Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend

Q: What is the Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Bank of Nova Scotia dividend yield over the last 5 years is 5.51% and the average over the last 10 years is 5.01%. The payout ratio of Bank of Nova Scotia in relation to the last financial year is 72.14%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 62.07%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share (EPS ).

Q: Is the Bank of Nova Scotia dividend safe?

Bank of Nova Scotia has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 4 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 4 -times. The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 2.56% . The average Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is -0.46% . The average for the last 10 years is 3.06% .

$53.61

0.36% yesterday

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CA0641491075

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BNS

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Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend history 25 years & estimates 2025 to 2026

Dividend Analysis of the Bank of Nova Scotia Stock

Current dividend yield	6.36 %
Dividendenrendite 5 Jahre	7.66 %
Dividend Yield 10Y	9.72 %
Payout 3Y	9.31 %

When does Bank of Nova Scotia pay a dividend?

Bank of Nova Scotia pays the next dividend on Jan 29 2025 (payday). The ex-day is on Jan 07 2025. The Bank of Nova Scotia stock dividend is paid 4 times a year. In order to receive a dividend, you should generally own the Bank of Nova Scotia stock before the ex-dividend date. The Dividend Calendar shows that the last ex-day dates were January, April, July and October . Dividends from Bank of Nova Scotia are distributed via January, April, July and October.

Year	Dividend	Ex-day & Payday	Frequency
Fiscal Year	Dividend per Share	Ex-Day	Payday	Payment frequency
2025	$0.7536 Forecast $0.75 Forecast	Jan 07 2025 Jan 07 2025 Jan 29 2025 Jan 07 25 Jan 29 25	Jan 29 2025	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.786 $0.79	Oct 02 2024 Oct 02 2024 Oct 29 2024 Oct 02 24 Oct 29 24	Oct 29 2024	quarterly quarterly
2025	$0.778 $0.78	Jul 03 2024 Jul 03 2024 Jul 29 2024 Jul 03 24 Jul 29 24	Jul 29 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.7805 $0.78	Apr 01 2024 Apr 01 2024 Apr 26 2024 Apr 01 24 Apr 26 24	Apr 26 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.7962 $0.8	Jan 02 2024 Jan 02 2024 Jan 29 2024 Jan 02 24 Jan 29 24	Jan 29 2024	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.7756 $0.78	Oct 02 2023 Oct 02 2023 Oct 27 2023 Oct 02 23 Oct 27 23	Oct 27 2023	quarterly quarterly
2024	$0.8003 $0.8	Jul 03 2023 Jul 03 2023 Jul 27 2023 Jul 03 23 Jul 27 23	Jul 27 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.7666 $0.77	Apr 03 2023 Apr 03 2023 Apr 26 2023 Apr 03 23 Apr 26 23	Apr 26 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.7553 $0.76	Jan 03 2023 Jan 03 2023 Jan 27 2023 Jan 03 23 Jan 27 23	Jan 27 2023	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.7545 $0.75	Oct 03 2022 Oct 03 2022 Oct 27 2022 Oct 03 22 Oct 27 22	Oct 27 2022	quarterly quarterly
2023	$0.7975 $0.8	Jul 01 2022 Jul 01 2022 Jul 27 2022 Jul 01 22 Jul 27 22	Jul 27 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.8005 $0.8	Apr 04 2022 Apr 04 2022 Apr 27 2022 Apr 04 22 Apr 27 22	Apr 27 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.7829 $0.78	Jan 03 2022 Jan 03 2022 Jan 27 2022 Jan 03 22 Jan 27 22	Jan 27 2022	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.7157 $0.72	Oct 04 2021 Oct 04 2021 Oct 27 2021 Oct 04 21 Oct 27 21	Oct 27 2021	quarterly quarterly
2022	$0.729 $0.73	Jul 02 2021 Jul 02 2021 Jul 28 2021 Jul 02 21 Jul 28 21	Jul 28 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.7193 $0.72	Apr 05 2021 Apr 05 2021 Apr 28 2021 Apr 05 21 Apr 28 21	Apr 28 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.7066 $0.71	Jan 04 2021 Jan 04 2021 Jan 27 2021 Jan 04 21 Jan 27 21	Jan 27 2021	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.6782 $0.68	Oct 05 2020 Oct 05 2020 Oct 28 2020 Oct 05 20 Oct 28 20	Oct 28 2020	quarterly quarterly
2021	$0.6644 $0.66	Jul 06 2020 Jul 06 2020 Jul 29 2020 Jul 06 20 Jul 29 20	Jul 29 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.637 $0.64	Apr 06 2020 Apr 06 2020 Apr 28 2020 Apr 06 20 Apr 28 20	Apr 28 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6937 $0.69	Jan 06 2020 Jan 06 2020 Jan 29 2020 Jan 06 20 Jan 29 20	Jan 29 2020	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6796 $0.68	Sep 30 2019 Sep 30 2019 Oct 29 2019 Sep 30 19 Oct 29 19	Oct 29 2019	quarterly quarterly
2020	$0.6645 $0.66	Jun 28 2019 Jun 28 2019 Jul 29 2019 Jun 28 19 Jul 29 19	Jul 29 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.6519 $0.65	Apr 01 2019 Apr 01 2019 Apr 26 2019 Apr 01 19 Apr 26 19	Apr 26 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.6225 $0.62	Dec 31 2018 Dec 31 2018 Jan 29 2019 Dec 31 18 Jan 29 19	Jan 29 2019	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.6639 $0.66	Oct 01 2018 Oct 01 2018 Oct 29 2018 Oct 01 18 Oct 29 18	Oct 29 2018	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.6639 $0.66	Oct 01 2018 Oct 01 2018 Oct 29 2018 Oct 01 18 Oct 29 18	Oct 29 2018	quarterly quarterly
2019	$0.6236 $0.62	Jun 29 2018 Jun 29 2018 Jul 27 2018 Jun 29 18 Jul 27 18	Jul 27 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.6342 $0.63	Apr 02 2018 Apr 02 2018 Apr 26 2018 Apr 02 18 Apr 26 18	Apr 26 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.6299 $0.63	Dec 29 2017 Dec 29 2017 Jan 29 2018 Dec 29 17 Jan 29 18	Jan 29 2018	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.6309 $0.63	Oct 02 2017 Oct 02 2017 Oct 27 2017 Oct 02 17 Oct 27 17	Oct 27 2017	quarterly quarterly
2018	$0.5835 $0.58	Jun 29 2017 Jun 29 2017 Jul 27 2017 Jun 29 17 Jul 27 17	Jul 27 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.5698 $0.57	Mar 31 2017 Mar 31 2017 Apr 26 2017 Mar 31 17 Apr 26 17	Apr 26 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.5481 $0.55	Dec 29 2016 Dec 29 2016 Jan 27 2017 Dec 29 16 Jan 27 17	Jan 27 2017	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.5634 $0.56	Sep 30 2016 Sep 30 2016 Oct 27 2016 Sep 30 16 Oct 27 16	Oct 27 2016	quarterly quarterly
2017	$0.553 $0.55	Jun 30 2016 Jun 30 2016 Jul 27 2016 Jun 30 16 Jul 27 16	Jul 27 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.5512 $0.55	Apr 01 2016 Apr 01 2016 Apr 27 2016 Apr 01 16 Apr 27 16	Apr 27 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.5033 $0.5	Dec 31 2015 Dec 31 2015 Jan 27 2016 Dec 31 15 Jan 27 16	Jan 27 2016	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.529 $0.53	Oct 02 2015 Oct 02 2015 Oct 28 2015 Oct 02 15 Oct 28 15	Oct 28 2015	quarterly quarterly
2016	$0.5404 $0.54	Jul 02 2015 Jul 02 2015 Jul 29 2015 Jul 02 15 Jul 29 15	Jul 29 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.5396 $0.54	Apr 02 2015 Apr 02 2015 Apr 28 2015 Apr 02 15 Apr 28 15	Apr 28 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.5628 $0.56	Jan 02 2015 Jan 02 2015 Jan 28 2015 Jan 02 15 Jan 28 15	Jan 28 2015	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.5856 $0.59	Oct 03 2014 Oct 03 2014 Oct 29 2014 Oct 03 14 Oct 29 14	Oct 29 2014	quarterly quarterly
2015	$0.5986 $0.6	Jun 27 2014 Jun 27 2014 Jul 29 2014 Jun 27 14 Jul 29 14	Jul 29 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.5776 $0.58	Mar 28 2014 Mar 28 2014 Apr 28 2014 Mar 28 14 Apr 28 14	Apr 28 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.583 $0.58	Jan 03 2014 Jan 03 2014 Jan 29 2014 Jan 03 14 Jan 29 14	Jan 29 2014	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.6012 $0.6	Sep 27 2013 Sep 27 2013 Oct 29 2013 Sep 27 13 Oct 29 13	Oct 29 2013	quarterly quarterly
2014	$0.57 $0.57	Jun 28 2013 Jun 28 2013 Jul 29 2013 Jun 28 13 Jul 29 13	Jul 29 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.5898 $0.59	Mar 28 2013 Mar 28 2013 Apr 26 2013 Mar 28 13 Apr 26 13	Apr 26 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.5718 $0.57	Dec 28 2012 Dec 28 2012 Jan 29 2013 Dec 28 12 Jan 29 13	Jan 29 2013	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.5787 $0.58	Sep 28 2012 Sep 28 2012 Oct 29 2012 Sep 28 12 Oct 29 12	Oct 29 2012	quarterly quarterly
2013	$0.539 $0.54	Jun 29 2012 Jun 29 2012 Jul 27 2012 Jun 29 12 Jul 27 12	Jul 27 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.5498 $0.55	Mar 30 2012 Mar 30 2012 Apr 26 2012 Mar 30 12 Apr 26 12	Apr 26 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.5082 $0.51	Dec 29 2011 Dec 29 2011 Jan 27 2012 Dec 29 11 Jan 27 12	Jan 27 2012	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.4999 $0.5	Sep 30 2011 Sep 30 2011 Oct 27 2011 Sep 30 11 Oct 27 11	Oct 27 2011	quarterly quarterly
2012	$0.5386 $0.54	Jun 30 2011 Jun 30 2011 Jul 27 2011 Jun 30 11 Jul 27 11	Jul 27 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.5393 $0.54	Apr 01 2011 Apr 01 2011 Apr 27 2011 Apr 01 11 Apr 27 11	Apr 27 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.4924 $0.49	Dec 31 2010 Dec 31 2010 Jan 27 2011 Dec 31 10 Jan 27 11	Jan 27 2011	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.4791 $0.48	Oct 01 2010 Oct 01 2010 Oct 27 2010 Oct 01 10 Oct 27 10	Oct 27 2010	quarterly quarterly
2011	$0.4607 $0.46	Jul 01 2010 Jul 01 2010 Jul 28 2010 Jul 01 10 Jul 28 10	Jul 28 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4858 $0.49	Apr 01 2010 Apr 01 2010 Apr 28 2010 Apr 01 10 Apr 28 10	Apr 28 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4646 $0.46	Dec 31 2009 Dec 31 2009 Jan 27 2010 Dec 31 09 Jan 27 10	Jan 27 2010	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4512 $0.45	Oct 02 2009 Oct 02 2009 Oct 28 2009 Oct 02 09 Oct 28 09	Oct 28 2009	quarterly quarterly
2010	$0.4219 $0.42	Jul 02 2009 Jul 02 2009 Jul 29 2009 Jul 02 09 Jul 29 09	Jul 29 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.3979 $0.4	Apr 03 2009 Apr 03 2009 Apr 28 2009 Apr 03 09 Apr 28 09	Apr 28 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.4043 $0.4	Jan 02 2009 Jan 02 2009 Jan 28 2009 Jan 02 09 Jan 28 09	Jan 28 2009	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.4537 $0.45	Oct 03 2008 Oct 03 2008 Oct 29 2008 Oct 03 08 Oct 29 08	Oct 29 2008	quarterly quarterly
2009	$0.4836 $0.48	Jun 27 2008 Jun 27 2008 Jul 29 2008 Jun 27 08 Jul 29 08	Jul 29 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4596 $0.46	Mar 28 2008 Mar 28 2008 Apr 28 2008 Mar 28 08 Apr 28 08	Apr 28 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4796 $0.48	Dec 28 2007 Dec 28 2007 Jan 29 2008 Dec 28 07 Jan 29 08	Jan 29 2008	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4518 $0.45	Sep 28 2007 Sep 28 2007 Oct 29 2007 Sep 28 07 Oct 29 07	Oct 29 2007	quarterly quarterly
2008	$0.4242 $0.42	Jun 28 2007 Jun 28 2007 Jul 27 2007 Jun 28 07 Jul 27 07	Jul 27 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3632 $0.36	Mar 30 2007 Mar 30 2007 Apr 26 2007 Mar 30 07 Apr 26 07	Apr 26 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3615 $0.36	Dec 28 2006 Dec 28 2006 Jan 29 2007 Dec 28 06 Jan 29 07	Jan 29 2007	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3493 $0.35	Sep 29 2006 Sep 29 2006 Oct 27 2006 Sep 29 06 Oct 27 06	Oct 27 2006	quarterly quarterly
2007	$0.3484 $0.35	Jun 29 2006 Jun 29 2006 Jul 27 2006 Jun 29 06 Jul 27 06	Jul 27 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.3089 $0.31	Mar 31 2006 Mar 31 2006 Apr 26 2006 Mar 31 06 Apr 26 06	Apr 26 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.3085 $0.31	Dec 29 2005 Dec 29 2005 Jan 27 2006 Dec 29 05 Jan 27 06	Jan 27 2006	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.2909 $0.29	Sep 30 2005 Sep 30 2005 Oct 27 2005 Sep 30 05 Oct 27 05	Oct 27 2005	quarterly quarterly
2006	$0.2764 $0.28	Jun 30 2005 Jun 30 2005 Jul 27 2005 Jun 30 05 Jul 27 05	Jul 27 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2634 $0.26	Apr 01 2005 Apr 01 2005 Apr 27 2005 Apr 01 05 Apr 27 05	Apr 27 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2654 $0.27	Dec 31 2004 Dec 31 2004 Jan 27 2005 Dec 31 04 Jan 27 05	Jan 27 2005	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.2376 $0.24	Oct 01 2004 Oct 01 2004 Oct 27 2004 Oct 01 04 Oct 27 04	Oct 27 2004	quarterly quarterly
2005	$0.225 $0.23	Jul 02 2004 Jul 02 2004 Jul 28 2004 Jul 02 04 Jul 28 04	Jul 28 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1927 $0.19	Jan 02 2004 Jan 02 2004 Jan 28 2004 Jan 02 04 Jan 28 04	Jan 28 2004	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1639 $0.16	Oct 03 2003 Oct 03 2003 Oct 29 2003 Oct 03 03 Oct 29 03	Oct 29 2003	quarterly quarterly
2004	$0.1619 $0.16	Jun 27 2003 Jun 27 2003 Jul 29 2003 Jun 27 03 Jul 29 03	Jul 29 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.1366 $0.14	Mar 28 2003 Mar 28 2003 Apr 28 2003 Mar 28 03 Apr 28 03	Apr 28 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.1275 $0.13	Jan 03 2003 Jan 03 2003 Jan 29 2003 Jan 03 03 Jan 29 03	Jan 29 2003	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.1173 $0.12	Sep 27 2002 Sep 27 2002 Oct 29 2002 Sep 27 02 Oct 29 02	Oct 29 2002	quarterly quarterly
2003	$0.1216 $0.12	Jun 27 2002 Jun 27 2002 Jul 29 2002 Jun 27 02 Jul 29 02	Jul 29 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1159 $0.12	Mar 28 2002 Mar 28 2002 Apr 26 2002 Mar 28 02 Apr 26 02	Apr 26 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1063 $0.11	Dec 28 2001 Dec 28 2001 Jan 29 2002 Dec 28 01 Jan 29 02	Jan 29 2002	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1077 $0.11	Sep 28 2001 Sep 28 2001 Oct 29 2001 Sep 28 01 Oct 29 01	Oct 29 2001	quarterly quarterly
2002	$0.1021 $0.1	Jun 28 2001 Jun 28 2001 Jul 27 2001 Jun 28 01 Jul 27 01	Jul 27 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0984 $0.1	Mar 30 2001 Mar 30 2001 Apr 26 2001 Mar 30 01 Apr 26 01	Apr 26 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0925 $0.09	Dec 28 2000 Dec 28 2000 Jan 29 2001 Dec 28 00 Jan 29 01	Jan 29 2001	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0932 $0.09	Sep 29 2000 Sep 29 2000 Oct 27 2000 Sep 29 00 Oct 27 00	Oct 27 2000	quarterly quarterly
2001	$0.0811 $0.08	Jun 29 2000 Jun 29 2000 Jul 27 2000 Jun 29 00 Jul 27 00	Jul 27 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0824 $0.08	Mar 31 2000 Mar 31 2000 Apr 26 2000 Mar 31 00 Apr 26 00	Apr 26 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0825 $0.08	Dec 30 1999 Dec 30 1999 Jan 27 2000 Dec 30 99 Jan 27 00	Jan 27 2000	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0817 $0.08	Oct 01 1999 Oct 01 1999 Oct 27 1999 Oct 01 99 Oct 27 99	Oct 27 1999	quarterly quarterly
2000	$0.0714 $0.07	Jul 02 1999 Jul 02 1999 Jul 28 1999 Jul 02 99 Jul 28 99	Jul 28 1999	quarterly quarterly

How much dividend does Bank of Nova Scotia pay?

Bank of Nova Scotia most recently paid a dividend of $0.79. Bank of Nova Scotia paid a Dividend of $3.15 Per Share in the financial year 2024. With a stock price of $53.61 at Dec 20 2024, the current dividend yield is 5.88% (calculation: $3.15 / $53.61 = 5.88%). No special dividend was paid.

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What is the Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend Yield and payout ratio?

The average Bank of Nova Scotia dividend yield over the last 5 years is 5.51% and the average over the last 10 years is 5.01%.

The payout ratio of Bank of Nova Scotia in relation to the last financial year is 72.14%. The payout ratio smoothed over 3 years is 62.07%. The calculation is based on the sum of all dividend payments divided by the cumulative earnings per share(EPS).

Metric	Bank of Nova Scotia
Current dividend yield	5.88%
Dividend Yield 5Y	5.51%
Dividend Yield 10Y	5.01%
Payout 1Y	72.14%
Payout 3Y	62.07%

Is the Bank of Nova Scotia dividend safe? Continuity & Dividend Growth

Is the Bank of Nova Scotia dividend safe?

Bank of Nova Scotia has been paying a dividend for 25 years and has not lowered the dividend for 4 years (dividend continuity). As a result, the dividend was recently increased 4-times.

The Dividend Growth in relation to the previous financial year amounts to 2.56%. The average Bank of Nova Scotia Dividend Growth over the last 5 years is -0.46%. The average for the last 10 years is 3.06%.

Metric	Bank of Nova Scotia
Increased	4 Years
Continuity	4 Years
Paid	25 Years
Growth 1Y	2.56%
Growth 5Y	-0.46%
Growth 10Y	3.06%

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Bank of Nova Scotia Stock Forecast 2024

On the stock exchange, the Bank of Nova Scotia stock (ISIN: CA0641491075) is not traded as a top scorer in December 2024 according to the dividend strategy.

The stock price of Bank of Nova Scotia 10.10% has risen since the beginning of the year 2024. However, the return generated in the past says nothing about the future return. You can find the Bank of Nova Scotia stock price in real time at the top of the page.

Bank of Nova Scotia (symbol: BNS) is valued at a Price / Earnings Ratio (P/E ratio) of 12.27 and a price/sales ratio (P/S ratio) of 1.20 valued. Based on analyst estimates, the Bank of Nova Scotia stock forecast 2024 of the current financial year corresponds to a valuation of 10.83 according to P/E ratio and 2.60 according to P/S.

Metric	Bank of Nova Scotia
Dividend Score	??/15
Performance 2024	10.10%
P/E TTM	12.27
P/S TTM	1.20
P/E forward	10.83
P/S forward	2.60

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