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Counterparty/The Bank of Nova Scotia
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The Bank of Nova Scotia

Bank · CanadaAAA · LEI L3I9ZG2KFGXZ61BMYR72
Counterparty scoreBand B
71
0th percentile of 5 peers
coverage50% of the method
Rating81w 40
Capital65w 25
Liquidity—w 15
Stability—w 10
Assets—w 5
Profit61w 5
Rating anchor and public pillars with published weights (w). Market overlay 0.0, bounded at ±10. Method
Agency ratingscompositeA+Stable
Fitch
AA-▶
ST F1+
2026-07-31
S&P
A+▶
ST A-1
2024-08-27
Moody's
A2▶
ST P-1
2025-12-16
DBRS
AA
ST R-1(H)
2026-04-17
ESMA European Rating Platform, checked daily · ▲ positive ▼ negative ◆ watch ▶ stableRating history
CET1 ratio
13.1%
−0.2 vs prior2026-07-31
Leverage ratio
4.3%
0.0 vs prior2026-07-31
Total capital
16.9%
−0.1 vs prior2026-07-31
LCR—not yet collected
NSFR—not yet collected
Risk-weighted assets
492.9bn
+3.9% vs prior2026-07-31
12 series held, up to 48 periods each. Click a card to open it full size with every point and its date. The grey band on a ratio is where this bank’s peer group stands today, quartile to quartile, with the median dashed — not a peer history.
Standing
Capital
Liquidity and funding
Profitability and efficiency
Balance sheet

Rating history

Every action the European Rating Platform holds, since 2015. The composite is the median of the agencies on the day.
1upgrade
3downgrades
1.0notch weaker
20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026AAAA-A+composite AA- from 2015-07-01composite AA- from 2016-01-25composite A+ from 2017-05-10composite AA- from 2018-07-16composite A+ from 2018-09-24A+COMPOSITEFitchFitch AA- from 2015-07-01, stillAA-Fitch: stable outlook from 2016-01-25Fitch: negative outlook from 2020-04-03Fitch: stable outlook from 2022-07-11AA-S&PS&P A+ from 2015-07-01, stillA+S&P: negative outlook from 2015-09-30S&P: stable outlook from 2015-12-11A+Moody'sMoody's Aa2 from 2015-07-01 to 2016-01-25Aa2Moody's Aa3 from 2016-01-25 to 2017-05-10Aa3Moody's A1 from 2017-05-10 to 2018-07-16A1Moody's Aa2 from 2018-07-16 to 2018-09-24Moody's A2 from 2018-09-24, stillA2Moody's: negative outlook from 2015-07-01Moody's: watch negative outlook from 2015-11-02Moody's: negative outlook from 2017-05-10Moody's: stable outlook from 2018-07-16A2DBRSDBRS AA from 2015-07-01, stillAADBRS: stable outlook from 2018-04-19AA
AAACCCpositive outlookstablenegativewent on watch

Every move since 2015

  • 2018-09-24↓Moody's downgrade Aa2 → A2 · 3 notches
  • 2018-07-16↑Moody's upgrade A1 → Aa2 · 2 notches
  • 2017-05-10↓Moody's downgrade Aa3 → A1 · 1 notch
  • 2016-01-25↓Moody's downgrade Aa2 → Aa3 · 1 notch

Every rating held today

AgencyTypeRatingOutlookDate
DBRSissuer credit · long-termAA—2026-04-17
DBRSissuer credit · short-termR-1(H)—2026-04-17
Fitchissuer default · long-termAA-stable2026-07-31
Fitchissuer default · short-termF1+—2026-07-31
Moody'scounterparty · long-termAa2—2025-12-16
Moody'sdeposit · long-termAa2stable2025-12-16
Moody'sissuer credit · long-termA2stable2025-12-16
Moody'scounterparty · short-termP-1—2025-12-16
Moody'sdeposit · short-termP-1—2025-12-16
S&Pissuer credit · long-termA+stable2024-08-27
S&Pissuer credit · short-termA-1—2024-08-27
Source: ESMA European Rating Platform, checked daily, with agency attribution.
Share price, 12 monthsCAD
74.7491.04107.34123.64139.9425-09: 85.6225-09: 88.3025-09: 87.7425-09: 89.1825-09: 89.0925-09: 89.9925-10: 91.1525-10: 88.8425-10: 89.3225-10: 90.1825-10: 91.1025-11: 92.6825-11: 94.2125-11: 94.6525-11: 93.5925-11: 96.8825-12: 98.7225-12: 99.3925-12: 100.1725-12: 99.3425-12: 101.3126-01: 102.4026-01: 101.0826-01: 101.3326-01: 101.3726-01: 103.0026-01: 101.8026-02: 103.2026-02: 104.7626-02: 104.0326-02: 103.3226-03: 103.3726-03: 98.0326-03: 95.3626-03: 95.8526-03: 95.6626-03: 93.8826-04: 97.7426-04: 100.8526-04: 102.7926-04: 102.7726-04: 104.9026-05: 104.2926-05: 106.0926-05: 106.1826-05: 109.5326-05: 111.5726-06: 111.6826-06: 113.0126-06: 117.4326-06: 123.0326-06: 121.4826-06: 123.2726-07: 122.3126-07: 124.4726-07: 125.2826-07: 121.8826-07: 121.1426-08: 124.0726-08: 123.8126-08: 126.7026-08: 120.5726-08: 128.8426-09: 129.1426-09: 127.29127.2925-0925-1025-1226-0226-0426-0626-09
30-day realised volatility25.6%
Drawdown from 52-week high-1.1%
Market signal Stable
Last price2026-09-14
CDS levels, bond yields and agency ratings feed the private market overlay and are never shown as levels; only the direction and the change against peers are public.
Every event held for this name, newest first: rating actions, Pillar 3 documents and filtered headlines. Severity is rules-based — read the source.
2026-09-14
TD and Scotiabank join other banks in promising to deploy over $250 billion dollars worth of capital - Financial Post
Financial Post
info
2026-09-14
TD and Scotiabank join other banks in promising to deploy billions of dollars' worth of capital - Yahoo! Finance Canada
Yahoo! Finance Canada
info
2026-09-10
Scotiabank launches Canada’s first defence bond framework - TheBanker.com
TheBanker.com
info
2026-09-09
Scotiabank T&T records $449M nine-month profit - Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad Guardian
info
2026-09-09
ESG round-up: Scotiabank publishes Canada’s first defence bond framework - Responsible Investor
Responsible Investor
info
2026-09-09
Scotiabank sets rules for new ‘defence bonds’ to finance investments in military companies - The Logic
The Logic
info
2026-09-09
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-09-08
NetraMark Appoints Former Global Atlantic Investment Office President and Scotiabank U.S. CEO Kevin Felix as Strategic Advisor - manilatimes.net
manilatimes.net
info
2026-09-08
Great West President & Chief Executive Officer David Harney to speak at the Scotiabank Financials Summit - ca.finance.yahoo.com
ca.finance.yahoo.com
info
2026-09-04
Strong fiscal Q3 earnings beat: Can Scotiabank stock break above C$133.43 resistance? - Traders Union
Traders Union
good
2026-09-02
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating R-1(H)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-09-02
Scotiabank's President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Thomson to Speak at the 27th Annual Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets Financials Summit - Yahoo! Finance Canada
Yahoo! Finance Canada
info
2026-09-01
Scotiabank (BNS) Just Blew Past Its Own Profit Target - finance.yahoo.com
finance.yahoo.com
good
2026-08-28
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-27
RBC, CIBC, TD Bank, BMO, National Bank and Scotiabank: A breakdown of the big banks’ third-quarter earnings - theglobeandmail.com
theglobeandmail.com
info
2026-08-27
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-25
Canadian lenders BMO, Scotiabank beat profit estimates, brush aside tariff worries - Reuters
Reuters
good
2026-08-25
Scotiabank reports third quarter results - Yahoo! Finance Canada
Yahoo! Finance Canada
info
2026-08-25
Scotiabank Tops Estimates on Capital Markets, International Unit - Bloomberg
Bloomberg
good
2026-08-25
Scotiabank Just Reported Q3 Results: Here’s What Investors Need to Know - Yahoo! Finance Canada
Yahoo! Finance Canada
info
2026-08-25
Scotiabank posts record quarter as capital markets surge lifts profit past estimates - Yahoo! Finance Canada
Yahoo! Finance Canada
good
2026-08-25
Scotiabank beats Q3 profit - BNN Bloomberg
BNN Bloomberg
good
2026-08-25
Canada’s BMO and Scotiabank Beat Earnings Targets as Trade War Escalates - PYMNTS.com
PYMNTS.com
good
2026-08-24
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating R-1(H)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-24
Pillar 3 report for the period to 2026-07-31 published: scotia_q3.pdf
firm website
info
2026-08-21
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-20
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-18
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-18
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating R-1(H)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-14
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-13
Scotiabank issues 10-year bonds - The DESK - The leading source of information for bond traders - fi-desk.com
fi-desk.com
info
2026-08-11
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-05
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-03
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-08-03
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating R-1(H)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-31
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-31
Fitch affirmation: Derivative Counterparty Rating AA+(dcr)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-31
Fitch maintained under stable outlook: Long Term Issuer Default Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-31
Fitch affirmation: Long Term Issuer Default Rating AA-
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-31
Fitch affirmation: Short Term Issuer Default Rating F1+
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-30
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-28
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-27
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-27
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating R-1(H)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-22
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-21
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-20
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-20
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating A(L)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-15
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-13
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-08
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-06
DBRS new: Issuer Debt Rating R-1(H)
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-07-03
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-06-23
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-06-18
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-06-12
Scotiabank Announces Plans to Fully Acquire Scotia Group Jamaica Limited - Yahoo! Finance Canada
Yahoo! Finance Canada
info
2026-06-12
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-06-11
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-06-10
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info
2026-06-08
DBRS withdrawal: Issuer Debt Rating
ESMA European Rating Platform
info

Documents and feeds

Firm's Pillar 3 disclosures · read from the PDF
11 documents · 5 metrics · 2024-01-31 to 2026-07-31
Latest source
Yahoo Finance fundamentals · public API
1 document · 5 metrics · 2022-10-31 to 2026-07-31
Latest source

Latest value of every metric held

MetricValueReference dateSourceConfidence
CET1 capital ratio13.102026-07-31Firm's Pillar 3 disclosures · read from the PDF0.98
Total deposits (currency millions)716,492.002026-07-31Yahoo Finance fundamentals · public API0.80
Leverage ratio4.302026-07-31Firm's Pillar 3 disclosures · read from the PDF0.98
Net interest margin1.502025-10-31Yahoo Finance fundamentals · public API0.70
Return on assets0.542025-10-31Yahoo Finance fundamentals · public API0.80
Return on equity9.212025-10-31Yahoo Finance fundamentals · public API0.80
Risk-weighted assets (currency millions)492,866.002026-07-31Firm's Pillar 3 disclosures · read from the PDF0.98
Tier 1 capital ratio15.102026-07-31Firm's Pillar 3 disclosures · read from the PDF0.98
Total assets (currency millions)1,548,267.002026-07-31Yahoo Finance fundamentals · public API0.80
Total capital ratio16.902026-07-31Firm's Pillar 3 disclosures · read from the PDF0.98