The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) is a Banks - Diversified company in the Financial Services sector, currently trading at $74.48. It has a SharesGrow Score of 54/100, indicating a mixed investment profile with 2 out of 7 criteria passed.
SharesGrow calculates the intrinsic value of BNS = $130.49 (+75.2% from the current price, the stock appears undervalued). Analyst consensus target is BNS = $72 (-3.1% upside).
Valuation: BNS trades at a trailing Price-to-Earnings (P/E) of 14.6 (S&P 500 average ~25) with a forward Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) of 1.19.
Financials: revenue is $73.2B, +18%/yr average growth. Net income is $7.8B, growing at -6.6%/yr. Net profit margin is 10.6% (healthy). Gross margin is 44.3% (-19.9 pp trend).
Balance sheet: total debt is $504.0B against $86.9B equity (Debt-to-Equity (D/E) ratio 5.8, leveraged). Current ratio is 0.12 (tight liquidity). Debt-to-assets is 34.5%. Total assets: $1.5T.
Analyst outlook: 10 / 19 analysts rate BNS as buy (53%) — moderate consensus.
SharesGrow 7-Criteria breakdown: Value 74/100 (Pass), Growth 48/100 (Partial), Past 100/100 (Pass), Health 0/100 (Fail), Moat 66/100 (Partial), Future 38/100 (Fail), Income 55/100 (Partial).
