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The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) 10-Year Financial Performance & Capital Metrics

BNS • • Banking & Credit
Financial ServicesDiversified BanksNorth American universal banks
AboutThe 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 in four segments: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and day-to-day banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses, including automotive financing solutions to dealers and their customers. It also 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 alternative funds, and institutional funds. In addition, the company offers international banking services for retail, corporate, and commercial customers; and lending and transaction, investment banking advisory, and capital markets access services to corporate customers. Further, it provides online, mobile, and telephone banking services. The company operates a network of 954 branches and approximately 3,766 automated banking machines in Canada; and approximately 1,300 branches and a network of contact and support center internationally. The Bank of Nova Scotia was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Halifax, Canada.Show more
  • Net Interest Income $21.52B +11.8%
  • Total Revenue $73.18B +148.2%
  • Net Income $7.79B +0.4%
  • Return on Equity 9.02% -5.4%
  • Net Interest Margin 1.47% +8.1%
  • Efficiency Ratio 29.89% -55.1%
  • ROA 0.54% -1.3%
  • Equity / Assets 6.07% +1.9%
  • Book Value per Share 71.15 +4.3%
  • Tangible BV/Share 58.17 +6.6%
  • Debt/Equity 5.69 +59.1%
Technical Analysis

Key Insights

Based on financial data analysis

✓Strengths

  • ✓Efficient operations: 29.9% efficiency ratio
  • ✓Healthy dividend yield of 4.2%
  • ✓Trading near 52-week high
  • ✓Trading at only 1.5x book value

✗Weaknesses

  • ✗High debt to equity ratio of 5.7x
  • ✗Weak Piotroski F-Score: 3/9
  • ✗Weak NIM of 1.5%

* These insights are generated automatically based on available financial data. Please conduct your own research before making investment decisions.

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Growth Metrics

Revenue CAGR

10Y11.96%
5Y18.52%
3Y32.94%
TTM-

Profit (Net Income) CAGR

10Y1.05%
5Y2.82%
3Y-7.73%
TTM0.4%

EPS CAGR

10Y0.04%
5Y1.43%
3Y-10.81%
TTM-4.25%

ROCE

10Y Avg1.75%
5Y Avg1.65%
3Y Avg1.55%
Latest1.94%

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NameMarket CapCurrent PriceP/E RatioRevenue Growth 1YNet MarginROEFCF YieldDebt/Equity
CCitigroup Inc.192.61B110.2218.529.86%7.43%6.87%2.82
BNSThe Bank of Nova Scotia93.65B75.7518.22148.2%10.64%8.79%3.95%5.69
BMOBank of Montreal102.03B143.9317.22-0.52%11.14%10.57%6.1%4.71
RYRoyal Bank of Canada234.16B167.2316.242.13%14.82%14.63%16.53%6.00
CMCanadian Imperial Bank of Commerce93.55B100.9616.12-3.14%13.59%13.09%5.52
JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co.809.67B300.3015.2114.61%21.59%16.11%2.18
WFCWells Fargo & Company251.85B81.4415.168.72%15.73%11.51%1.21%1.56
BACBank of America Corporation379.25B49.8313.04-1.91%16.23%10.1%3.33%1.21

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Profit & Loss

Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Net Interest Income+14.29B15.04B16.19B17.18B17.32B16.96B18.11B18.29B19.25B21.52B
NII Growth %9.17%5.2%7.69%6.09%0.83%-2.07%6.8%0.95%5.28%11.79%
Net Interest Margin %----------
Interest Income22.21B23.93B28.07B32.78B29.71B24.99B33.56B56.82B61.66B57.6B
Interest Expense7.92B8.89B11.88B15.61B12.39B8.03B15.44B38.54B42.41B36.08B
Loan Loss Provision-7.92B-8.89B-11.88B-15.61B-12.39B-8.03B-15.44B-38.54B4.05B4.71B
Non-Interest Income+3.73B2.82B149M-2.55B1.58B5.93B-2.41B-25.04B-32.18B15.57B
Non-Interest Income %----------
Total Revenue+25.94B26.75B28.22B30.24B31.29B30.91B31.15B31.79B29.48B73.18B
Revenue Growth %9.69%3.13%5.49%7.16%3.49%-1.21%0.76%2.05%-7.25%148.2%
Non-Interest Expense-8.87B-7.82B-5.41B-19.37B-22.97B-18.42B-3.03B31.79B19.64B21.87B
Efficiency Ratio----------
Operating Income+17.06B18.93B22.81B10.86B8.32B12.49B28.12B8.69B13.18B10.51B
Operating Margin %----------
Operating Income Growth %6.23%10.94%20.48%-52.37%-23.39%50.16%125.03%-69.09%51.71%-20.29%
Pretax Income+9.4B10.28B11.11B11.27B8.4B12.83B12.93B9.75B9.92B10.51B
Pretax Margin %----------
Income Tax+2.03B2.03B2.38B2.47B1.54B2.87B2.76B2.23B2.03B2.75B
Effective Tax Rate %----------
Net Income+7.12B8.01B8.55B8.39B6.78B9.62B9.92B7.41B7.76B7.79B
Net Margin %----------
Net Income Growth %1.47%12.48%6.78%-1.85%-19.21%41.99%3.03%-25.27%4.7%0.4%
Net Income (Continuing)6.95B7.84B8.16B8.15B6.61B9.62B9.91B7.53B7.89B7.76B
EPS (Diluted)+5.776.496.966.675.307.708.025.815.865.69
EPS Growth %1.76%12.48%7.24%-4.17%-20.54%45.28%4.16%-27.56%0.86%-2.9%
EPS (Basic)5.806.557.056.725.437.748.055.845.945.69
Diluted Shares Outstanding1.23B1.22B1.23B1.25B1.24B1.23B1.21B1.2B1.23B1.25B

Balance Sheet

Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Cash & Short Term Investments+76.03B105.59B110.68B81.46B116.5B120.05B119.31B140.83B108.17B108.1B
Cash & Due from Banks46.34B59.66B62.27B46.72B76.46B86.32B65.89B90.31B63.86B65.97B
Short Term Investments29.69B45.92B48.41B34.74B40.04B33.73B53.41B50.51B44.3B42.13B
Total Investments+196.27B200.94B217.6B236.38B263.39B249.73B269.6B281B321.04B1.01T
Investments Growth %29.48%2.38%8.29%8.63%11.43%-5.19%7.96%4.23%14.25%214.42%
Long-Term Investments166.58B155.02B169.19B201.63B223.35B216B216.19B230.49B276.73B967.27B
Accounts Receivables3.92B3.85B4.68B5.09B4.84B4.36B5.42B7.13B7.47B7.72B
Goodwill & Intangibles+----------
Goodwill7.38B7.24B10.01B9.63B9.28B8.85B8.87B9.18B8.96B8.59B
Intangible Assets4.76B4.86B7.71B7.83B7.74B7.76B7.96B8.01B7.89B7.58B
PP&E (Net)2.52B2.38B2.68B2.67B5.9B5.62B5.7B5.64B5.25B4.88B
Other Assets-2.02B-169.51B-1.94B-1.57B-2.19B-2.05B-1.9B1.15T991.94B345.4B
Total Current Assets81.29B110.78B118.16B89.25B125.2B129.13B132.69B154.84B121.25B123.06B
Total Non-Current Assets181.24B169.51B189.59B221.77B246.26B238.23B238.72B1.41T1.29T1.34T
Total Assets+896.27B915.27B998.49B1.09T1.14T1.18T1.35T1.41T1.41T1.46T
Asset Growth %4.64%2.12%9.09%8.78%4.63%4.26%13.89%4.55%0.09%3.4%
Return on Assets (ROA)0.81%0.88%0.89%0.8%0.61%0.83%0.78%0.54%0.55%0.54%
Accounts Payable7.99B8.84B9.4B9.2B8.31B8.92B12.56B16.98B16.77B17.85B
Total Debt+9.09B10.6B13.89B19.49B7.41B245.66B310.86B313.81B300.67B504.02B
Net Debt-37.25B-49.06B-48.38B-27.23B-69.06B159.34B244.96B223.5B236.81B438.06B
Long-Term Debt9.09B10.6B13.89B140.24B155.17B158.27B177.43B190.68B194.31B199.57B
Short-Term Debt0000083.98B130.11B119.93B103.38B301.49B
Other Liabilities-9.09B-10.6B-13.89B-140.24B-158.65B-161.68B-180.75B450.51B93.29B100.85B
Total Current Liabilities105.12B102.48B102.76B122.72B65.61B92.9B142.67B649.64B722.1B1.07T
Total Non-Current Liabilities105.12B102.48B102.76B20.79B8.48B162.83B142.67B644.4B291.97B304.8B
Total Liabilities838.45B853.65B930.81B1.02T1.07T1.11T1.27T1.33T1.33T1.37T
Total Equity+57.82B61.63B67.68B70.19B70.5B72.89B74.75B78.67B84.08B88.59B
Equity Growth %8.12%6.58%9.83%3.71%0.44%3.39%2.55%5.24%6.88%5.37%
Equity / Assets (Capital Ratio)----------
Return on Equity (ROE)12.79%13.4%13.22%12.17%9.63%13.42%13.43%9.66%9.53%9.02%
Book Value per Share47.1650.3955.0756.1156.7259.5061.8865.3468.2471.15
Tangible BV per Share----------
Common Stock15.51B15.64B18.23B18.26B18.24B18.51B18.71B20.11B22.05B22.07B
Additional Paid-in Capital0000000000
Retained Earnings34.75B38.12B41.41B44.44B46.34B51.35B53.76B55.75B57.75B58.92B
Accumulated OCI2.39B1.69B1.4B935M-1.76B-5.11B-7.32B-7B-6.21B-4.06B
Treasury Stock0000000000
Preferred Stock3.59B4.58B4.18B3.88B5.31B6.05B8.07B8.07B8.78B9.94B

Cash Flow

Oct 2016Oct 2017Oct 2018Oct 2019Oct 2020Oct 2021Oct 2022Oct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025
Cash from Operations+4.1B16.58B17.81B-12.03B56.66B-12.81B16.94B11.47B15.65B5.41B
Operating CF Growth %-70.4%304.59%7.4%-167.51%571.22%-122.6%232.29%-32.3%36.46%-65.45%
Net Income7.37B8.24B8.72B8.8B6.85B9.96B10.17B7.53B7.76B7.76B
Depreciation & Amortization684M761M848M1.05B1.55B1.51B1.53B1.82B1.76B1.6B
Deferred Taxes2.03B2.03B2.38B2.47B1.54B2.87B2.76B2.23B2.03B2.75B
Other Non-Cash Items148M872M93M-90M3B-967M-594M4.31B2.2B1.21B
Working Capital Changes-6.14B4.67B5.76B-24.27B43.72B-26.18B3.06B-4.83B1.89B-7.93B
Cash from Investing+-2.75B-12.54B-13.72B15.22B-56.46B14.7B-11.29B-30.04B-7.45B1.57B
Purchase of Investments-94.44B-64.56B-91.9B-89.02B-147.63B-72.26B-97.74B-100.92B-108.28B-70.1B
Sale/Maturity of Investments1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K1000K
Net Investment Activity----------
Acquisitions-1.05B229M-3.86B20M3.94B-717M-549M895M0-2.64B
Other Investing28.02B-385M-1.89B17.45B-31.03B-15.63B24.43B-24.45B24.53B-807M
Cash from Financing+-1.2B-2.93B-2.87B-1.29B28.13B-2.78B-4.58B16.71B-8.84B-6.31B
Dividends Paid-3.6B-3.8B-4.17B-4.44B-4.56B-4.6B-5.12B-5.42B-5.67B-5.88B
Share Repurchases-770M-1.58B-1.33B-1.38B-679M-1.26B-3.37B00-895M
Stock Issued1.74B313M2.13B255M59M2.27B137M1.4B1.95B210M
Net Stock Activity----------
Debt Issuance (Net)1000K-1000K-1000K1000K-1000K-1000K1000K1000K-1000K-1000K
Other Financing7.32B29.59B41.07B63.5B33.45B1.91B-506M19.69B-3.26B-360M
Net Change in Cash+131M970M1.17B1.91B219M-1.43B1.37B-892M-767M850M
Exchange Rate Effect-1000K-1000K-1000K1000K-1000K-1000K1000K1000K-1000K1000K
Cash at Beginning6.72B6.86B7.83B9B10.9B11.12B9.69B11.06B10.17B9.41B
Cash at End6.86B7.83B9B10.9B11.12B9.69B11.06B10.17B9.41B10.26B
Interest Paid0000000000
Income Taxes Paid0000000000
Free Cash Flow+3.75B2.58B17.39B-12.21B55.89B-13.27B16.37B31.28B15.16B5.06B
FCF Growth %-72.35%-31.19%573.96%-170.2%557.73%-123.74%223.39%91.07%-51.53%-66.63%

Banking Ratios

Metric2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Return on Equity (ROE)12.79%13.4%13.22%12.17%9.63%13.42%13.43%9.66%9.53%9.02%
Return on Assets (ROA)0.81%0.88%0.89%0.8%0.61%0.83%0.78%0.54%0.55%0.54%
Net Interest Margin1.59%1.64%1.62%1.58%1.52%1.43%1.34%1.3%1.36%1.47%
Efficiency Ratio-34.21%-29.23%-19.17%-64.08%-73.41%-59.58%-9.73%100%66.61%29.89%
Equity / Assets6.45%6.73%6.78%6.46%6.2%6.15%5.54%5.58%5.95%6.07%
Book Value / Share47.1650.3955.0756.1156.7259.561.8865.3468.2471.15
NII Growth9.17%5.2%7.69%6.09%0.83%-2.07%6.8%0.95%5.28%11.79%
Dividend Payout50.56%47.43%48.81%52.94%67.26%47.84%51.61%73.17%67%68.93%

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