Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) Return on Sales (2011 - 2026)

Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) posted quarterly Return on Sales of 0.09% for Q1 2026, up 5.0% YoY from 0.09% in Q1 2025, and down 7.78% sequentially from 0.1% in Q4 2025.

Bank Of Nova Scotia (BNS) Return on Sales (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Bank Of Nova Scotia has disclosed Return on Sales across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.09% for Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Return on Sales rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.09%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 0.1% (up 2.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.09%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales fell to 0.09% in Q1 2026, from 0.1% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for BNS reached as high as 0.14% in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.05% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.1% (2025), against an average of 0.1%.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Return on Sales advanced 11 bps — and 2023, when it dropped 6 bps.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.11% in 2022, then tumbled by 37 bps to 0.07% in 2023, then advanced by 10 bps to 0.07% in 2024, then surged by 32 bps to 0.1% in 2025, then slipped by 8 bps to 0.09% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods registered 0.09%, 0.1%, and 0.11% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 Hsbc Holdings 1,641.64 Bn 1,642.09 Bn - 0.01%
2 Bank Of America 423.61 Bn -183.09 Bn 29.24 Bn 0.00%
3 Wells Fargo & Company 264.70 Bn 189.62 Bn - 0.00%
4 Citigroup 256.70 Bn -1,928.30 Bn 19.85 Bn 0.00%
5 UBS Group AG 156.73 Bn 156.73 Bn - -
6 Bank of New York Mellon 100.92 Bn 44.00 Bn - 0.00%
7 Jpmorgan Chase 93.06 Bn 120.14 Bn - 0.00%
8 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial 92.45 Bn 93.39 Bn - -
9 Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son 2.40 Bn -454.67 Mn 152.73 Mn 0.00%
10 Bank Of Nova Scotia - - - 0.09%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 0.09%
Oct 31, 2025 0.10%
Jul 31, 2025 0.11%
Apr 30, 2025 0.09%
Jan 31, 2025 0.05%
Oct 31, 2024 0.07%
Jul 31, 2024 0.09%
Apr 30, 2024 0.10%
Jan 31, 2024 0.11%
Oct 31, 2023 0.07%
Jul 31, 2023 0.12%
Apr 30, 2023 0.11%
Jan 31, 2023 0.09%
Oct 31, 2022 0.11%
Jul 31, 2022 0.14%
Apr 30, 2022 0.13%
Jan 31, 2022 0.14%
Oct 31, 2021 0.00%
Jul 31, 2021 0.14%
Apr 30, 2021 0.14%