Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Bank Of Nova Scotia has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.8 billion for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses fell 16.49% year-over-year to $3.8 billion; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at $15.3 billion (down 1.45% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $4.2 billion, up 6.95% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses declined to $3.8 billion in Q1 2026, from $4.2 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Operating Expenses for BNS reached as high as $4.6 billion in Q1 2025 and fell as low as $3.3 billion in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.5 billion (2024), against an average of $3.6 billion.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses dropped 20.46% — and 2025, when it surged 30.43%.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $3.4 billion in 2022, then rose by 19.54% to $4.1 billion in 2023, then dropped by 4.86% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then gained by 8.33% to $4.2 billion in 2025, then decreased by 9.12% to $3.8 billion in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses over the past three periods registered $3.8 billion, $4.2 billion, and $3.7 billion for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.