BNS Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3
Financial Services · Banks - Diversified
91.60
+0.53%
About the company
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. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and retail automotive financing solutions. It also provides business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses. In addition, it provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternatives, and institutional funds. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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Dividend deep dive
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 (BNS), a Banks - Diversified company within the Financial Services sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 3.62%. This yield is below its 5-year average of 5.53%, falling outside its 5-year high of 6.41% and low of 4.55%. The company holds a momentum score of 9.0, indicating a strong recent price trend, while its value score of 1.7 suggests it is not perceived as cheap. The overall rating score is 7.0.
Dividend history
BNS has no recorded dividend increase streak. Its 3-year dividend CAGR is -2.52%, while the 5-year dividend CAGR stands at 2.01%. Annual dividends per share were USD 2.346 in 2014, USD 2.162 in 2015, USD 2.222 in 2016, USD 2.422 in 2017, USD 2.518 in 2018, USD 2.656 in 2019, USD 2.68 in 2020, USD 2.864 in 2021, USD 3.196 in 2022, USD 3.096 in 2023, USD 3.138 in 2024, and USD 2.96 in 2025. Dividend payments occur semi-annually.
Dividend safety
The dividend for BNS is considered "safe." The company's payout ratio is 57.97% of earnings. Total cash on hand is USD 531,156,008,960.0 against total debt of USD 349,912,006,656.0.
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