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Bank of Nova Scotia is listed at the TSX Exchange
Bank of Nova Scotia [BNS.TO]
TSX Sector: Industry:Banks Diversified

Is Bank of Nova Scotia stock a buy?

What Is The Conclusion?

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Interesting Questions and Easy Answers!

Yes, Bank of Nova Scotia pays dividends. Last time was Tuesday 29th of October 2024 where the investors holding the stock on Wednesday 2nd of October 2024 were paid $1.06 per share. Over the last 119 times between 1995 and 2024, Bank of Nova Scotia has paid $67.24 with an average of $0.57 per share.

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We cannot find data for Bank of Nova Scotia 10 years ago, but if you had invested on Monday 9th of September 2019 when the price was $72.57, you would have made a loss of $-4.06 per share or -5.59%

Yes, the average daily trading liquidity for Bank of Nova Scotia is $4.18 million. You should therefore be able to get in and out of your positions relatively fast.

Bank of Nova Scotia has a normal ratio of the business financed by loans. This puts the company at some risk in periods of high inflation where borrowing costs usually go up. With a normal cash flow to debt ratio of 0.13, the company's ability to pay off the debt is normal. Bank of Nova Scotia has a good net profit margin of 18.14% and should have high tolerances against inflation.

We have calculated the inflation risk for Bank of Nova Scotia to be low [0.4 of 1]

US inflation for July 2024 was 0.15%. Over the last 12 months, the US inflation is 2.92%. The 10-year treasury yield that indicates the future interest level is currently 3.72 and is down -0.95 over the last 30 days.