BMO vs BNS
Bank of Montreal /can and Bank of Nova Scotia, side by side — 10 fiscal years reported in CAD, drawn from SEC filings.
At a glance
Most recent reported year
| Metric | BMO | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | CAD 36.3B | CAD 37.7B |
| Net income | CAD 8.7B | CAD 7.8B |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Net margin | 24.0% | 20.6% |
| Return on equity | 10.1% | 9.2% |
| Diluted EPS | CAD 11.44 | CAD 5.67 |
| Dividend / share | — | CAD 4.32 |
| Payout ratio | 57.8% | 75.4% |
| Free cash flow | CAD 8.7B | — |
| Equity | CAD 88.1B | CAD 86.9B |
| Net debt / equity | — | — |
| Current ratio | — | — |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | 7.6% | 3.8% |
| Profit CAGR 5y | 11.3% | 2.8% |
BMO and BNS book revenue within 15% of each other, and keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (24.0% against 20.6%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner.
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Revenue by year
10 years side by side
| Fiscal year | BMO | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CAD 36.3B | CAD 37.7B |
| FY2024 | CAD 32.8B | CAD 33.7B |
| FY2023 | CAD 29.3B | CAD 32.2B |
| FY2022 | CAD 33.7B | CAD 31.4B |
| FY2021 | CAD 27.2B | CAD 31.3B |
| FY2020 | CAD 25.2B | CAD 31.3B |
| FY2019 | CAD 25.5B | CAD 31.0B |
| FY2018 | CAD 22.9B | CAD 28.8B |
| FY2017 | CAD 22.1B | CAD 27.2B |
| FY2016 | CAD 21.1B | CAD 26.4B |
Net income by year
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | BMO | BNS |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | CAD 8.7B | CAD 7.8B |
| FY2024 | CAD 7.3B | CAD 7.8B |
| FY2023 | CAD 4.4B | CAD 7.3B |
| FY2022 | CAD 13.5B | CAD 9.9B |
| FY2021 | CAD 7.8B | CAD 9.6B |
| FY2020 | CAD 5.1B | CAD 6.8B |
| FY2019 | CAD 5.8B | CAD 8.4B |
| FY2018 | CAD 5.5B | CAD 8.5B |
| FY2017 | CAD 5.3B | CAD 8.0B |
| FY2016 | CAD 4.6B | CAD 7.1B |
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