Bank Of Nova Scotia [NYSE: BNS] closed the trading session at $2180000.0 on 2025-07-01. The day’s price range saw the stock hit a low of $55.22, while the highest price level was $55.815.
The stocks have a year to date performance of 22.16 percent and weekly performance of 2.43 percent. The stock has been moved at 3.61 percent over the last six months. The stock has performed 4.02 percent around the most recent 30 days and changed 17.37 percent over the most recent 3-months.
If compared to the average trading volume of 2.18M shares, BNS reached to a volume of 6968601 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Bank Of Nova Scotia [BNS]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for BNS shares is $62.25 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on BNS stock is a recommendation set at 3.14. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
BofA Securities have made an estimate for Bank Of Nova Scotia shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on March 31, 2025. The new note on the price target was released on February 18, 2025, representing the official price target for Bank Of Nova Scotia stock.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.28. Price to Free Cash Flow for BNS in the course of the last twelve months was 61.71.
BNS stock trade performance evaluation
Bank Of Nova Scotia [BNS] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.43. With this latest performance, BNS shares gained by 4.02% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 3.61% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 3.63% in the past year of trading.
Bank Of Nova Scotia [BNS]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Bank Of Nova Scotia [BNS] shares currently have an operating margin of 10.19%. Bank Of Nova Scotia’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 8.29%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 0.47%, with Return on Assets sitting at 0.47%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Bank Of Nova Scotia [BNS] stock
The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for BNS. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Bank Of Nova Scotia go to 10.78%.
Bank Of Nova Scotia [BNS]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $51.29%, or 51.30%% of BNS stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of BNS stocks are: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA with ownership of 100.42 million shares, which is approximately 7.5458%. BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, holding 69.43 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.28 billion in BNS stocks shares; and BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, currently with $$2.26 billion in BNS stock with ownership which is approximately 3.7076%.
