The Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS · NYSE · USD

$90.67Change from previous close: −0.19%Absolute change: −$0.17

Close · October 1, 2026

Valuation

Data as of October 2, 2026

Valuation multiples

Market cap
$110.33B
Enterprise value
-$86.76B
P/E (trailing 12 months)
16.8
Forward P/E
13.6
PEG
1.00
Price/book
1.72
Price/sales
3.13
EV/revenue
-2.46

Profitability and growth

Gross margin
0.0%
Operating margin
41.2%
Net margin
28.4%
ROE
11.5%
ROA
0.7%
Revenue growth (year over year)
11.7%
Earnings growth (year over year)
23.4%

Financial health

Total cash
$543.13B
Total debt
$344.39B

Dividends

Annual dividend per share
$3.29
Dividend yield
3.6%
Payout ratio
58.0%
Ex-dividend date
October 6, 2026

Analysts and estimates

Average price target
$89.71
Median price target
$94.27
High price target
$98.93
Low price target
$75.92
Analysts with a price target
3
Consensus
Hold
Forward EPS
$6.67
EPS estimate, current year
$8.53

Shares and trading

Beta
1.21
Average volume
2.27M
Shares outstanding
1.22B
Float
1.2B
Institutional ownership
50.9%
Insider ownership
0.0%
Short ratio (days)
5.69