Stock Research: Bank of Nova Scotia

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Bank of Nova Scotia

TSX:BNS CA0641491075
23
  • Value
    27
  • Growth
    19
  • Safety
    Safety
    45
  • Combined
    9
  • Sentiment
    61
  • 360° View
    360° View
    23
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Company Description

The Bank of Nova Scotia, also known as Scotiabank, is a Canadian chartered bank offering various financial services. It operates in banking, wealth management, and global markets. Scotiabank serves clients in Canada, internationally, and in 13 countries for investment funds. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $67,802 million and 88488 employees. Revenue and profits were not available.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 23 (better than 23% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Bank of Nova Scotia are critical, mostly below average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with three out of four indicators below average for Bank of Nova Scotia. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 61, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 61% of alternative investment opportunities. But all other ranks are below average. The consolidated Value Rank has a rank of 45, which means that the share price of Bank of Nova Scotia is on the higher side compared with typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. The consolidated Growth Rank also has a low rank of 19, meaning that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. This means that growth is lower than for 19% of competitors in the same industry. Finally, the consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 27 which means that the company has a riskier financing structure than 73% comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
45 95 91 87
Growth
19 23 89 61
Safety
Safety
27 10 39 35
Sentiment
61 42 5 55
360° View
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23 34 63 65
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Analyst Opinions
18 21 5 80
Opinions Change
50 50 4 25
Pro Holdings
n/a 39 21 8
Market Pulse
90 89 56 80
Sentiment
61 42 5 55
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Value
45 95 91 87
Growth
19 23 89 61
Safety Safety
27 10 39 35
Combined
9 34 97 67
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
30 91 81 87
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
60 86 81 76
Price vs. Book (P/B)
11 51 61 27
Dividend Yield
97 96 96 100
Value
45 95 91 87
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Revenue Growth
15 48 80 76
Profit Growth
38 60 82 20
Capital Growth
7 11 45 79
Stock Returns
91 17 63 51
Growth
19 23 89 61
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Metrics Current 2024 2023 2022
Leverage
2 3 4 10
Refinancing
43 34 77 47
Liquidity
65 57 58 78
Safety Safety
27 10 39 35

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