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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Competitors

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C$89.87 +0.55 (+0.62%)
As of 10/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

BNS vs. RY, TD, BMO, FFH, KEY, HUT, BNC, BITF, SII, and BLX

Should you be buying Bank of Nova Scotia stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Bank of Nova Scotia include Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Bank of Montreal (BMO), Fairfax Financial (FFH), Keyera (KEY), Hut 8 (HUT), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Bitfarms (BITF), Sprott (SII), and Boralex (BLX). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank of Nova Scotia vs. Its Competitors

Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) and Royal Bank of Canada (TSE:RY) are both large-cap financial services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Royal Bank of Canada has a net margin of 28.23% compared to Bank of Nova Scotia's net margin of 17.68%. Royal Bank of Canada's return on equity of 13.27% beat Bank of Nova Scotia's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Bank of Nova Scotia17.68% 9.64% 0.55%
Royal Bank of Canada 28.23%13.27%0.80%

In the previous week, Royal Bank of Canada had 1 more articles in the media than Bank of Nova Scotia. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada and 1 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia. Bank of Nova Scotia's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Royal Bank of Canada's score of 0.22 indicating that Bank of Nova Scotia is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Bank of Nova Scotia
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Royal Bank of Canada has higher revenue and earnings than Bank of Nova Scotia. Royal Bank of Canada 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 ScotiaC$36.00B3.11C$7.73BC$5.2317.18
Royal Bank of CanadaC$64.40B4.52C$16.24BC$13.2215.60

Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 1.29545, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 1.241893, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

25.3% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.7% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of C$4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 81.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Bank of Nova Scotia presently has a consensus target price of C$85.85, suggesting a potential downside of 4.48%. Royal Bank of Canada has a consensus target price of C$206.62, suggesting a potential upside of 0.20%. Given Royal Bank of Canada's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Royal Bank of Canada is more favorable than Bank of Nova Scotia.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Bank of Nova Scotia
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.46
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Bank of Nova Scotia on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BNS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE 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 IndustryFinancial SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$110.98BC$123.99BC$4.81BC$9.71B
Dividend Yield4.93%4.18%4.41%6.51%
P/E Ratio17.1815.3374.0329.59
Price / Sales3.1165.011,444.8011.83
Price / Cash0.201.2448.9383.29
Price / Book1.311.403.515.76
Net IncomeC$7.73BC$10.16BC$1.22BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.27%-0.17%-0.32%-0.81%
1 Month Performance0.30%-0.86%0.80%4.19%
1 Year Performance22.77%40.22%39.20%50.03%

Bank of Nova Scotia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
1.7405 of 5 stars
C$89.87
+0.6%
C$85.85
-4.5%
N/AC$110.98BC$36.00B17.1891,000
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
1.7928 of 5 stars
C$201.20
-1.3%
C$206.62
+2.7%
+18.5%C$283.75BC$64.40B15.2291,400Dividend Announcement
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.9472 of 5 stars
C$109.78
-2.0%
C$106.33
-3.1%
+44.0%C$192.31BC$60.13B9.4093,700High Trading Volume
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.42 of 5 stars
C$175.98
-0.8%
C$167.83
-4.6%
N/AC$128.04BC$35.16B15.4246,700Dividend Announcement
FFH
Fairfax Financial
3.567 of 5 stars
C$2,446.96
-0.5%
C$2,742.86
+12.1%
+33.8%C$54.42BC$30.86B12.4319,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
KEY
Keyera
2.7258 of 5 stars
C$43.87
-2.8%
C$51.36
+17.1%
-3.2%C$10.05BC$7.27B18.9917,500
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$61.00
-6.3%
N/A+249.8%C$6.44BC$550.39M41.78219Gap Up
BNC
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF
N/AC$31.63
-0.3%
N/AN/AC$4.50BN/A0.00206,500
BITF
Bitfarms
0.9352 of 5 stars
C$5.86
-0.2%
C$3.75
-36.0%
+146.3%C$3.24BC$245.66M-36.63110Gap Up
High Trading Volume
SII
Sprott
0.9592 of 5 stars
C$115.93
-0.3%
C$93.33
-19.5%
+83.3%C$2.99BC$186.32M59.76170
BLX
Boralex
2.4206 of 5 stars
C$27.75
0.0%
C$39.00
+40.5%
-22.3%C$2.85BC$830M-308.33180Positive News

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This page (TSE:BNS) was last updated on 10/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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