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Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for BNS.TO, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
Who it is priced against Banks - Diversified · Canada · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Banks - Diversified · Canada

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against BNS.TO on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS.TO in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Bank of Nova Scotia is a diversified bank operating through four segments: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets. It provides everyday banking, credit cards, mortgages and loans to individuals, alongside lending, deposit and trade finance services for businesses, plus brokerage and wealth advice. Its international reach extends into the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America. It is headquartered in Toronto and trades widely under the Scotiabank name.
Where it sits in the stack
Bank of Nova Scotia holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks; it belongs to the Financial Services sleeve of our universe, grouped with Canadian banks scored for their own credit and rate cycle rather than for any build-out exposure.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Canadian financial names: Manulife, Power Corporation, Royal Bank of Canada, Sun Life, CIBC, IGM Financial, Intact Financial and Great-West Lifeco; the market also names Toronto-Dominion Bank as a comparison.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score with momentum the strongest module and quality the weakest; it has no index seat and no quotes recorded in the diary's editions.
What the diary watches
Whether the quality module, which the score flags as weakest, stabilises or drags further as the bank's balance-sheet metrics move against a momentum reading that currently runs ahead of the rest of the score.

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) trades on the TO exchange in Canada.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 4.35%, quarterly · last 1.14 CAD on 2026-10-06

Dividends and capital return

What BNS.TO pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 5.58 CAD per share · a 4.35% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 5 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +73.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 3.22 CAD per share
  • Last distribution 1.14 CAD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-10-06
  • By calendar year 2025: 4.32 CAD · 2026: 4.48 CAD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-01-07

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO)?

Bank of Nova Scotia trades as BNS.TO on the TO exchange (Canada) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is BNS.TO in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Bank of Nova Scotia is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

Where does BNS.TO trade against its moving averages?

Uptrend stack intact: Trades +0.9% vs the 50-day and +15.7% vs the 200-day average, 4.7% below the 52-week high and +50% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Bank of Nova Scotia compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Banks - Diversified · Canada), Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS.TO) sits 4.7% below its 52-week high, 0.9% above its 50-day average; Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) is 8.3% below, National Bank of Canada (NA.TO) is 13.9% below, Toronto Dominion Bank (TD.TO) is 4.1% below. Put any of them next to BNS.TO in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

What does Bank of Nova Scotia do?

Bank of Nova Scotia is a diversified bank operating through four segments: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets. It provides everyday banking, credit cards, mortgages and loans to individuals, alongside lending, deposit and trade finance services for businesses, plus brokerage and wealth advice. Its international reach extends into the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America. Closelooknet's peer group places it with other scored Canadian financial names: Manulife, Power Corporation, Royal Bank of Canada, Sun Life, CIBC, IGM Financial, Intact Financial and Great-West Lifeco; the market also names Toronto-Dominion Bank as a comparison.

Where does Bank of Nova Scotia sit in the AI build-out?

Bank of Nova Scotia holds no seat in our index and sits outside the AI build-out stack the diary tracks; it belongs to the Financial Services sleeve of our universe, grouped with Canadian banks scored for their own credit and rate cycle rather than for any build-out exposure. It carries a Closelooknet score with momentum the strongest module and quality the weakest; it has no index seat and no quotes recorded in the diary's editions.

Does Bank of Nova Scotia pay a dividend?

Bank of Nova Scotia has paid 5.58 CAD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 4.35% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 1.14 CAD on 2026-10-06. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for BNS.TO, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Banks - Diversified. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.