BNS - The Bank of Nova Scotia
The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets. The company offers financial advice and solutions, and day-to-day banking products, including debit and credit cards, chequing and saving accounts, investments, mortgages, loans, and insurance to individuals; and business banking solutions comprising lending, deposit, cash management, and trade finance solutions to small, medium, and large businesses, including automotive financing solutions to dealers and their customers.
As of May 15, 2026: spot at $77.00, ATM IV 21.3%, max pain $72.50, net GEX $1.8M.
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Banks - Diversified
- Market Cap
- $94.23B
- P/E Ratio
- 15.51
- Beta
- 1.22
- 52-Week Range
- 51-79
- Dividend Yield
- $3.18
- CEO
- L. Scott Thomson
- Employees
- 88,722
- IPO Date
- Jun 7, 2002
- Exchange
- NYSE
What BNS Looks Like to Options Traders Today
IV rank of 65.2% sits near the 1-year median, where strategy choice depends on directional conviction and the event calendar rather than vol regime alone; positive net gamma exposure ($1.8M) means dealers hedge against trend, damping realized volatility and biasing price toward heavy-OI strikes; the 25-delta skew (0.029) prices calls richer than puts, often reflecting upside speculation or squeeze risk.
What This Page Covers
The BNS overview links into per-metric analysis views: max pain, gamma exposure, volatility skew, expected move, options chain, open interest history, and aggregate Greeks. Microstructure data is available on short interest, short volume, fail-to-deliver, and market structure. Corporate data is on fundamentals, earnings, analyst ratings, and insider trading.
Frequently asked BNS overview questions
- What is BNS?
- BNS is the ticker symbol for The Bank of Nova Scotia, a listed security. The Bank of Nova Scotia provides various banking products and services in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Colombia, the Caribbean and Central America, and internationally. It operates in four segments: Canadian Banking, International Banking, Global Wealth Management, and Global Banking and Markets. Listed on NYSE. BNS is the equity ticker shown on this page; equity options traders use the security for directional, volatility, and income strategies via the listed options chain.
- What does the BNS options snapshot look like today?
- As of May 15, 2026, the BNS options snapshot shows spot at $77.00, ATM IV 21.3%, IV rank 65.2%, max pain $72.50, net GEX $1.8M, expected move 6.11%. The full options chain, Greeks by strike and expiration, per-strike open-interest distribution, dealer gamma and delta exposure, and the volatility skew surface are linked from this overview page. Each per-metric route refreshes once per trading session and reflects the most recent close-of-business listed-options state.
- What are BNS's key statistics?
- The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) carries a market capitalization of $94.23B, trailing P/E ratio of 15.51, beta of 1.22 relative to the broader market, 52-week range of 51-79. Full income statement, balance sheet, cash flow, and TTM ratio history is on the per-ticker fundamentals page; daily price history and 52-week levels are accessible from the same view. These structural inputs frame how the options market prices implied volatility around earnings windows and capital events.
- What sector or industry does BNS belong to?
- The Bank of Nova Scotia operates in the Financial Services sector, in the Banks - Diversified industry. Sector classification affects how the ticker correlates with sector ETFs, how it reacts to macro factors like rate moves and commodity prices, and how its options pricing compares to sector peers. Compare BNS's implied volatility and skew against sector benchmarks to gauge whether the options market is pricing single-name or systemic risk relative to the broader peer group.
- How current is the BNS data on this page?
- The options snapshot above is dated May 15, 2026 and refreshes once per session, with all per-strike Greeks and exposure aggregates recomputed at the daily close. Company-profile fields (sector, industry, market cap, P/E, IPO date) refresh from the vendor feed nightly. Financials and earnings refresh as 10-K and 10-Q filings are parsed (typically within several business days of the actual report). FINRA microstructure data refreshes on the source's cadence (daily for short volume, bi-monthly for short interest, weekly for the OTC volume file, twice-monthly for SEC FTD).