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BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

State commercial bank, listed on NYSE (BNS). Summary from the record

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Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

37.7BRevenue, fiscal 2025²

7.8BNet income, fiscal 2025²

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TickerBNS on NYSE¹
IndustryState Commercial Banks¹
HeadquartersToronto, Canada¹
Incorporated inCanada (Federal Level)³
Business address40 Temperance Street, Toronto, A6 M5H 0B4³

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Financials

From the company’s reports to the SEC. Every number links to the filing it came from. Figures are in CAD, the currency the company reports in.

Key numbers, fiscal 2025

20.6%Net margin²

12.1%Revenue growth, 2025²

8.8%Return on equity²

Where the money goes

Where each dollar of revenue went, fiscal 2025

InterestProfit

Interest77¢36.1B CAD
Income tax6¢2.8B CAD
Profit17¢7.8B CAD

Out of 37.7B CAD in revenue.²

Where each dollar of operating cash went, fiscal 2025

Dividends paid

Dividends paid100¢5.9B CAD

Out of 5.4B CAD of cash from operations. Spending exceeded cash from operations; the rest came from savings or borrowing.²

Financial statements

Revenue⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸²37.7B CAD in 2025+31% since 2018

Net income⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸²7.8B CAD in 2025−11% since 2018

Fiscal year	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Revenue	28.8B CAD⁴	31.0B CAD⁵	31.3B CAD⁵	31.3B CAD⁶	31.4B CAD⁷	32.2B CAD⁸	33.7B CAD²	37.7B CAD²
Interest				8.0B CAD⁶	15.4B CAD⁷	38.6B CAD⁸	42.4B CAD²	36.1B CAD²
Income before tax				12.8B CAD⁶	12.9B CAD⁷	9.7B CAD⁸	9.9B CAD²	10.5B CAD²
Income tax				2.9B CAD⁶	2.8B CAD⁷	2.2B CAD⁸	2.0B CAD²	2.8B CAD²
Net income	8.7B CAD⁴	8.8B CAD⁵	6.9B CAD⁵	10.0B CAD⁶	10.2B CAD⁷	7.5B CAD⁸	7.9B CAD²	7.8B CAD²
Earnings per share	7 CAD/shares⁴	7 CAD/shares⁵	5 CAD/shares⁵	8 CAD/shares⁶	8 CAD/shares⁷	6 CAD/shares⁸	6 CAD/shares²	6 CAD/shares²
Earnings per share (diluted)	7 CAD/shares⁴	7 CAD/shares⁵	5 CAD/shares⁵	8 CAD/shares⁶	8 CAD/shares⁷	6 CAD/shares⁸	6 CAD/shares²	6 CAD/shares²
Shares (weighted, basic)				1.2B shares⁶	1.2B shares⁷	1.2B shares⁸	1.2B shares²	1.2B shares²
Shares (weighted, diluted)				1.2B shares⁶	1.2B shares⁷	1.2B shares⁸	1.2B shares²	1.2B shares²

Total assets⁹⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸²1.5T CAD in 2025+46% since 2018

Total liabilities⁹⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸²1.4T CAD in 2025+47% since 2018

Shareholders’ equity⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸²88.6B CAD in 2025+31% since 2018

Cash⁵⁶⁷⁸²10.3B CAD in 2025+14% since 2018

Fiscal year	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Cash	9.0B CAD⁵	10.9B CAD⁵	11.1B CAD⁶	9.7B CAD⁷	11.1B CAD⁸	10.2B CAD²	9.4B CAD²	10.3B CAD²
Property, plant and equipment				5.6B CAD⁶	5.7B CAD⁷	5.6B CAD⁸	5.3B CAD²	4.9B CAD²
Goodwill				8.8B CAD⁷	8.9B CAD⁸	9.2B CAD²	9.0B CAD²	8.6B CAD²
Intangible assets				7.8B CAD⁶	8.0B CAD⁷	8.0B CAD⁸	7.9B CAD²	7.6B CAD²
Total assets	998.5B CAD⁹	1.1T CAD⁴	1.1T CAD⁵	1.2T CAD⁶	1.3T CAD⁷	1.4T CAD⁸	1.4T CAD²	1.5T CAD²
Total liabilities	930.8B CAD⁹	1.0T CAD⁴	1.1T CAD⁵	1.1T CAD⁶	1.3T CAD⁷	1.3T CAD⁸	1.3T CAD²	1.4T CAD²
Retained earnings				51.4B CAD⁶	53.8B CAD⁷	55.7B CAD⁸	57.8B CAD²	58.9B CAD²
Shareholders’ equity	67.7B CAD⁴	70.2B CAD⁵	70.5B CAD⁶	72.9B CAD⁷	74.7B CAD⁸	78.6B CAD²	84.1B CAD²	88.6B CAD²
Shares outstanding	1.2B shares¹⁰	1.2B shares⁹	1.2B shares⁴	1.2B shares⁵	1.2B shares⁶	1.2B shares⁷	1.2B shares⁸	1.2B shares²

Cash from operations⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸²5.4B CAD in 2025−70% since 2018

Dividends paid⁶⁷⁸²5.9B CAD in 2025+28% since 2021

Fiscal year	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Cash from operations	17.8B CAD⁴	-12.0B CAD⁵	56.7B CAD⁵	-12.8B CAD⁶	16.9B CAD⁷	31.7B CAD⁸	15.7B CAD²	5.4B CAD²
Depreciation and amortization				1.5B CAD⁶	1.5B CAD⁷	1.8B CAD⁸	1.8B CAD²	1.6B CAD²
Cash from investing				14.7B CAD⁶	-11.3B CAD⁷	-30.0B CAD⁸	-7.5B CAD²	1.6B CAD²
Dividends paid				4.6B CAD⁶	5.1B CAD⁷	5.4B CAD⁸	5.7B CAD²	5.9B CAD²
Cash from financing				-2.8B CAD⁶	-4.6B CAD⁷	-2.8B CAD⁸	-8.8B CAD²	-6.3B CAD²

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Former names

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA /Nov 8, 2000 to Jan 15, 2015³

Filings

12,577 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 5 annual reports, 2 insider forms, 126 large holders, 12,444 other. The latest 20:

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The 12,577 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

1 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 1 buys and 0 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

Date	Who	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Feb 5, 2025	BANK OF NOVA SCOTIADirector	Buy	50,000	$17.85	$892.5K	Form 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

Bank of MontrealSCHEDULE 13G/A, 3 filings Nov 13, 2025 to May 13, 2026¹¹

Sources

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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA filings on SEC EDGAR
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2025
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA filings on SEC EDGAR
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2018
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2019
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2021
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2022
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2023
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2018
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SEC EDGARBANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 10-K for fiscal 2018
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SEC EDGARBank of Montreal SCHEDULE 13G/A on BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA