Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)
BNS · Financials · 
Canada
Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) is a Canadian company in the Financials sector. The stock has its largest weight in ZPRG (S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats), at 0.92%. Anyone who holds an ETF containing Bank of Nova Scotia also has an indirect stake in the company.
Data and Charts: Bank of Nova Scotia
Key Data for Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Nova Scotia Stock Price Chart
The Bank of Nova Scotia chart shows daily closing prices and is set to the current year by default. The stock is up 27.2% year to date and up 42.8% over twelve months. The last recorded close on October 30, 2026, was $93.76, at 94% of the 52-week range.
The chart shows the US listing in US dollars. On the home exchange the price can differ, since the currency and trading hours are different. For depositary receipts (ADRs), one receipt is not always one share.
Price series from our database since Sep 23, 2024, 529 daily values.
Bank of Nova Scotia Stock Performance
| Year to date | +27.2% | 1 year | +42.8% |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +3.2% | 3 months | +6.8% |
| Calendar year 2025 | +37.2% |
Measured in euros, Bank of Nova Scotia is up 33.8% year to date and up 47.6% over twelve months. The difference from the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone. Each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for that day.
Alysly Data Analysis: Bank of Nova Scotia
What ETF Is Bank of Nova Scotia In?
Bank of Nova Scotia has above-average ETF coverage and is held by 19 of the 104 ETFs we track, which together follow 10 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 79.9% of the 4,341 stocks we track.
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZPRG | S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats | 0.92% | €9.18 |
| ZPD3 | S&P Global Dividend Aristocrats | 0.89% | €8.90 |
| XDWF | MSCI World Financials | 0.80% | €7.99 |
| WFIN | MSCI World Financials | 0.79% | €7.89 |
| 2B7K | MSCI World SRI | 0.53% | €5.30 |
| XDEM | MSCI World Momentum | 0.51% | €5.14 |
| EXUS / EXU1 | MSCI World ex USA | 0.48% | €4.77 |
| XDEV | MSCI World Value | 0.26% | €2.59 |
| EUNL | MSCI World | 0.13% | €1.30 |
| XDWD / XDWL | MSCI World | 0.13% | €1.29 |
| SWWD | MSCI World | 0.12% | €1.23 |
| SPPW | MSCI World | 0.12% | €1.23 |
| WIMI | MSCI World IMI | 0.12% | €1.16 |
| SPYY | MSCI ACWI | 0.11% | €1.13 |
| IUSQ | MSCI ACWI | 0.11% | €1.10 |
| SPYI / SPSA | MSCI ACWI IMI | 0.07% | €0.74 |
The last column shows how much of €1,000 in one of these funds goes to Bank of Nova Scotia, based on each fund's latest holdings list.
US-listed ETFs holding Bank of Nova Scotia (weight per latest SEC filing): VXUS 0.25%. These funds are registered in the US; retail investors in the EU usually cannot buy them.
Bank of Nova Scotia Weight in iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL) Since 2019
In iShares Core MSCI World (EUNL), Bank of Nova Scotia had a weight of 0.17% on Sep 30, 2019 and 0.13% on Oct 30, 2026. The fund tracks the MSCI World. Its share peaked at 0.17% on Sep 30, 2019. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price performance relative to the other index members. It can also change when the index provider adjusts the index composition.
What's Inside Your ETF Portfolio and the ETF overlap check show how much Bank of Nova Scotia overlaps with the rest of a portfolio.
Stocks With ETF Exposure Similar to Bank of Nova Scotia
| Stock | Shared ETFs | r | 1 year | Annualized volatility | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank of Nova Scotia | – | – | +42.8% | 18.2% | – | – |
| Sun Life Financial | 18 | +0.54 | +32.4% | 19.3% | – | – |
 National Bank of Canada | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
 Power Corporation of Canada | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
 Toronto-Dominion Bank | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Singapore Exchange | 16 | – | – | – | – | – |
 AIA Group Limited | 15 | – | – | – | – | – |
 Bank of Montreal | 15 | +0.79 | +38.4% | 19.4% | – | – |
| Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services | 15 | – | – | – | – | – |
These stocks reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Bank of Nova Scotia. “Shared ETFs” counts the funds that hold both.
Return and volatility are calculated from our daily closing prices in US dollars. Margin and growth come from each company's latest SEC annual filing. Because fiscal years do not end on the same date for every company, the underlying periods are not fully identical.
Technical Analysis: Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Nova Scotia Risk Metrics
The close on Oct 30, 2026, was 1.7% below the highest close since Sep 23, 2024. That high was reached on Oct 29, 2026. When the S&P 500 rose or fell 1%, Bank of Nova Scotia moved 0.72% on average in the same direction (past 252 trading days). The correlation of 0.47 shows a clear but not close link to the broad market. Accordingly, moves in the S&P 500 explain part of the daily price moves of Bank of Nova Scotia, but far from all.
What Bank of Nova Scotia Correlates With
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | +0.86 | |
| Royal Bank of Canada | +0.85 | |
| Bank of Montreal | +0.79 | |
| Manulife Financial Corporation | +0.61 | |
| PNC Financial Services Group Inc. | +0.55 | |
| Sun Life Financial Inc. | +0.54 | |
| XNO | -0.46 | |
| Lyondellbasell Industries Class A | -0.38 | |
| Dow Inc. | -0.35 |
The strongest co-movers are listed at the top, the strongest inverse movers at the bottom. Low or negative correlations can help spread risk more broadly across a portfolio.
