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BNS (Bank of Nova Scotia) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.33 (As of May. 27, 2025)


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What is Bank of Nova Scotia Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-27), Bank of Nova Scotia's current share price is $52.81. Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was $39.82. Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.33.

The historical rank and industry rank for Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

BNS' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01   Med: 1.82   Max: 2.69
Current: 1.24

During the past years, Bank of Nova Scotia's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.69. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.82.

BNS's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
64.95% of 1281 companies
in the Banks industry
Industry Median: 1.01 vs BNS: 1.24

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Bank of Nova Scotia's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was $41.604. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $39.82 for the trailing ten years ended in Jan. 2025.

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Bank of Nova Scotia Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* 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.

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Bank of Nova Scotia Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Bank of Nova Scotia Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.30 1.73 1.26 1.01 1.24

Bank of Nova Scotia Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.13 1.11 1.12 1.24 1.28

Competitive Comparison of Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Banks - Diversified subindustry, Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted 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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

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


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Bank of Nova Scotia Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=52.81/39.82
=1.33

* 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.

Bank of Nova Scotia's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Bank of Nova Scotia's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Jan. 2025 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Jan. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Jan. 2025)
=41.604/127.4427*127.4427
=41.604

Current CPI (Jan. 2025) = 127.4427.

Bank of Nova Scotia Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201504 31.293 99.710 39.997
201507 31.330 100.579 39.698
201510 31.215 100.500 39.583
201601 29.777 100.184 37.879
201604 31.750 101.370 39.916
201607 32.284 101.844 40.399
201610 32.899 102.002 41.105
201701 33.279 102.318 41.451
201704 34.124 103.029 42.210
201707 35.096 103.029 43.412
201710 36.679 103.424 45.197
201801 37.001 104.056 45.317
201804 37.173 105.320 44.981
201807 37.556 106.110 45.106
201810 38.257 105.952 46.017
201901 38.356 105.557 46.309
201904 38.874 107.453 46.106
201907 39.724 108.243 46.770
201910 39.676 107.927 46.850
202001 39.981 108.085 47.141
202004 37.764 107.216 44.888
202007 38.459 108.401 45.215
202010 39.229 108.638 46.019
202101 41.085 109.192 47.952
202104 41.843 110.851 48.106
202107 42.508 112.431 48.184
202110 42.848 113.695 48.029
202201 43.529 114.801 48.322
202204 42.913 118.357 46.207
202207 42.174 120.964 44.433
202210 39.948 121.517 41.896
202301 41.331 121.596 43.318
202304 42.756 123.571 44.096
202307 42.692 124.914 43.556
202310 41.309 125.310 42.012
202401 42.657 125.072 43.465
202404 41.977 126.890 42.160
202407 42.858 128.075 42.646
202410 42.986 127.838 42.853
202501 41.604 127.443 41.604

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Bank of Nova Scotia  (NYSE:BNS) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Bank of Nova Scotia Business Description

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Address
1709 Hollis Street, Scotia Plaza, 8th floor, Halifax, NS, CAN, B3J 1W1
Bank of Nova Scotia is a global financial services provider with over CAD 1.4 trillion in assets. The bank has four major business segments: Canadian banking, international banking, global wealth management, and global banking and markets. It offers a range of advice, products, and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets. The bank's international operations span numerous countries and are more concentrated in the Latin America region.