BNS·Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3
BNS|Analyst Targets
BNS|Earnings Snapshot
EPS
| Qtr | Est | Actual | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3'26 | $2.20 | - | - |
| Q2'25 | $1.73 | $1.88 | +8.7% |
Revenue
| Qtr | Est | Actual | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3'26 | $10.3B | - | - |
| Q2'25 | - | $9.3B | - |
BNS|Monthly Returns
Market Data
BNS Stock Snapshot
- Market cap
- 158.68B
- P/E ratio
- 15.8
- Day range
- $87.12 – $89.19
- News sentiment
- 62/100 · Bullish
- Analyst target
- $89.53 (+2.6%)
- Consensus
- Hold · 21 analysts
BNS is on the weaker side of its setup, with little confirmation for a reversal yet. The stock is liquid enough that positioning changes get absorbed without distorting the trend.
Behaviour On Record
What BNS's own history says about today's numbers
- Realized volatility (21d)
- 20.2% 66th pct
- Below its peak
- -5.6%
- vs 200-day average
- +12.0%
- Up days (1y)
- 55%
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 is currently running 20.2% annualised volatility over the last 21 sessions. Measured against BNS's own 13 years of daily returns rather than a market-wide average, that is the 66th percentile — a little above its own norm, against a typical reading of 17.3%. The distinction matters because a number that looks calm for one stock is turbulent for another, and the absolute figure on its own tells you neither.
BNS is trading -5.6% below its running peak. Across 12 full years on file, its median worst-drawdown-in-a-year was -18.4%, and the deepest was -42.7% in 2020. The current pullback is therefore shallower than what this stock gives back in a typical year, which is context worth having before treating it as a dislocation.
Price sits +12.0% from its 200-day moving average. Against every other day in its history, that gap ranks at the 83rd percentile — a wider gap than this stock usually carries. Over the past year BNS closed higher on 55% of sessions, and it is currently 1 session into a falling streak.
On October specifically: over 13 years of records, BNS finished the month higher 9 of 13 times, with a median return of +1.0% and an average of -0.0%. Its strongest month historically has been November at +3.5% on average, its weakest March at -1.3%. Seasonality is a weak signal on its own — a decade is a small sample and regimes change — but it is a real distribution rather than a rule of thumb.
Overnight risk is measurable too: BNS has opened more than 2% away from the prior close in 86 of 3,267 sessions (2.6% of the time), with the largest gaps running +6.8% and -10.1%. For anyone holding through an event, that rate is a better guide to overnight exposure than the intraday range.
All figures computed from 3,268 daily closes between 2013-10-07 and 2026-10-05, split-adjusted, recomputed daily. Percentiles are against BNS's own 13-year history, not a peer group or index.
Sector Rotation
Is money rotating into or out of BNS's sector?
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 sits in the Financials sector, currently ranked 11th of 12 GICS sectors by relative-strength rotation score (improving). Within its narrower Banks industry group, BNS ranks 11th of 15 tracked industries, lagging.
- Sector rank
- #11 of 12
- Sector state
- Improving
- Sector rotation score
- 27
- Industry rank
- #11 of 15
Analyst Rating Changes
Are analysts turning bullish or bearish on BNS?
RBC Capital most recently reiterated its rating on Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 to Sector Perform on May 28, 2026 with a price target of $117 (from $98). Over the last 90 days, coverage has run 0 upgrades against 0 downgrades, a net mixed lean.
- Latest action
- RBC Capital — Sector Perform
- 90-day upgrades
- 0
- 90-day downgrades
- 0
- Net rating momentum
- 0
News Sentiment Analysis
Sentiment gathered from recent headlines
Recent News Coverage
Most recent articles, ranked by recency (click to expand).