The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS)

49.49 -0.58  -1.16%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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BNS Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 19.32 Feb 23 2009
Maximum 61.91 Feb 17 2011
Average 47.17

About Total Return Price

Total return price is a theoretical price that helps investors look at their returns over time, accounting for both price appreciation and dividends received rather than price alone. It is the best way to calculate the actual returns on a stock over a period of time.

YCharts' total return price assumes that all dividends were reinvested and that no taxes were collected on dividend payments. This follows Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) methodology.

When calculating the return on an investment, an investor should look both at the changes in the value of the stock price as well as the gains from dividend payments. For example, if you buy a stock for $10, its price appreciates to $15 and it pays a $1 dividend, and you sell it, you have made $5 from the change in price and $1 from dividends. This $6 increase is your total gain, and your total return is 60%.

The total return price helps you to look backward to determine an equivalent price that you would have paid to get the same returns from a stock that paid no dividends (also adjusted for splits). Let's look at the previous example again.

Assumptions:
Price paid (1/1/01): $10.00
Closing price (12/30/01): $15.00
Dividend Paid (12/31/01): $1.00
Closing Price (12/31/01): $15.00

Your total returns for the year: $6.00 or 60%

Calculating Total Return Price:

12/31/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $15.00
The most recent total return price is always equal to the current price.

12/30/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $14.00 = $15.00 x (1-$1/$15.00)
The $1 dividend was 1/15 of the value of the stock, so if you could have received the dividend immediately after buying the stock on 12/30/01, you could have paid $14 for the stock and had a stock worth $15 because of the dividend that was paid.

1/1/01:
Actual Price: $10.00
Total Return Price: $9.33 = $10 x (1-$1/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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BNS News

RT @michaelbabad Why David Rosenberg is keen on Canada&#39;s banks http://stks.co/3zTn $NA.CA $RY $RY.CA $TD $BMO $BMO.CA $CM $CM.CA $BNS
about 3 days ago by eyeonequities
Why David Rosenberg is keen on Canada&#39;s banks http://stks.co/3zS4 $NA.CA $RY $RY.CA $TD $TD.CA $BMO $BMO.CA $CM $CM.CA $BNS $BNS.CA
about 3 days ago by michaelbabad
RT @ScottAdams_Edit Canadian banks: Don&#39;t rush to buy them http://stks.co/3xRw $BMO.CA $CM.CA $RY.CA $TD.CA $BNS.CA $BMO $CM $TD $RY $BNS
about 5 days ago by eyeonequities
Canadian banks: Don&#39;t rush to buy them http://stks.co/3wBP $BMO.CA $CM.CA $RY.CA $TD.CA $BNS.CA $BMO $CM $TD $RY $BNS
about 6 days ago by ScottAdams_Edit
Some other potl Buffet buys $TD $BNS $RY
about 20 days ago by TrendHunter
RT @Iamfree4Lunch Canadians Dominate World’s 10 Strongest Banks http://stks.co/3eSO via @BloombergMrkts $FXC; $CM; $TD; $RY; $BNS; $BMO
about 25 days ago by tsxstocks
The Safe Haven of Canadian Banks
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$RY,$CY,$BNS,$TD,$BMO At Canada banks, mediocre returns are still enough for a big exec payday http://stks.co/3Bni
about 55 days ago by eyeonequities
$BNS http://stks.co/2p7l long setup
about 76 days ago by stt2318
Today&#39;s top business news http://stks.co/2iT2 $AC.B.CA $HG_F $BNS $BNS.CA $GW.CA $AAPL #cdnecon #greece #eurozone
about 81 days ago by michaelbabad
$RY, $TD and $BNS charts looks bearish.
about 81 days ago by Noviceadvisor
This morning&#39;s top business news http://stks.co/2hx3 $AC.B.CA $HG_F $BNS $BNS.CA $GW.CA $AAPL #greece #eurozone #cdnecon #ipad
about 82 days ago by michaelbabad
Bank of Nova Scotia acquires Howard Weil http://stks.co/2hoa $BNS $BNS.CA
about 82 days ago by michaelbabad
O Canada! Interesting deal in the brokerage world. Toronto&#39;s Scotiabank ($BNS) buying New Orleans-based energy boutique firm Howard Weil.
about 82 days ago by lamonicabuzz
Bank of Nova Scotia to acquire U.S. energy investment boutique Howard Weil Inc. Details soon from @globebusiness $BNS $BNS.CA
about 82 days ago by michaelbabad
Nice earnings report for $BNS. It will be interesting to see if the canadian banks can keep it up if resources really take a bigger turn.
about 82 days ago by bradloncar
Nice! Scotiabank ($BNS) increases its dividend (again) http://stks.co/2hWY #dividendinvestor
about 82 days ago by mitchfanning
Today&#39;s top business news http://stks.co/2hJB $BNS $BNS.CA $IBM $C $GC_F $CL_F $$ #eurozone #greece #cdnecon #cdnpoli
about 82 days ago by michaelbabad
This morning&#39;s top business news http://stks.co/2grm $BNS $BNS.CA $GC_F $CL_F #cdnecon #cdnpoli #greece #eurozone
about 83 days ago by michaelbabad
And this time with the link: http://stks.co/2gfU Where things stand before North American #markets open $BNS $BNS.CA #eurozone #greece
about 83 days ago by michaelbabad
Where things stand before North American #markets open $BNS $BNS.CA #eurozone #greece
about 83 days ago by michaelbabad
Bank of Nova Scotia hikes dividend, post higher Q1 http://stks.co/2gfC $BNS $BNS.CA
about 83 days ago by michaelbabad
Canada&#39;s Bank of Nova Scotia hikes dividend by 3 cents as Q1 EPS jump to $1.20. Details soon from #globebusiness $BNS $BNS.CA
about 83 days ago by michaelbabad

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