Bank of Nova Scotia Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

BMV:BNS * Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
19 Dec 24	BuyMex$1,097,149	Sandra Stuart	Individual	1,000	Mex$1,097.15
11 Dec 24	BuyMex$6,188,833	Lynn Patterson	Individual	5,500	Mex$1,125.24
09 Dec 24	SellMex$7,482,422	Philip Thomas	Individual	6,632	Mex$1,128.23
06 Dec 24	BuyMex$3,572,217	Jacqueline Allard	Individual	3,140	Mex$1,137.65
05 Dec 24	BuyMex$1,124,296	Steven Van Wyk	Individual	1,000	Mex$1,124.30
05 Dec 24	BuyMex$3,897,107	Calin Rovinescu	Individual	3,500	Mex$1,113.46
29 Aug 24	BuyMex$4,416,588	Michael Medline	Individual	4,529	Mex$975.18
06 Mar 24	BuyMex$420,771	Nora Aufreiter	Individual	500	Mex$841.54
04 Mar 24	BuyMex$1,657,603	Calin Rovinescu	Individual	2,000	Mex$828.83
29 Feb 24	BuyMex$2,470,054	Michael Medline	Individual	3,000	Mex$823.35

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: BNS * insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of BNS *?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	192	0.0000156%
Individual Insiders	177,230	0.0144%
State or Government	703,382	0.0572%
General Public	610,027,389	49.6%
Institutions	618,661,404	50.3%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 37.55% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
4.91%	BMO Asset Management Corp.	60,336,460	Mex$66.5b	-13.1%	1.26%
4.18%	Royal Bank of Canada, Banking & Securities Investments	51,451,736	Mex$56.7b	3.05%	1.39%
4.1%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	50,393,658	Mex$55.6b	2.14%	0.04%
2.39%	RBC Global Asset Management Inc.	29,415,937	Mex$32.4b	3.99%	0.98%
2.28%	Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Asset Management Arm	28,067,937	Mex$30.9b	-4.48%	3.21%
1.52%	National Bank Investments Inc.	18,673,937	Mex$20.6b	-3.75%	1.3%
1.52%	TD Asset Management, Inc.	18,657,241	Mex$20.6b	0.07%	0.73%
1.44%	RBC Dominion Securities Inc., Asset Management Arm	17,670,130	Mex$19.5b	-2.29%	1.06%
1.43%	Toronto-Dominion Bank, Banking Investments	17,585,113	Mex$19.4b	-6.79%	1.45%
1.33%	1832 Asset Management L.P.	16,351,993	Mex$18.0b	8.32%	1.17%
1.26%	Norges Bank Investment Management	15,544,282	Mex$17.1b	0%	0.07%
1.24%	Mackenzie Financial Corporation	15,256,935	Mex$16.8b	1.09%	0.88%
1.17%	Fédération des Caisses Desjardins du Québec, Asset Management Arm	14,378,574	Mex$15.9b	0.26%	4.32%
1.16%	Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Asset Management Division	14,277,241	Mex$15.7b	-4.55%	4.18%
1.06%	Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Banking and Securities Investments	13,079,812	Mex$14.4b	152%	0.34%
1.01%	Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited	12,392,247	Mex$13.7b	-2.31%	3.17%
0.96%	Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan	11,757,961	Mex$13.0b	24.9%	1.55%
0.82%	CIBC Asset Management Inc.	10,074,518	Mex$11.1b	2.45%	1.1%
0.77%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	9,427,464	Mex$10.4b	1.57%	0.09%
0.63%	Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	7,710,790	Mex$8.5b	-20.9%	1.93%
0.59%	Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd.	7,203,551	Mex$7.9b	-2.15%	1.78%
0.46%	Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking Investments	5,688,832	Mex$6.3b	13.4%	0.11%
0.46%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	5,640,471	Mex$6.2b	10.3%	0.02%
0.45%	British Columbia Investment Management Corporation	5,480,486	Mex$6.0b	260%	1.68%
0.43%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	5,231,871	Mex$5.8b	2.76%	0.04%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/04 12:36
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/17 00:00
Earnings	2024/10/31
Annual Earnings	2024/10/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

The Bank of Nova Scotia is covered by 31 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
John Aiken	Barclays
Brian Morton	Barclays
Sohrab Movahedi	BMO Capital Markets Equity Research