Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) Beginning Cash Balance (2009 - 2026)

Bank Of Nova Scotia has disclosed Beginning Cash Balance across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $7.4 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Beginning Cash Balance rose 11.54% year-over-year to $7.4 billion; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $28.8 billion (down 3.25% YoY), while the FY2021 annual figure was $11.1 billion, up 2.01% from the prior year.
• Beginning Cash Balance slipped to $7.4 billion in Q1 2026, from $7.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Beginning Cash Balance for BNS reached as high as $12.6 billion in Q4 2023 and fell as low as $6.1 billion in Q2 2023.
• The 5-year median for Beginning Cash Balance is $7.6 billion (2022), against an average of $7.9 billion.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Beginning Cash Balance jumped 34.23% — and 2024, when it dropped 26.77%.
• A 5-year view of Beginning Cash Balance shows it stood at $9.4 billion in 2022, then jumped by 34.23% to $12.6 billion in 2023, then retreated by 26.77% to $9.3 billion in 2024, then slipped by 14.99% to $7.9 billion in 2025, then declined by 6.05% to $7.4 billion in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Beginning Cash Balance over the past three periods registered $7.4 billion, $7.9 billion, and $7.0 billion for Q1 2026, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.