52x
PS Forward	2.35x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
Gross Profit	$24.5B
Net Income	$6.2B
Net Income Growth	32.66%
Net Income Growth Q	99.39%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-1.08%
Net Income Growth5 Y	4.97%
Pretax Margin	35.97%
Profit Margin	26.85%
Profit Per Employee	$67,996
Profitable Years	26
ROA	0.62
Roa5y	0.66
ROE	10.33
Roe5y	11.22

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	10.46%
Cagr15y	6.83%
Cagr1y	62.57%
Cagr20y	8.07%
Cagr3y	22.67%
Cagr5y	9.42%
Div CAGR10	4.13%
Div CAGR3	1.22%
Div CAGR5	2.88%
EPS Growth	38.96
EPS Growth Q	161.4
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-2.28
EPS Growth5 Y	4.84
Revenue Growth	15.22x
Revenue Growth Q	23.53x
Revenue Growth Quarters	11x
Revenue Growth Years	4x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.31x
Revenue Growth5 Y	5.58x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Assets	$1.1T
Cash	$363.3B
Debt	$233.3B
Equity	$65.6B
Liabilities	$1T
Net Cash	$130B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$136
Net Cash Growth	14.03%
Net Debt Equity	$-1.98
Tangible Book Value	$52.7B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$42.74
WACC	3.17

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Working Capital	$-548.5B

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-0.46%
Dividend Growth	4.93%
Dividend Growth Years	0%
Dividend per share	$3.18
Dividend Years	54
Dividend Yield	4.11%
Ex Div Date	2026-04-07
Last Dividend	$0.79
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	64.03%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	170.37%
1Y total return	62.52%
200-day SMA	68.68
3Y total return	84.62%
50-day SMA	72.95
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	56.82%
All Time High	79
All Time High Change	-1.86%
All Time High Date	2026-05-07
All Time Low	13.2
All Time Low Change	487.57%
All Time Low Date	2002-10-09
ATR	1.25
Beta	1.22
Ch YTD	5.21
High	78.42
High52	79
High52 Date	2026-05-07
High52ch	-1.86%
Low	77.32
Low52	50.01
Low52 Date	2025-05-08
Low52ch	55.04%
Ma50ch	6.28%
Premarket Change Percent	-0.12
Premarket Price	$78
Premarket Volume	775
Price vs 200-day SMA	12.89%
RSI	60.34
RSI Monthly	68.69
RSI Weekly	63.81
Sharpe ratio	2.83x
Sortino ratio	5.38
Total Return	3.64%
Tr YTD	7.56
Tr15y	169.49%
Tr1m	10.92%
Tr1w	-0.6%
Tr3m	2.71%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	1
Analyst Ratings	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.43
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	34.91
Earnings Revenue Estimate	6,770,000,000x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	7.04x
Operating Income	$8.8B
Operating margin	35.97
Price target	$106
Price Target Change	$36.72

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	1,215,932,404%
Float Percent	98.65%
Net Borrowing	-1,702,936,981.1
Shares Insiders	0.02%
Shares Institutions	49.89%
Shares Out	1,232,534,000
Shares Qo Q	-0.56%
Shares Yo Y	0.46%
Short Float	0.97%
Short Ratio	2.85
Short Shares	0.95

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$-22.9B
Average Volume	1,914,907.45x
Bv Per Share	52.38
CAPEX	$-420.2M
Ch10y	61.12
Ch15y	30.7
Ch1m	10.92
Ch1w	-0.6
Ch1y	54.78
Ch20y	87.36
Ch3m	1.56
Ch3y	54.97
Ch5y	18.48
Ch6m	16.24
Change	-0.72%
Change From Open	-1.13
Close	78.09
Days Gap	0.42
Dollar Volume	98,612,190.2
Earnings Date	2026-05-27
Earnings Time	bmo
EPS	$4.97
F Score	2
FCF	$-22.9B
FCF Per Share	$-18.61
Financing CF	25,484,182,512
Fiscal Year End	October
Founded	1,832
Graham Number	77.64661
Graham Upside	0.15
Income Tax	$2.1B
Investing CF	-3,528,431,669
Is Primary Listing	0
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-02-24
Last Report Date	2026-01-31
Last Split Date	2004-04-29
Last Split Type	Forward
Lynch Fair Value	$25.13
Lynch Upside	-67.59
Ma150	71.45
Ma150ch	8.52%
Ma20	76.27
Ma20ch	1.65%
Net CF	-858,884,850
Next Earnings Date	2026-05-27
Open	78.42
Optionable	Yes
Payment Date	2026-04-28
Position In Range	19.09
Post Close	77.53
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.56
Postmarket Price	$77.1
Ppne	3,858,673,786.6
Pre Close	78.09
Price Date	2026-05-08
Ptbv Ratio	1.81
Relative Volume	0.66x
Revenue	24,514,711,629x
SBC By Revenue	0.05x
Share Based Comp	11,058,603
Tax By Revenue	8.71x
Tax Rate	24.22%
Tr20y	372.43%
Tr6m	18.83%
Volume	1,271,923

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

BNS dividend yield, growth & safety

Yield, payout sustainability, and the multi-year growth streak.

Dividend yield

+4.1%

$3.18 annual per share

Payout ratio

+64.0%

Share of earnings returned as dividends. Below 60% is generally sustainable.

5Y dividend CAGR

+2.9%

0 consecutive years of growth

Total shareholder yield

+3.6%

Next ex-dividend date: 2026-04-07

Performance

BNS stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns BNS?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+49.9%

Float: +98.7% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+0.0%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

BNS momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

60.3

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

+12.9%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.22

More volatile than the market

Sharpe ratio

2.83

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

BNS vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
AXP	American Express Company	215.6B	19.7x	3.1x	11.5%	+15.5%	+15.6%	Redukuj
BAC	Bank of America Corporation	364.1B	12.7x	3.3x	—	+6.3%	+28.2%	Redukuj
BK	The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation	89.6B	16.2x	4.3x	—	+6.0%	+58.4%	Redukuj

Questions

About BNS

Hub-level FAQ points readers to the deeper analysis pages.

What is the current BNS stock rating?

The Bank of Nova Scotia is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full BNS analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/BNS/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

What fair-value range is used for BNS?

The latest report frames BNS around the latest fair-value range. Treat that range as the entry point, then check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making an investment decision.

How often is the BNS page updated?

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