Bank of Nova Scotia (Bank of Nova Scotia) Book Value per Share : $42.66 (As of Jan. 2024)

Bank of Nova Scotia Book Value per Share Chart

Bank of Nova Scotia Annual Data
	Trend	Oct14	Oct15	Oct16	Oct17	Oct18	Oct19	Oct20	Oct21	Oct22	Oct23
Book Value per Share		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					39.68	39.23	42.85	39.95	41.36

Bank of Nova Scotia Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Book Value per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															41.33	42.76	42.69	41.36	42.66

Competitive Comparison of Bank of Nova Scotia's Book Value per Share

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Bank of Nova Scotia's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Bank of Nova Scotia's PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Bank of Nova Scotia's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bank of Nova Scotia's PB Ratio falls into.

Bank of Nova Scotia Book Value per Share Calculation

Bank of Nova Scotia's Book Value Per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as:

Bank of Nova Scotia's Book Value Per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Theoretically it is what the shareholders will receive if the company is liquidated. Total Stockholders Equity is a balance sheet item and equal to Total Assets less Total Liabilities of the company.

Book value may include intangible items which may come from the company's past acquisitions. Book value less intangibles is called Tangible Book.

Bank of Nova Scotia  (NYSE:BNS) Book Value per Share Explanation

Usually a company's book value and Tangible Book per Share may not reflect its true value. The assets may be carried on the balance sheets at the original cost minus depreciation. This may underestimate the true economic values of the assets. It also may over-estimate their true economic value because the assets can become obsolete.

For financial companies such as banks and insurance companies, their assets may be reported in current market value of the assets owned. Book values of financial companies are more accurate indicator of the economic value of the company.

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