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

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Bank of Nova Scotia in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating and 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "reduce" BNS shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Bank of Nova Scotia's stock. Their BNS share price targets range from $66.00 to $70.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $68.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.6% from the stock's current price.
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Bank of Nova Scotia's stock was trading at $48.69 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BNS shares have decreased by 2.8% and is now trading at $47.35.
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Bank of Nova Scotia saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 23,320,000 shares, an increase of 7.1% from the April 30th total of 21,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,810,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 12.9 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, September 3rd 2024.
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The Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 27th. The bank reported $1.25 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.19 by $0.06. The bank earned $14.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.01 billion. Bank of Nova Scotia had a net margin of 10.40% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.40%. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.37 EPS.

Bank of Nova Scotia declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.769 per share on Monday, July 29th. This represents a $3.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, July 3rd.
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Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) pays an annual dividend of $3.14 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.69%. BNS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 70.72%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, BNS will have a dividend payout ratio of 60.97% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE:BNS) stock in their portfolio include Franklin FTSE Canada ETF (FLCA), JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF (BBCA), iShares MSCI Canada ETF (EWC), Franklin International Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF (LVHI), iShares Transition-Enabling Metals ETF (TMET), iShares International Select Dividend ETF (IDV), First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (FID) and Virtus WMC International Dividend ETF (VWID).

1,585 employees have rated Bank of Nova Scotia Chief Executive Officer Brian J. Porter on Glassdoor.com. Brian J. Porter has an approval rating of 86% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Bank of Nova Scotia investors own include AT&T (T), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Pfizer (PFE), Royal Bank of Canada (RY), Verizon Communications (VZ), AbbVie (ABBV), Cisco Systems (CSCO), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Intel (INTC).

Bank of Nova Scotia's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.92%), Toronto Dominion Bank (2.03%), TD Asset Management Inc (1.55%), 1832 Asset Management L.P. (1.38%), Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund (1.18%) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (0.33%).

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