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Scotiabank

55.67 USD
+0.40
0.72%
At close Jul 1, 4:00 PM EDT
After hours
55.84
+0.17
0.31%
1 day
0.72%
5 days
2.66%
1 month
4.06%
3 months
18.78%
6 months
3.78%
Year to date
3.78%
1 year
22.46%
5 years
36.58%
10 years
12.60%
 

About: Bank of Nova Scotia is a global financial services provider with over CAD 1.4 trillion in assets. The bank has four major business segments: Canadian banking, international banking, global wealth management, and global banking and markets. It offers a range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. The bank's international operations span numerous countries and are more concentrated in the Latin America region.

Employees: 86,746

0
Funds holding %
of 7,310 funds
Analysts bullish %

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

9% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 151 | Existing positions reduced: 138

0.64% more ownership

Funds ownership: 44.25% [Q4 2024] → 44.89% (+0.64%) [Q1 2025]

5% less funds holding

Funds holding: 431 [Q4 2024] → 409 (-22) [Q1 2025]

9% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $29.3B [Q4 2024] → $26.6B (-$2.72B) [Q1 2025]

17% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 24 [Q4 2024] → 20 (-4) [Q1 2025]

18% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $787M | Put options by funds: $959M

21% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 49 | Existing positions closed: 62

Research analyst outlook

We haven’t received any recent analyst ratings for BNS.

Financial journalist opinion

Based on 9 articles about BNS published over the past 30 days

Positive
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Positive
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