Q2 EPS Estimate for Bank of Nova Scotia Lowered by Analyst

The Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE:BNS) (NYSE:BNS) – Stock analysts at Desjardins lowered their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Bank of Nova Scotia in a report issued on Tuesday, February 25th. Desjardins analyst D. Young now anticipates that the bank will post earnings per share of $1.63 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $1.73. The consensus estimate for Bank of Nova Scotia’s current full-year earnings is $7.13 per share. Desjardins also issued estimates for Bank of Nova Scotia’s Q3 2025 earnings at $1.92 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $1.91 EPS.

BNS has been the topic of a number of other reports. TD Securities cut their price target on shares of Bank of Nova Scotia from C$82.00 to C$81.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 4th. Accountability Research set a C$82.00 target price on Bank of Nova Scotia and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 9th. CIBC downgraded shares of 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, February 18th. Cibc World Mkts downgraded shares of Bank of Nova Scotia from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 18th. Finally, National Bankshares upped their price objective on Bank of Nova Scotia from C$66.00 to C$78.00 in a research note on Wednesday, November 20th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, four have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of C$78.17.

Bank of Nova Scotia Stock Performance

TSE:BNS opened at C$72.38 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is C$74.35 and its two-hundred day moving average price is C$72.87. The company has a market cap of C$88.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.44, a P/E/G ratio of 1.33 and a beta of 0.97. Bank of Nova Scotia has a 52-week low of C$60.68 and a 52-week high of C$80.14.

Bank of Nova Scotia Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, January 29th. Investors of record on Tuesday, January 7th were issued a $1.06 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 (DPR) is presently 67.00%.

Bank of Nova Scotia Company Profile

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.