The Bank of Nova Scotia

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Regional Banks
  • ISIN: CA0641491075
CAD
94.50
-1.69 (-1.76%)
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  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

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Quality
Valuation
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The Bank of Nova Scotia
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Why is The Bank of Nova Scotia ?

1
Positive results in Apr 25
  • NII(Q) Highest at CAD 5,270 MM
  • DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y) Highest at 71.74%
  • OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q) Highest at 15.33 %
2
With ROA of 0.33%, it has a very attractive valuation with a 1.31 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of 23.47%, its profits have fallen by -3.8%
3
High Institutional Holdings at 48.03%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 2.5% over the previous quarter.
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to The Bank of Nova Scotia should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Regional Banks should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Regional Banks)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is The Bank of Nova Scotia for you?

Low Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
The Bank of Nova Scotia
36.76%
2.65
15.31%
S&P/TSX 60
23.72%
1.54
14.62%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
14.86%
EBIT Growth (5y)
4.53%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
0
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
0
Dividend Payout Ratio
74.01%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
50.33%
ROCE (avg)
0
ROE (avg)
0
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
13
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.35
EV to EBIT
39.36
EV to EBITDA
33.56
EV to Capital Employed
1.09
EV to Sales
6.46
PEG Ratio
0.42
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
2.78%
ROE (Latest)
10.17%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bullish (Daily)
KST
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company
NII(Q)

Highest at CAD 5,586 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at CAD 0

-5What is not working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Lowest at CAD 10,489 MM

GROSS NPA (%)

(Q

CREDIT DEPOSIT RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 89.76%

Here's what is working for The Bank of Nova Scotia

NII
Highest at CAD 5,586 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The bank's income from core business is increasing

Net NPA

Dividend per share
Highest at CAD 0
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (CAD)

Here's what is not working for The Bank of Nova Scotia

Non Performing Loans (%)
Highest at 0.87%
in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Proportion of stressed loans given by the bank are increasing

Non Performing Loans (%)

Operating Cash Flow
Lowest at CAD 10,489 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company's cash revenues from business operations are falling

Operating Cash Flows (CAD MM)

Credit Deposit Ratio
Lowest at 89.76%
in the last four Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Bank has been creating proportionately lower loans against its deposits, thereby creating fewer revenue generating assets

Credit Deposit Ratio (%)