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Bank of Nova Scotia

BNS
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State Commercial Banks
SEC CIK
0000009631

No open-market purchases or sales by Bank of Nova Scotia insiders were filed in the last 90 days; 535 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $47.7B in total; superinvestors Fairfax Financial and Maverick Capital hold it.

13F holders, Q3 2024

Institutional positions in Bank of Nova Scotia as of Sep 30, 2024. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
412
+24 vs. Q2 2024
Shares held
578.9M
+16.3M (+2.9%) vs. Q2 2024
Total value
$31.4B
+$5.49B (+21.2%) vs. Q2 2024
New holders
57
142 more added
Sold out
33
140 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2024: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting BNS on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ3 2024: 412 institutions
Q1 2021: 385 institutionsQ2 2021: 394 institutionsQ3 2021: 419 institutionsQ4 2021: 438 institutionsQ1 2022: 440 institutionsQ2 2022: 434 institutionsQ3 2022: 416 institutionsQ4 2022: 418 institutionsQ1 2023: 405 institutionsQ2 2023: 386 institutionsQ3 2023: 395 institutionsQ4 2023: 390 institutionsQ1 2024: 399 institutionsQ2 2024: 393 institutionsQ3 2024: 412 institutionsQ4 2024: 442 institutionsQ1 2025: 419 institutionsQ2 2025: 433 institutionsQ3 2025: 460 institutionsQ4 2025: 484 institutionsQ1 2026: 508 institutionsQ2 2026: 535 institutions
Value heldQ3 2024: $31.4B
Q1 2021: $36.4BQ2 2021: $37.1BQ3 2021: $36.0BQ4 2021: $39.4BQ1 2022: $38.8BQ2 2022: $33.2BQ3 2022: $26.9BQ4 2022: $26.8BQ1 2023: $28.3BQ2 2023: $27.3BQ3 2023: $24.5BQ4 2023: $26.4BQ1 2024: $29.1BQ2 2024: $26.0BQ3 2024: $31.4BQ4 2024: $29.3BQ1 2025: $27.3BQ2 2025: $33.5BQ3 2025: $35.8BQ4 2025: $42.2BQ1 2026: $37.3BQ2 2026: $47.7B
Institutions holding BNS and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026535$47.7B
Q1 2026508$37.3B
Q4 2025484$42.2B
Q3 2025460$35.8B
Q2 2025433$33.5B
Q1 2025419$27.3B
Q4 2024442$29.3B
Q3 2024412$31.4B
Q2 2024393$26.0B
Q1 2024399$29.1B
Q4 2023390$26.4B
Q3 2023395$24.5B
Q2 2023386$27.3B
Q1 2023405$28.3B
Q4 2022418$26.8B
Q3 2022416$26.9B
Q2 2022434$33.2B
Q1 2022440$38.8B
Q4 2021438$39.4B
Q3 2021419$36.0B
Q2 2021394$37.1B
Q1 2021385$36.4B

Institutions, Q3 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bank of Nova Scotia; share changes are against Q2 2024.

Institutions holding BNS in Q3 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Quantinno Capital Management LP16,985$925.5K0.01%−1,054−5.8%Reduced
Sienna Gestion16,954$922.5K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Vise Technologies, Inc.16,691$909.5K0.12%+1,037+6.6%Added
Cerity Partners LLC16,595$904.3K0.00%−35,129−67.9%Reduced
Resources Management Corp16,375$892.0K0.12%−84−0.5%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC16,342$890.5K0.00%+16,342New
Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc16,060$875.0K0.10%−67,712−80.8%Reduced
Motco15,025$818.7K0.08%−210−1.4%Reduced
Radnor Capital Management, LLC14,790$806.0K0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.14,780$805.0K0.00%+271+1.9%Added
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC14,611$796.1K0.00%−460−3.1%Reduced
Bailard, Inc.14,517$791.0K0.02%+4,097+39.3%Added
Bowen Hanes & Co Inc14,267$777.4K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Ieq Capital, LLC14,200$773.8K0.01%+14,200New
Texas Yale Capital Corp.14,057$766.0K0.03%−1,060−7.0%Reduced
Bogart Wealth, LLC13,366$728.3K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Retirement Planning Group13,037$710.4K0.04%−170−1.3%Reduced
M&T Bank Corp12,891$702.4K0.00%−1,849−12.5%Reduced
Truist Financial Corp12,780$696.4K0.00%−135−1.0%Reduced
Ballentine Partners, LLC12,308$670.7K0.01%−1,462−10.6%Reduced
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.12,196$665.1K0.00%+1,260+11.5%Added
Executive Wealth Management, LLC11,352$618.6K0.05%+11,352New
Sigma Planning Corp11,089$604.3K0.02%+210+1.9%Added
Cresset Asset Management, LLC10,417$567.6K0.00%+1,331+14.6%Added
Pacer Advisors, Inc.10,409$567.2K0.00%−325−3.0%Reduced
Mitchell McLeod Pugh & Williams Inc10,381$565.7K0.12%00.0%Unchanged
Forum Financial Management, LP10,303$561.4K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC10,270$560.0K0.00%−833−7.5%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers10,197$555.6K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
HighTower Advisors, LLC10,231$554.0K0.00%−1,392−12.0%Reduced
Evergreen Capital Management LLC9,796$533.8K0.02%+2,719+38.4%Added
Pathstone Holdings, LLC9,733$530.3K0.00%−461−4.5%Reduced
First National Trust Co9,318$507.7K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC9,149$498.5K0.01%−48−0.5%Reduced
Monticello Wealth Management, LLC9,096$495.6K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Sumitomo Life Insurance Co9,082$494.9K0.01%−250−2.7%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd9,082$494.9K0.01%−250−2.7%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.9,041$492.6K0.00%−204−2.2%Reduced
Ruggaard & Associates LLC8,980$489.3K0.21%+400+4.7%Added
First Affirmative Financial Network8,873$483.5K0.26%−1,833−17.1%Reduced
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC8,851$482.3K0.06%−5,333−37.6%Reduced
Barometer Capital Management Inc.6,515$473.2K0.14%−11,619−64.1%Reduced
Atomi Financial Group, Inc.8,626$470.0K0.03%+2,533+41.6%Added
Ravenstone Capital Management Inc.8,153$444.8K0.27%+35+0.4%Added
Silverlake Wealth Management LLC7,976$434.6K0.17%−1,570−16.4%Reduced
Veriti Management LLC7,890$429.9K0.02%+878+12.5%Added
Cohen Investment Advisors LLC7,493$408.3K0.25%+12+0.2%Added
Equitable Holdings, Inc.7,475$407.3K0.00%−689−8.4%Reduced
Ridgewood Investments LLC6,760$368.4K0.18%−650−8.8%Reduced
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al6,667$363.3K0.00%+6,667New
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.6,550$356.9K0.01%−2,594−28.4%Reduced
Guggenheim Capital LLC6,382$347.8K0.00%−6,471−50.3%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc6,208$338.3K0.00%−557−8.2%Reduced
Squarepoint Ops LLC6,181$336.8K0.00%−9,205−59.8%Reduced
Ritholtz Wealth Management6,091$331.9K0.01%−5,093−45.5%Reduced
Private Advisor Group, LLC6,037$329.0K0.00%−74−1.2%Reduced
Forbes J M & Co LLP6,000$326.9K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC5,821$317.2K0.00%+979+20.2%Added
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC5,821$317.2K0.00%+979+20.2%Added
PDS Planning, Inc5,776$314.7K0.03%−21−0.4%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC5,750$313.3K0.00%+709+14.1%Added
Applied Capital LLC5,616$306.0K0.24%00.0%Unchanged
Hemenway Trust Co LLC5,530$301.3K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.5,506$300.0K0.03%+5,506New
Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC5,428$295.8K0.00%−119−2.1%Reduced
Numerai GP LLC5,403$294.4K0.08%+5,403New
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.5,231$285.0K0.00%−26−0.5%Reduced
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC)5,151$280.7K0.01%−18,274−78.0%Reduced
TownSquare Capital, LLC5,110$278.5K0.00%−219−4.1%Reduced
GWM Advisors LLC5,050$275.2K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Venture Visionary Partners LLC4,916$267.9K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Magnus Financial Group LLC4,900$267.0K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
1620 Investment Advisors, Inc.4,866$265.1K0.19%+4,596+1,702.2%Added
Old North State Trust, LLC4,872$265.0K0.22%00.0%Unchanged
Westover Capital Advisors, LLC4,850$264.3K0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Sara-Bay Financial4,835$263.5K0.11%−924−16.0%Reduced
Baskin Financial Services Inc.4,823$263.0K0.02%+4,823New
Two Sigma Securities, LLC4,791$261.1K0.02%−5,945−55.4%Reduced
Nwam LLC4,785$260.7K0.02%+4,785New
Verition Fund Management LLC4,742$258.4K0.00%+4,742New
West Family Investments, Inc.4,702$256.2K0.09%−461−8.9%Reduced
Callahan Advisors, LLC4,700$256.1K0.02%+4,700New
Fiduciary Financial Group, LLC4,872$255.1K0.06%+343+7.6%Added
Merit Financial Group, LLC4,634$252.5K0.01%−1,931−29.4%Reduced
Callan Capital, LLC4,575$249.3K0.02%+4,575New
Murchinson Ltd.4,564$248.7K0.10%+4,564New
AE Wealth Management LLC4,532$246.9K0.00%−38−0.8%Reduced
Prospera Financial Services Inc4,402$239.9K0.01%−1,068−19.5%Reduced
Vident Advisory, LLC4,290$233.8K0.01%+4,290New
Alera Investment Advisors, LLC4,261$232.2K0.03%−584−12.1%Reduced
Hexagon Capital Partners LLC4,173$227.4K0.04%−66−1.6%Reduced
HB Wealth Management, LLC4,079$222.3K0.00%+4,079New
Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC4,054$220.9K0.00%+4,054New
Mutual Advisors, LLC4,205$220.5K0.01%+4,205New
Abel Hall, LLC4,000$218.0K0.14%+4,000New
Enterprise Bank & Trust Co3,977$216.7K0.07%+3,977New
Alan B. Lancz & Associates, Inc.3,900$212.5K0.19%+3,900New
Blair William & Co3,893$212.2K0.00%+3,893New
Five Oceans Advisors3,805$207.3K0.10%−1,044−21.5%Reduced
Kavar Capital Partners Group, LLC3,800$207.1K0.03%+3,800New