Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) is expecting 11.89% growth in the next quarter: What can investors do to maximize their returns?

Bank Of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) on Tuesday, soared 0.46% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $51.98. Within the past 52 weeks, BNS’s price has moved between $40.21 and $55.12.

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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Financial Sector giant was 12.04%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of -0.79%. With a float of $1.23 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $1.23 billion.

Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 89483 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 100.0%, operating margin of 7.2%, and the pretax margin is 17.01%.

Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) Insider Activity

Observing investor behavior towards Banks – Diversified industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Bank Of Nova Scotia is 0.03%, while institutional ownership is 47.63%.

Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) Earnings and Forecasts

As on 7/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 0.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the period falling under the consensus outlook (set at 1.21) by -0.28. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.21 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -0.79% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.13% during the next five years compared to -4.16% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Bank Of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) Trading Performance Indicators

Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.17. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 11.85.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 4.19, a number that is poised to hit 1.17 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 5.17 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS)

Looking closely at Bank Of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS), its last 5-days average volume was 1.92 million, which is a jump from its year-to-date volume of 1.82 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 10.98%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.65.

During the past 100 days, Bank Of Nova Scotia’s (BNS) raw stochastic average was set at 74.66%, which indicates a significant increase from 34.21% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 12.04% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 17.23% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $51.91, while its 200-day Moving Average is $48.47. However, in the short run, Bank Of Nova Scotia’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $52.45. Second resistance stands at $52.69. The third major resistance level sits at $52.98. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $51.92, it is likely to go to the next support level at $51.63. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $51.39.

Bank Of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) Key Stats

Market capitalization of the company is 64.21 billion based on 1,237,563K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 52,524 M and income totals 5,494 M. The company made 14,009 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 1,370 M in sales during its previous quarter.