BNS - The Bank of Nova Scotia
Price:
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CONSENSUS:
Buy
DETAILS
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PRICE TARGET:
$72.15
DETAILS
HIGH:
$75.60
LOW:
$67.00
MEDIAN:
$73.00
CONSENSUS:
$72.15
DOWNSIDE:
22.29%
AlphaVal
Deterministic, archetype-aware fair value
Banks, Insurers & Asset Managers
90% confidence
Primary model: P/Tangible Book × ROE Quality
Adjust Assumptions
11.0%
10.9%
Key Value Driver
ROTCE (11.0%) vs. cost of equity (10.9%)
Implied Market Multiple
2.22x
Plain-Language Summary
With ROTCE of 11.0% vs. 10.9% cost of equity, fair P/TBV is 1.01x on $41.83 tangible book, implying $68.67 per share. DDM cross-check: $32.65.
Analyst Consensus (External Reference)
Never blended into the bear/base/bull estimates above -- shown only as an outside comparison.
Average Target (19 analysts)
$72.15
Analyst Range
$67.00 – $75.60
Divergence from AlphaVal
5%
Warnings
Traditional cash flow models don't work well for banks — lending activity distorts how much cash the business actually generates.
Common valuation shortcuts don't apply here — for banks, interest payments are a core business cost, not overhead.
Dividend-based valuation: $32.65 (52% below our primary estimate). Large gaps suggest the dividend may not fully reflect the company's value.
Financial statements were converted from CAD into USD using USDCAD at 0.7214 USD per CAD.
Key Risks
- Book value quality matters as much as level — check loan loss reserves
- Interest rate sensitivity creates non-linear earnings surprises
- Insurance reserving is actuarial, not financial — errors emerge slowly