TSE:BNS - Bank of Nova Scotia Stock Price, Forecast & News

Bank of Nova Scotia trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the ticker symbol "BNS."

Bank of Nova Scotia announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 7th will be given a dividend of 0.90 per share on Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $3.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, January 6th. View Bank of Nova Scotia's Dividend History.

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 28th. The bank reported $1.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.68 by $0.03. The bank earned $6.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.05 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.58 earnings per share. View Bank of Nova Scotia's Earnings History.

Bank of Nova Scotia is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 25th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Bank of Nova Scotia.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Bank of Nova Scotia's shares. Their forecasts range from C$76.00 to C$82.00. On average, they anticipate Bank of Nova Scotia's share price to reach C$78.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Bank of Nova Scotia.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank of Nova Scotia in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Bank of Nova Scotia.

News coverage about BNS stock has been trending extremely positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Bank of Nova Scotia earned a media sentiment score of 4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the bank a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Bank of Nova Scotia.

Some companies that are related to Bank of Nova Scotia include Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), HSBC (HSBA), National Australia Bank (NAB), Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM), Barclays (BARC), National Bank of Canada (NA), Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BEN), Bank of Queensland (BOQ), Canadian Western Bank (CWB), Secure Trust Bank (STB), Atlas Mara (ATMA), Arbuthnot Banking Group (ARBB) and Manx Financial Group (MFX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bank of Nova Scotia investors own include Freehold Royalties (FRU), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Intact Financial (IFC), Constellation Software (CSU), Emera (EMA), Timbercreek Financial (TF), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Enbridge (ENB), BCE (BCE) and Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD.B).

Shares of BNS and other Canadian stocks can be purchased through online brokerage accounts that support trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Brokers that permit trading on the TSX include Fidelity, Interactive Brokers, PennTrade and Charles Schwab.

One share of BNS stock can currently be purchased for approximately C$75.21.

Bank of Nova Scotia has a market capitalization of C$91.47 billion and generates C$28.01 billion in revenue each year. Bank of Nova Scotia employs 98,508 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Bank of Nova Scotia.

The official website for Bank of Nova Scotia is http://www.scotiabank.com/.

Bank of Nova Scotia's mailing address is 44 King St W, TORONTO, ON M5H 1H1, Canada. The bank can be reached via phone at +1-416-8666161.