Bank of Nova Scotia vs State Street
BNS and STT side by side, both in commercial banks. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BNS and STT compare
State Street grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.3% versus 9.2% for Bank of Nova Scotia).
Bank of Nova Scotia keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 25.1% compared with 23.0% at State Street.
State Street pays a dividend yielding 2.0%; Bank of Nova Scotia does not pay one.
State Street scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 3 for Bank of Nova Scotia), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BNS | STT |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | – | $46.6B |
| Share price | $93.76 | $169.77 |
| Change, 1 year | 43.6% | 45.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 40.8% | 77.5% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.72 | 1.15 |
| Employees | – | 52K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 3 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 1 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Health score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 15.0× |
| P/S | – | 3.1× |
| P/B | – | 1.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 23.1× |
| PEG | – | 1.60 |
| FCF yield | – | 4.3% |
| Fair value | – | $131.04 |
| Margin of safety | – | −29.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.2% | 12.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 3.8% (better) | 3.6% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 38.8% (better) | 21.3% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 47.1% (better) | 27.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 1.4% | 8.3% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Net margin | 25.1% (better) | 23.0% |
| FCF margin | – | 13.4% |
| Return on equity | 11.6% | 12.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Altman Z-score | – | 0.22 |
| Piotroski F-score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 2.0% |
| Payout ratio | 59.6% | 33.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 9.0% |
| Buyback yield | – | 3.4% |
| Shareholder yield | – | 5.5% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 44.0% | 91.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.00% | 0.57% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$20.6M |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 1.9% |
Go deeper
- BNS stock overview
- BNS income statement
- BNS valuation and score
- STT stock overview
- STT income statement
- STT valuation and score
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