Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 (BNS) Stock

About Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3

Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 is led by CEO L. Scott Thomson, employs 88,722 people, headquartered in Toronto, CA, publicly traded since 2002.

Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 (BNS) stock trades at $92.90 with a market capitalization of $113.23B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.78, price-to-book of 1.78, price-to-sales of 2.22. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $62.98 and $95.74, and currently trades 3.0% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 3.52%.

On profitability, Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 generates a return on equity (ROE) of 11.41%, return on capital employed of 1.02%, an operating margin of 20.37%, a net profit margin of 14.08%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 reported annual revenue of $73.2B, net profit of $7.8B. Over the last 5 fiscal years, revenue grew at an average annual rate of 18.5%, and net profit grew at an average annual rate of 2.8%.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.29 (debt more than twice shareholders' equity), a current ratio of 0.12, total assets of $1.46T, $66.0B in cash and equivalents. For banks and other lenders, borrowing and deposits are part of the business model, so debt-to-equity and the current ratio read differently than for other companies.

BNS has an average daily trading volume of 2,297,732 shares, a beta of 1.21.

Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 by the numbers, 2016–2025

Between 2016 and 2025 Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 reported revenue of $25.9B rising to $73.2B, a change of +182.1% across 10 years. Compounded, revenue has grown 18.5% a year over five years, 32.9% over three, 148.2% over the last twelve months. Net profit rose to $7.8B.

Operating margin went from 65.8% in 2016 to 14.4% in 2025, a fall of 51.4 percentage points. The most recent net margin is 14.08%. On a trailing twelve-month basis to Jun '26, revenue is $71.0B and net profit $9.5B.

Borrowings rose from $9.1B to $504.0B, cash from operations was $5.4B in the latest year, positive in 8 of the last 10.

Return on equity has averaged 11.0% over five years, and was 9.0% in the most recent year.

The share price itself has compounded at 10.1% a year over five years, 24.7% over three, 57.8% over the last year. Past price movement is history, not a forecast.

Figures are as reported and in the company's own reporting currency. They describe what has already happened and carry no implication about what follows.

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