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BNS BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

2026Q2 · CUSIP 064149107 · Sector: Financials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
522
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+17
Last quarter 505 → now 522
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 80% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

522 funds held BNS at the end of 2026Q2, up 17 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 80.4% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. On the business itself, revenue over the last 12 months was $27.1B(YoY +9.8%), the P/E is 19.1x. BNS has had 14 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +4.7% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Financials sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=255 2013Q4: holders=271 2014Q1: holders=289 2014Q2: holders=287 2014Q3: holders=308 2014Q4: holders=310 2015Q1: holders=303 2015Q2: holders=301 2015Q3: holders=298 2015Q4: holders=288 2016Q1: holders=287 2016Q2: holders=298 2016Q3: holders=305 2016Q4: holders=347 2017Q1: holders=347 2017Q2: holders=341 2017Q3: holders=358 2017Q4: holders=395 2018Q1: holders=401 2018Q2: holders=376 2018Q3: holders=373 2018Q4: holders=364 2019Q1: holders=370 2019Q2: holders=353 2019Q3: holders=361 2019Q4: holders=375 2020Q1: holders=343 2020Q2: holders=326 2020Q3: holders=328 2020Q4: holders=367 2021Q1: holders=378 2021Q2: holders=393 2021Q3: holders=415 2021Q4: holders=437 2022Q1: holders=438 2022Q2: holders=432 2022Q3: holders=412 2022Q4: holders=419 2023Q1: holders=405 2023Q2: holders=384 2023Q3: holders=395 2023Q4: holders=391 2024Q1: holders=401 2024Q2: holders=393 2024Q3: holders=412 2024Q4: holders=441 2025Q1: holders=417 2025Q2: holders=432 2025Q3: holders=459 2025Q4: holders=481 2026Q1: holders=505 2026Q2: holders=522 -42 -21 +0 +21 +42 229389549 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 14 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20%
2026Q1 Top 20%
2025Q3 Top 20% +13.2% +17.2%
2024Q4 Top 20% +2.1% +14.4%
2024Q3 Top 20% -7.3% -3.8%
2023Q3 Top 20% +9.5% +12.7%
2021Q3 Top 10% +11.9% -1.9%
2021Q2 Top 20% +4.9% +17.8%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
194
Change in large funds
+13
Total value they hold
$47.6B
Funds buying for the first time
74
Funds that sold out entirely
57
Price change that quarter
+19.1%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
17
Funds holding calls (bullish)
17

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

Fundamentals

PE (TTM)
19.1
EPS (TTM)
$4.78
EPS YoY
+37.9%
Revenue (TTM)
$27.1B
Revenue YoY
+9.8%
Net margin
ROE
Debt ratio
FCF (TTM)
Dividend (TTM)
No dividend
Quarterly Revenue & EPS
2022-04-30: EPS 1.54 2022-07-31: EPS 1.49 2022-10-31: EPS 1.16 2023-01-31: EPS 0.96 2023-04-30: EPS 1.20 2023-07-31: EPS 1.21 2023-10-31: EPS 0.71 2024-01-31: EPS 1.20 2024-04-30: EPS 1.12 2024-07-31: EPS 1.01 2024-10-31: EPS 0.87 2025-01-31: EPS 0.47 2025-04-30: EPS 1.06 2025-07-31: EPS 1.31 2025-10-31: EPS 1.18 2026-01-31: EPS 1.23 0.00 0.85 1.69 20222023202420252026 EPS

Quarterly figures, revenue up to 10 years back; EPS split-adjusted, early quarters hidden when not calibrable

P/E (TTM) over time
4Y median 12 7 13 18 2023202420252026

P/E = close around day 47 after quarter-end ÷ TTM EPS then; this is a consistent valuation date, not the company’s actual filing date; loss quarters hidden

As of 2026-01-31 · SEC filings (XBRL)

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