Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Scotiabank's vision is to be our clients' most trusted financial partner and deliver sustainable, profitable growth. Guided by our purpose: 'for every future,' we help our clients, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. With assets of approximately $1.5 trillion (as at January 31, 2026), Scotiabank is one of the largest banks in North America by assets, and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: BNS) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: BNS). For more information, please visit www.scotiabank.com and follow us on X @Scotiabank.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$122.47 to C$123.64
• 50-Day Range: C$102.72 to C$123.48
• 52-Week Range: C$74.10 to C$124.79
• Volume: 4.73 million shs
• Average Volume: 4.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: C$151.14 billion
• P/E Ratio: 17.00
• Dividend Yield: 3.57%
• Price Target: C$110.77
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Bank of Nova Scotia Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Bank of Nova Scotia scored higher than 35% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Bank of Nova Scotia has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.10, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Downside Risk

Bank of Nova Scotia has a consensus price target of C$110.77, representing about 10.1% downside from its current price of C$123.27.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Bank of Nova Scotia has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Bank of Nova Scotia is 17.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 46.24.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Bank of Nova Scotia is 17.00, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.93.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Bank of Nova Scotia has a PEG Ratio of 1.33. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Bank of Nova Scotia has a P/B Ratio of 1.71. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for BNS.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Leadership

Bank of Nova Scotia is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.72%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Bank of Nova Scotia does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Bank of Nova Scotia is 60.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.67

News Sentiment

Bank of Nova Scotia has a news sentiment score of 0.67. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.83 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Bank of Nova Scotia this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 16 people have searched for BNS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -58% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Bank of Nova Scotia to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.3 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Bank of Nova Scotia insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.03% of the stock of Bank of Nova Scotia is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

27.59% of the stock of Bank of Nova Scotia is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 4/28 Dividend: 4/07/2026
• Record date for 4/28 Dividend: 4/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/28/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/27/2026
• Today: 7/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/29 Dividend: 7/07/2026
• Record date for 7/29 Dividend: 7/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/29/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Banks - Diversified
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: TSE:BNS
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.scotiabank.com
• Phone: +1-416-8666161
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 91,000
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Bank of Nova Scotia: C$110.77
• High Price Target: C$122.00
• Low Price Target: C$88.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: -10.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.10
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): C$7.25
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 17.00
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.29
• P/E Growth: 1.33
• Net Income: C$7.73 billion
• Net Margins: 15.64%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 11.06%
• Return on Assets: 0.55%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 328.56
• Current Ratio: 0.04
• Quick Ratio: N/A

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$38.40 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.94
• Cash Flow: C$615.12 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 0.20
• Book Value: C$72.02 per share
• Price / Book: 1.71

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,226,076,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$151.14 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.32