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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

US · Financial Services · Banks - Diversified

$91.60+0.53%
Last close · 2026-10-16

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
$111.46B
P/E
16.6
Forward P/E
13.8
P/B
2.02
Book value
$51.53
EPS (TTM)
$5.52
Dividend yield
4.87%
52-week high
$94.87
52-week low
$61.19
50-day MA
$91.31
200-day MA
$81.35
Beta
1.19

Analyst view

Analysts rate Bank of Nova Scotia a hold (5 buy, 8 hold, 1 sell out of 14) with an average price target of $91.38.

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
50.90%

Largest institutional holders

FundStake
Royal Bank of Canada5.41%
Bank of Montreal4.27%
BMO Capital Markets Corp.4.27%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC2.93%
CIBC World Markets Inc.2.07%
NORGES BANK1.51%
Acadian Asset Management LLC1.51%
1832 Asset Management L.P1.34%

Recent filings & reports

DocumentDate
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • The Bank of Nova Scotia is issuing US$2.3 billion of senior medium-term notes. • The notes consist of: • US$400,000,000 floatin
2026-10-16
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • This Form 6-K filing by The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) is dated October 2, 2026. • The filing’s only listed exhibit is a ne
2026-10-02
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • The Bank of Nova Scotia has established a program to issue up to U.S.$75,000,000,000 of Senior Medium-Term Notes, Series I, or the
2026-10-01
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • Agreement dated October 1, 2026 between The Bank of Nova Scotia and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. (SCUSA). • This is the seventh amen
2026-10-01
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • For the nine months ended July 31, 2026, income from continuing operations before income taxes was $10,502 million, compared with
2026-08-25
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • The document is a Form 6-K filing by The Bank of Nova Scotia for August 2026. • Filed date: August 25, 2026. • The filing includ
2026-08-25
Current report (6-K) · Q4 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • The document is a Form 6-K filing by The Bank of Nova Scotia for August 2026. • The filing date is August 25, 2026. • The bank’s
2026-08-25
Quarterly results (6-K) · Q3 FY2026
HEADLINE NUMBERS • Q3 2026 net income was $2,953 million, up from $2,527 million in Q3 2025. • Diluted EPS was $2.27, versus $1.84 a year ago. Adjus
2026-08-25

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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 2026-10-18.