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Bank of Nova Scotia/The revenue increased slightly on 1.3% in 2015

01.12.2015 • About Bank of Nova Scotia/The ($BNS) • By InTwits

Bank of Nova Scotia/The reported FY2015 financial results today. Overall the company's long term financial model is characterised by the following facts:
  • Bank of Nova Scotia/The has low CAPEX intensity: 5 year average CAPEX/Revenue was 1.1%. At the same time it's in pair with industry average of 4.9%.
  • CAPEX is quite volatile: 7,273 in 2015, 10,524 in 2014, 8,235 in 2013, 5,194 in 2012, 3,508 in 2011
  • The company has potentially unprofitable business model: ROIC is at 5.4%
Below you can find a comprehensive analysis of the key data driving the company's performance and stock price.

Bank of Nova Scotia/The ($BNS) key annual financial indicators

mln. CAD201120122013201420152015/2014
P&L
Revenue24,15126,85228,77730,83931,2441.3%
Net Income5,1816,2436,3797,0717,014-0.8%
Balance Sheet
Cash4,2946,0365,4495,8286,72415.4%
Short Term Debt38,21618,62224,97727,05077,015184.7%
Long Term Debt8,92611,5015,8414,8716,18226.9%
Cash flow
Capex3714341802772821.8%
Ratios
Revenue growth1.6%11.2%7.2%7.2%1.3%
Net Income Margin21.5%23.2%22.2%22.9%22.4%-0.5%
CAPEX, % of revenue1.5%1.6%0.6%0.9%0.9%0.0%
ROIC6.9%7.1%5.8%5.6%5.4%-0.2%
ROE19.9%19.6%16.3%16.2%14.7%-1.6%

Revenue and profitability


Bank of Nova Scotia/The's Revenue increased slightly on 1.3% in FY2015.

Net Income marign showed almost no change in FY2015.

Capital expenditures (CAPEX) and working capital investments


In FY2015 the company had CAPEX/Revenue of 0.90%. The company's CAPEX/Revenue decreased slightly on 0.71 pp from 1.6% in FY2012 to 0.90% in FY2015. It's average CAPEX/Revenue for the last three years was 0.81%.

Return on investment


The company operates at good ROE (14.67%) while ROIC is low (5.42%). ROIC showed almost no change in FY2015. ROE decreased slightly on 1.6 pp from 16.2% to 14.7% in FY2015.

Leverage (Debt)


Debt surged on 161% in FY2015 while cash jumped on 15.4% in FY2015.

Management team


Bank of Nova Scotia/The's CEO is Brian J Porter. Brian J Porter has 5 years tenure at the company. Sean D Mcguckin is a The company's CFO. Sean D Mcguckin has spent 6 years at the company.

Appendix 1: Peers in Financial


Below you can find Bank of Nova Scotia/The benchmarking vs. other companies in Financial industry. It's shown for the period of 5 years for the key financial metrics. Each table has median value for all the companies in the industry together with individual financial data of the top-5 companies in the industry by particular financial metric.

Top companies by Revenue growth, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Westaim Corp/The ($WED)35.7%-99.9%38.0%5,680.8%
Wall Financial Corp ($WFC)35.2%-74.1%285.4%-75.3%
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)206.6%189.1%
DealNet Capital Corp ($DLS)-73.3%4,437.5%540.4%112.7%
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc ($GS)-39.1%60.6%97.9%-33.5%
 
Median (72 companies)11.2%7.7%7.1%8.9%-13.6%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The ($BNS)11.2%7.2%7.2%1.3%


Top companies by Gross margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Olympia Financial Group Inc ($OLY)85.3%80.9%82.6%83.2%
Morguard Corp ($MRC)74.8%74.0%69.9%68.6%
DealNet Capital Corp ($DLS)14.9%36.7%45.6%
Brookfield Asset Management Inc ($BAM.A)34.3%25.6%30.7%28.6%
Onex Corp ($OCX)20.0%20.1%26.2%27.9%
 
Median (11 companies)25.2%22.6%25.7%20.5%16.9%


Top companies by EBITDA margin, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corp ($FC)88.7%87.6%87.9%88.8%
Equitable Group Inc ($EQB)89.7%88.1%87.4%86.0%
Alaris Royalty Corp ($AD)97.0%81.3%61.8%81.8%
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc ($BRE)77.1%77.7%77.9%78.4%
First National Financial Corp ($FN)66.1%67.8%76.5%77.1%
 
Median (49 companies)35.6%32.3%32.1%31.5%47.9%


Top companies by CAPEX/Revenue, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Killam Properties Inc ($KMP)73.6%80.7%114.1%143.5%
Dundee Corp ($DC.A)10.3%14.1%88.8%123.6%
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)29.6%150.5%73.3%79.1%
Mainstreet Equity Corp ($MEQ)152.4%115.8%62.3%75.8%
First Capital Realty Inc ($FCR)102.8%127.9%76.1%73.8%
 
Median (74 companies)1.3%1.5%0.8%1.1%3.3%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The ($BNS)1.5%1.6%0.6%0.9%0.9%


Top companies by ROIC, %

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc ($GS)71.3%21.0%82.9%153.9%63.6%
Brookfield Real Estate Services Inc ($BRE)17.1%26.0%31.0%47.0%
Redishred Capital Corp ($KUT)-3.9%-24.5%6.5%15.8%
IGM Financial Inc ($IGM)15.3%14.2%14.2%13.7%
Street Capital Group Inc ($SCB)2.3%10.9%11.0%13.4%
 
Median (76 companies)4.9%4.8%4.5%4.8%5.0%
Bank of Nova Scotia/The ($BNS)6.9%7.1%5.8%5.6%5.4%


Top companies by Net Debt / EBITDA

Top 5 FY2011 FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015
First National Financial Corp ($FN)37.6x34.3x33.7x40.9x
Element Financial Corp ($EFN)140.2x31.9x37.6x
Gazit-Globe Ltd ($GZT)14.8x12.8x12.7x15.3x
Morguard Corp ($MRC)7.5x8.9x14.2x
StorageVault Canada Inc ($SVI)6.0x11.2x9.7x13.6x
 
Median (41 companies)5.3x5.3x4.8x4.3x6.6x