BNS Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3
Financial Services · Banks - Diversified
90.33
+1.65%
About the company
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. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and retail automotive financing solutions. It also provides business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses. In addition, it provides wealth management advice and solutions, including online brokerage, mobile investment, full-service brokerage, trust, private banking, and private investment counsel services; and retail mutual funds, exchange traded funds, liquid alternatives, and institutional funds. The company was founded in 1832 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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Dividend deep dive
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3 (BNS), a diversified bank in the Financial Services sector, currently offers a dividend yield of 3.58%. This is below its 5-year average yield of 5.53% and below its 5-year low of 4.55%, indicating it is considered overvalued by Yield Theory. The dividend safety is rated as 'safe'. The company has a market capitalization of 107,262,279,680 USD.
Dividend history
The company has a dividend streak of 0 years. Its 3-year dividend compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is -2.52%, while the 5-year CAGR is 2.01%. Annual dividends per share were 2.346 USD in 2014, 2.162 USD in 2015, 2.222 USD in 2016, 2.422 USD in 2017, 2.518 USD in 2018, 2.656 USD in 2019, 2.68 USD in 2020, 2.864 USD in 2021, 3.196 USD in 2022, 3.096 USD in 2023, 3.138 USD in 2024, and 2.96 USD for 2025. Payments are semi-annual, typically in January, April, July, September, and October.
Dividend safety
Bank Nova Scotia Halifax Pfd 3's dividend is currently rated 'safe'. The market payout ratio stands at 62.82% of EPS.
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