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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Competitors

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BNS vs. FITB, BLK, BMO, BN, CM, MFC, RY, SLF, TD, and HSBC

Should you be buying Bank of Nova Scotia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Nova Scotia include Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), BlackRock (BLK), Bank Of Montreal (BMO), Brookfield (BN), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Manulife Financial (MFC), Royal Bank Of Canada (RY), Sun Life Financial (SLF), Toronto Dominion Bank (TD), and HSBC (HSBC). These companies are all part of the "finance" sector.

Bank of Nova Scotia vs. Its Competitors

Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) and Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.

Bank of Nova Scotia has higher revenue and earnings than Fifth Third Bancorp. Fifth Third Bancorp is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Bank of Nova Scotia, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Bank of Nova Scotia$35.13B2.00$5.70B$3.4116.61
Fifth Third Bancorp$8.53B3.35$2.31B$3.2213.30

Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fifth Third Bancorp has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Bank of Nova Scotia presently has a consensus target price of $81.00, suggesting a potential upside of 43.04%. Fifth Third Bancorp has a consensus target price of $47.80, suggesting a potential upside of 11.58%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than Fifth Third Bancorp.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of Nova Scotia
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44
Fifth Third Bancorp
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82

In the previous week, Fifth Third Bancorp had 4 more articles in the media than Bank of Nova Scotia. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Fifth Third Bancorp and 10 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia. Fifth Third Bancorp's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Bank of Nova Scotia's score of 0.70 indicating that Fifth Third Bancorp is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of Nova Scotia
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fifth Third Bancorp
10 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

49.1% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Fifth Third Bancorp shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Fifth Third Bancorp has a net margin of 17.97% compared to Bank of Nova Scotia's net margin of 8.83%. Fifth Third Bancorp's return on equity of 13.31% beat Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of Nova Scotia8.83% 11.27% 0.60%
Fifth Third Bancorp 17.97%13.31%1.15%

Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of $3.23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Fifth Third Bancorp pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 94.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Fifth Third Bancorp pays out 46.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Nova Scotia has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Fifth Third Bancorp has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Summary

Fifth Third Bancorp beats Bank of Nova Scotia on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BNS vs. The Competition

MetricBank of Nova ScotiaBANKS IndustryFinance SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$70.51B$67.40B$12.26B$21.05B
Dividend Yield5.69%3.63%5.54%3.59%
P/E Ratio16.618.9919.0628.45
Price / Sales2.004.5726.1171.70
Price / Cash9.379.5321.6322.92
Price / Book1.271.352.204.68
Net Income$5.70B$6.72B$998.02M$995.51M
7 Day Performance2.61%2.66%0.59%1.65%
1 Month Performance2.89%3.23%3.47%4.54%
1 Year Performance23.56%41.58%536.57%10.00%

Bank of Nova Scotia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
4.1572 of 5 stars
$56.63
-0.1%
$81.00
+43.0%
+24.3%$70.51B$35.13B16.6188,488News Coverage
FITB
Fifth Third Bancorp
4.9419 of 5 stars
$43.75
0.0%
$47.53
+8.6%
+2.4%$29.20B$13.28B13.8918,616Positive News
BLK
BlackRock
4.5229 of 5 stars
$1,111.13
+0.9%
$1,132.29
+1.9%
+34.3%$172.14B$20.96B27.0021,100Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
BMO
Bank Of Montreal
4.4388 of 5 stars
$113.55
-0.2%
$129.50
+14.0%
+31.6%$81.78B$58.27B14.7353,597
BN
Brookfield
3.2251 of 5 stars
$63.87
+1.1%
$66.13
+3.5%
+45.9%$105.26B$81.04B228.12250,000Positive News
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
4.8136 of 5 stars
$72.24
-1.1%
$109.00
+50.9%
+46.4%$67.92B$47.09B12.7048,552News Coverage
MFC
Manulife Financial
4.9042 of 5 stars
$30.47
0.0%
$48.50
+59.2%
+21.3%$52.03B$38.90B15.9537,000Positive News
RY
Royal Bank Of Canada
4.7826 of 5 stars
$131.87
+0.1%
$193.00
+46.4%
+20.4%$186.02B$98.71B14.6594,838Trending News
SLF
Sun Life Financial
4.8031 of 5 stars
$62.77
+1.1%
$88.00
+40.2%
+26.0%$35.38B$28.32B15.9731,768Positive News
TD
Toronto Dominion Bank
3.49 of 5 stars
$74.04
+0.6%
$93.00
+25.6%
+29.3%$127.37B$88.27B10.86102,190News Coverage
Positive News
HSBC
HSBC
2.2557 of 5 stars
$62.53
+1.3%
$63.00
+0.7%
+51.5%$218.33B$141.75B11.47211,304Upcoming Earnings

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