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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) Competitors

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C$74.67 -0.63 (-0.84%)
As of 07/11/2025 04:16 PM Eastern

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

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), Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF (BNC), Boralex (BLX), Hut 8 (HUT), Sprott (SII), and Wall Financial (WFC). These companies are all part of the "banking" industry.

Bank of Nova Scotia vs. Its Competitors

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

Royal Bank of Canada currently has a consensus target price of C$184.54, indicating a potential upside of 2.31%. Bank of Nova Scotia has a consensus target price of C$77.31, indicating a potential upside of 3.53%. Given Bank of Nova Scotia's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Bank of Nova Scotia is more favorable than Royal Bank of Canada.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Royal Bank of Canada
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09
Bank of Nova Scotia
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Royal Bank of CanadaC$57.52B4.44C$16.24BC$11.4815.72
Bank of Nova ScotiaC$43.73B2.09C$7.73BC$6.3311.80

In the previous week, Bank of Nova Scotia had 9 more articles in the media than Royal Bank of Canada. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Bank of Nova Scotia and 3 mentions for Royal Bank of Canada. Royal Bank of Canada's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Bank of Nova Scotia's score of 0.28 indicating that Royal Bank of Canada is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

52.5% of Royal Bank of Canada shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.1% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Bank of Nova Scotia shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Royal Bank of Canada pays an annual dividend of C$5.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Bank of Nova Scotia pays an annual dividend of C$4.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Royal Bank of Canada pays out 49.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Bank of Nova Scotia pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Royal Bank of Canada has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Bank of Nova Scotia has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Royal Bank of Canada28.23% 13.27% 0.80%
Bank of Nova Scotia 17.68%9.64%0.55%

Summary

Royal Bank of Canada beats Bank of Nova Scotia on 14 of the 19 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$91.50BC$118.45BC$6.15BC$6.20B
Dividend Yield5.83%3.91%4.20%6.72%
P/E Ratio11.8014.9113.2350.47
Price / Sales2.0966.001,738.231,211.67
Price / Cash0.201.1349.5283.29
Price / Book1.091.251.924.70
Net IncomeC$7.73BC$10.16BC$1.23BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-0.33%1.06%11.18%1.05%
1 Month Performance1.21%7.90%7.30%4.15%
1 Year Performance16.40%36.57%17.74%25.91%

Bank of Nova Scotia Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia
2.1777 of 5 stars
C$74.67
-0.8%
C$77.31
+3.5%
+16.4%C$91.50BC$43.73B11.8091,000News Coverage
RY
Royal Bank of Canada
1.9515 of 5 stars
C$179.11
+0.8%
C$184.54
+3.0%
+19.0%C$253.44BC$57.52B15.6191,400Dividend Increase
TD
Toronto-Dominion Bank
1.0467 of 5 stars
C$100.07
+0.6%
C$90.85
-9.2%
+30.1%C$175.56BC$56.16B19.8393,700Dividend Announcement
BMO
Bank of Montreal
2.667 of 5 stars
C$150.57
+0.7%
C$145.69
-3.2%
+31.8%C$109.06BC$53.67B14.8646,700Dividend Increase
FFH
Fairfax Financial
1.896 of 5 stars
C$2,460.38
+0.9%
C$2,535.71
+3.1%
+56.0%C$39.46BC$21.14B9.4219,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
KEY
Keyera
2.7451 of 5 stars
C$44.32
+0.8%
C$51.18
+15.5%
+12.9%C$10.21BC$7.53B22.8417,500News Coverage
Gap Down
BNC
Purpose Canadian Financial Income Fund Series ETF
N/AC$29.22
+0.4%
N/A+15.9%C$8.87BN/A0.00206,500High Trading Volume
BLX
Boralex
2.9623 of 5 stars
C$31.99
+0.9%
C$39.22
+22.6%
-11.5%C$3.33BC$952.11M46.90180
HUT
Hut 8
N/AC$25.32
+4.7%
N/A+29.2%C$1.69BC$142.55M6.20219Analyst Revision
SII
Sprott
0.4263 of 5 stars
C$93.88
+2.1%
C$83.00
-11.6%
+58.1%C$1.68BC$114.38M36.59170
WFC
Wall Financial
N/AC$16.80
+4.3%
N/AN/AC$539.21MC$193.65M21.71238,000News Coverage
Gap Up

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This page (TSE:BNS) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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