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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

US · Financial Services · Banks - Diversified

$94.10+1.23%
Last close · 2026-09-17

Latest quarter · ended 2026-07-31

Revenue
$18.48B
Revenue YoY
+2.9%
Net profit
$2.91B
Profit YoY
+18.9%
EPS
$1.64
EPS estimate
$1.53
Net margin
15.7%

EPS came in at 1.64 against a street estimate of 1.53 — a beat of 7.2%.

Key statistics

Market cap
$113.71B
P/E
16.9
Forward P/E
13.6
P/B
1.98
Book value
$52.98
EPS (TTM)
$5.54
Dividend yield
4.78%
52-week high
$95.34
52-week low
$60.48
50-day MA
$89.31
200-day MA
$78.86
Beta
1.21

Analyst view

Analysts rate Bank of Nova Scotia a hold (4 buy, 10 hold, 1 sell out of 15) with an average price target of $92.13.

From the latest earnings call · 2026-08-25

CONFIDENT Scotiabank delivered record Q3 earnings with 14.2% ROE, exceeding medium-term targets early. Strong across all segments; Canadian Banking ROE hit 19.4%, Global Banking and Markets up 37% YoY. Capital deployed aggressively via buybacks and organic growth. Q3 2026 International segment showing recovery momentum post-optimization period. Caribbean and Mexico earnings growth strong; Brazil commercial account under management. Analysts pressed on Canadian Banking ROE path to mid-20s (Aris outlined mid-market scale and transaction banking synergies), International inflection point timing (Francisco confirmed Pivot to Growth delivering 6-8% revenue trajectory), and IRB capital impact (Raj clarified one-time Q4 migration due to data conservatism, not portfolio weakness). 2026-08-25…

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Shareholding

Insiders
0.02%
Institutions
51.08%

Largest institutional holders

FundStake
Royal Bank of Canada5.90%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.4.61%
Bank of Montreal4.27%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC2.93%
CIBC World Markets Inc.2.13%
NORGES BANK1.51%
1832 Asset Management L.P1.50%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank1.44%

Corporate actions

ActionDetailDate
Dividend$0.82 / share
ex-date Oct 6, 2026 · pay Oct 28, 2026
2026-10-06
Dividend$0.83 / share
ex-date Jul 7, 2026 · pay Jul 29, 2026
2026-07-07
Dividend$0.81 / share
ex-date Apr 7, 2026 · pay Apr 28, 2026
2026-04-07
Dividend$0.79 / share
ex-date Jan 6, 2026 · pay Jan 28, 2026
2026-01-06
Dividend$0.79 / share
ex-date Oct 7, 2025 · pay Oct 29, 2025
2025-10-07

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Data updated 2026-09-18.