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The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

Financial Services | Banks - Diversified | Toronto, Canada | NYSE
76.56 USD +1.56 (2.080%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 76.79 +0.23 (0.307%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:49 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 2:48 p.m. EDT

BNS is currently trading near its 52-week high with a solid dividend yield and a history of consistent payouts, making it an attractive option for dividend-focused investors. However, the recent price action and mixed options signals suggest a cautious approach. While the fundamentals are strong and the stock is undervalued relative to its target prices, short-term volatility and weak near-term sentiment may present challenges for traders. Long-term investors may find this a good opportunity to buy and hold, especially given the strong fundamentals and consistent dividends.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoETS ✓0.045464
AutoTheta0.071938
AutoARIMA0.120651
MSTL0.125494

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoETS

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 42.13
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.134
Excess Kurtosis -1.42
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-04-06
Last Dividend Date 2025-07-01
Revenue per Share 26.784
Market Cap 94,726,881,280
Trailing P/E 15.59
Forward P/E 11.45
Beta 1.19
Profit Margins 26.85%
Website https://www.scotiabank.com

As of April 11, 2026, 2:48 p.m. EDT: Options speculators are showing mixed signals. Calls are showing increased positioning around the current price, with significant OI at the 70.0 strike, indicating potential for a price increase. Puts also show significant OI at the 70.0 strike, suggesting some bearish sentiment. The ATM IV is moderate, and the overall options activity suggests a cautious outlook with potential for both upward and downward movements in the short term.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.46% 1.46% 5.06% 5.59%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-07-02 0.806 1.461999
2025-04-01 0.737 1.595535
2025-01-07 0.740 1.466493
2024-10-02 0.786 1.544089
2024-07-03 0.775 1.809365
2024-04-01 0.783 1.677101
2024-01-02 0.800 1.844967
2023-09-29 0.786 1.919767
2023-07-05 0.800 1.857582
2023-04-03 0.762 1.747441
2023-01-03 0.759 1.861470
2022-10-03 0.745 1.840067
2022-07-05 0.800 1.682589
2022-04-04 0.799 1.378314
2021-12-31 0.785 1.354443
2021-10-04 0.712 1.446942
2021-07-06 0.730 1.450957
2021-04-05 0.716 1.464370
2021-01-04 0.707 1.727722
2020-10-05 0.676 2.109660
2020-07-06 0.664 2.129882
2020-04-06 0.634 2.191685
2020-01-06 0.692 1.705890
2019-09-30 0.679 1.665033
2019-06-28 0.664 1.723478
2019-04-01 0.652 1.744793
2018-12-31 0.623 1.806298
2018-10-01 0.659 1.622304
2018-06-29 0.619 1.601451
2018-04-02 0.636 1.579701
2017-12-29 0.628 1.471786
2017-10-02 0.633 1.513202
2017-06-29 0.583 1.491355
2017-03-31 0.570 1.515389
2016-12-29 0.546 1.537540
2016-09-30 0.563 1.686764
2016-06-30 0.557 1.823438
2016-04-01 0.554 1.865358
2015-12-31 0.504 2.045414
2015-10-02 0.528 2.017472
2015-07-06 0.542 1.803040
2015-07-02 0.585 1.967968
2015-04-02 0.539 1.844559
2015-01-02 0.568 1.766191
2014-10-03 0.592 1.708020
2014-06-27 0.599 1.575089
2014-03-28 0.580 1.802373
2014-01-03 0.581 1.706226
2013-09-27 0.601 1.909589
2013-06-28 0.573 1.971292
2013-03-28 0.584 1.866223
2012-12-28 0.574 1.874340
2012-09-28 0.580 2.009587
2012-06-29 0.536 1.986413
2012-03-30 0.550 1.903712
2011-12-29 0.512 2.032554
2011-09-30 0.504 1.989090
2011-06-30 0.534 1.773812
2011-04-01 0.537 1.757177
2010-12-31 0.490 1.742806
2010-10-01 0.475 1.826590
2010-07-01 0.467 2.121258
2010-04-01 0.482 2.001898
2009-12-31 0.466 2.105635
2009-10-02 0.456 2.279515
2009-07-02 0.425 2.484355
2009-04-03 0.391 3.247819
2009-01-02 0.394 3.194307
2008-10-03 0.459 2.366166
2008-06-30 0.487 2.411131
2008-03-28 0.475 2.467174
2007-12-28 0.473 2.133899
2007-09-28 0.450 2.003774
2007-06-29 0.421 2.032829
2007-03-30 0.362 1.866915
2006-12-28 0.363 1.932377
2006-09-29 0.347 1.946431
2006-06-29 0.347 2.106735
2006-03-31 0.308 1.884963
2005-12-29 0.309 1.906737
2005-09-30 0.340 2.267476
2005-06-30 0.340 2.574035
2005-04-01 0.320 2.534024
2004-12-31 0.260 1.972386
2004-10-01 0.300 2.666541
2004-07-01 0.300 2.920947
2004-04-02 0.250 2.416522
2004-01-02 0.250 2.614380
2003-10-03 0.220 2.530909
2003-06-30 0.220 2.586010
2003-03-28 0.200 3.090069
2003-01-03 0.200 3.250122
2002-09-27 0.185 3.771150
2002-06-28 0.185 3.163843
Additional Data
dividendRate 3.18
dividendYield 4.15
exDividendDate 2026-04-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 4.36
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.058133334
lastDividendValue 0.806
lastDividendDate 2025-07-02
dividendDate 2026-04-28

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.58027816
Address1 40 Temperance Street
Address2 Scotia plaza
All Time High 78.28
All Time Low 13.195
Ask 76.74
Ask Size 600
Audit Risk 1
Average Analyst Rating 2.9 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 3,811,460
Average Daily Volume3 Month 2,287,663
Average Volume 2,287,663
Average Volume10Days 3,811,460
Beta 1.191
Bid 71.54
Bid Size 3,600
Board Risk 3
Book Value 51.09701
City Toronto
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 4
Country Canada
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 76.56
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 76.985
Day Low 75.5
Dividend Date 1,777,334,400
Dividend Rate 3.18
Dividend Yield 4.15
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,771,938,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,771,938,000
Earnings Growth 1.614
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.994
Earnings Timestamp 1,779,885,000
Earnings Timestamp End 1,779,885,000
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,779,885,000
Ebitda Margins 0.0
Enterprise To Revenue -2.423
Enterprise Value -80,563,200,000
Eps Current Year 8.18668
Eps Forward 6.6877136
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 4.91
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,775,520,000
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 72.8128
Fifty Day Average Change 3.7472
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.05146348
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 58.027817
Fifty Two Week High 78.28
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.7200012
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.021972423
Fifty Two Week Low 47.06
Fifty Two Week Low Change 29.499996
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.62685925
Fifty Two Week Range 47.06 - 78.28
Financial Currency CAD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,023,456,600,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 5.53
Float Shares 1,217,028,722
Forward Eps 6.6877136
Forward P E 11.447858
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 79,740
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.0
Gross Profits 33,251,999,744
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.00023
Held Percent Institutions 0.52084
Implied Shares Outstanding 1,237,289,520
Industry Banks - Diversified
Industry Disp Banks - Diversified
Industry Key banks-diversified
Ir Website http://www.scotiabank.com/ca/en/0,,915,00.html
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,751,414,400
Last Dividend Value 0.806
Last Fiscal Year End 1,761,868,800
Last Split Date 1,083,196,800
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates through Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets segments. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and retail automotive financing solutions. It also provides business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses. In addition, it provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternatives, and institutional funds. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Long Name The Bank of Nova Scotia
Market us_market
Market Cap 94,726,881,280
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_873647
Most Recent Quarter 1,769,817,600
Net Income To Common 8,391,000,064
Next Fiscal Year End 1,793,404,800
Non Diluted Market Cap 94,296,824,251
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 75.5
Operating Cashflow -30,787,000,320
Operating Margins 0.37487
Overall Risk 1
Payout Ratio 0.6469
Peg Ratio 1.1
Phone 416 866 6161
Post Market Change 0.23470306
Post Market Change Percent 0.30656096
Post Market Price 76.7947
Post Market Time 1,776,469,741
Previous Close 75.0
Price Eps Current Year 9.351776
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.4983263
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.8487575
Profit Margins 0.26853
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 2.92857
Region US
Regular Market Change 1.56
Regular Market Change Percent 2.08
Regular Market Day High 76.985
Regular Market Day Low 75.5
Regular Market Day Range 75.5 - 76.985
Regular Market Open 75.5
Regular Market Previous Close 75.0
Regular Market Price 76.56
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 1,968,335
Return On Assets 0.00622
Return On Equity 0.10333
Revenue Growth 0.235
Revenue Per Share 26.784
Sand P52 Week Change 0.36506534
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 1
Shares Outstanding 1,231,433,660
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0095
Shares Short 6,183,278
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 5,240,205
Short Name Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3
Short Ratio 5.63
Source Interval 15
State ON
Symbol BNS
Target High Price 83.11838
Target Low Price 67.17374
Target Mean Price 76.620895
Target Median Price 79.57058
Total Cash 492,831,997,952
Total Cash Per Share 399.853
Total Debt 316,472,000,512
Total Revenue 33,251,999,744
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 4.36
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.058133334
Trailing Eps 4.91
Trailing P E 15.592668
Trailing Peg Ratio 1.0957
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 66.9612
Two Hundred Day Average Change 9.598801
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.14334871
Type Disp Equity
Volume 1,968,335
Website https://www.scotiabank.com
Zip M5H 0B4