National Bank Financial Comments on TSE:BNS Q2 Earnings

The Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) (NYSE:BNS) – National Bank Financial boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Bank of Nova Scotia in a report issued on Monday, February 17th. National Bank Financial analyst G. Dechaine now forecasts that the bank will post earnings of $1.70 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.68. The consensus estimate for Bank of Nova Scotia’s current full-year earnings is $7.13 per share. National Bank Financial also issued estimates for Bank of Nova Scotia’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.71 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.80 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently issued reports on BNS. Barclays raised Bank of Nova Scotia from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 21st. Bank of America upgraded Bank of Nova Scotia from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price target for the stock from C$73.00 to C$90.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 19th. National Bankshares increased their price target on Bank of Nova Scotia from C$66.00 to C$78.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Bank of Nova Scotia from C$74.00 to C$83.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Finally, CIBC lowered Bank of Nova Scotia from an “outperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from C$84.00 to C$81.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have assigned a buy rating and two have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of C$78.33.

Bank of Nova Scotia Trading Down 0.0 %

Bank of Nova Scotia stock opened at C$72.40 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$74.97 and a 200 day moving average price of C$72.59. Bank of Nova Scotia has a 52 week low of C$60.68 and a 52 week high of C$80.14. The firm has a market capitalization of C$88.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.44, a PEG ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.97.

Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 29th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, January 7th were given a $1.06 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, January 7th. This represents a $4.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.86%. Bank of Nova Scotia’s dividend payout ratio is currently 67.00%.

About Bank of Nova Scotia

The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates through Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets segments.