COMPARE · Data as of August 28, 2026
BNS vs WFC
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. BNS scored 75.0, WFC scored 72.0 — BNS leads.
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BNS
The Bank of Nova Scotia
62Fin
$92.39 · $112.6B
fundamentals as of
Strength gap
0.5
WFC leads
WFC
Wells Fargo & Company
62.5Fin
$86.69 · $262.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestWFC12.6x
- Fastest growthBNS+10.4%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
BNS
WFC
+10.4%B
Rev
+1.7%C
16.7xC+
P/E
12.6xB
11.5%B
ROE
12.6%B
1.75B
P/B
1.63B
3.5%B+
Yield
2.4%B
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
The companies
BNSThe Bank of Nova Scotia
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $112.6b. Trading near 52-week high of $94.96 — momentum setup, limited technical margin of safety. Revenue growing +10%, comfortably above the S&P median. 3 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $90.90 (implying -2% upside).
Moat
Net margin 28% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 11% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $112.6b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trading within 3% of the 52-week high — limited technical margin of safety; a momentum reversal would test conviction. Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
WFCWells Fargo & Company
Why now
Banks - Diversified · market cap $262.2b. 11% off the 52-week high of $97.76. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $100.24 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Net margin 27% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 13% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $262.2b market cap places it among the largest companies in the sector — distribution, R&D, and customer-acquisition costs amortize across a base peers can't replicate.
Risk
Balance-sheet financial — book value, net interest margin, and credit loss provisions are the lever points; a rates regime change or a deterioration in the loan book moves the stock more than EPS does.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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