Fundamental Data for BNS

Bank of Nova Scotia is one of North America''s premier financial institutions and Canada''s most international bank. They offer a diverse range of products and services including personal, commercial, corporate and investment banking. Scotiabank has built long-term value and recorded consistent earnings growth by building on its core strengths and by executing exceptionally well in its core businesses. These include Domestic Banking, Wealth Management, International Banking and Scotia Capital.

# Employees: 47000

Address: 44 King Street West,Toronto,ON,CAN

Phone: 416-866-3462

Fax: 416-866-4988

Website: www.scotiabank.com

Email: investor.relations@scotiabank.com

Sector: Finance

Industry: BANKS-FOREIGN

Executive Officers

Luc A. Vanneste (Exec. V.P.; C.F.O.)

Dividend

Ex-Dividend Date: 10/2/2009

Annual Dividend: $1.83

Current Dividend Yield: $4.02

Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.46

Indicated Dividend: N/A

Earnings

Last Earnings Date: 7/31/2009

Next Earnings Date(Expected): 12/8/2009

Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.86

Mean EPS (Year): $3.25

Mean Estimate(Long Term): $12.00

P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 13.990

Number of Estimates: 6

Shares Performance

Period	BNS	Compare to S&P
YTD	67.28 %	38.44 %
4 Weeks	3.41 %	2.29 %
12 Weeks	7.24 %	1.10 %

Shares Information

Analyst Coverage: Y

Avg Volume: 627612

Shares Outstanding: 991M

Market Cap: $45.14B

52 Week High: $46.65

52 Week Low: $19.32

P/E Ratio: 14.400

PEG Ratio: 1.170

Split: On 4/29/2004 BNS split by factor of 2.000

Earnings Performance

EPS Growth in Last Quarter: 21.54 %

EPS Growth in Last Year: -15.96 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: 13.37 %

Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -13.35 %

Financials

Qtr Book Value: $2.60

Cash Flow/Share: $12.26

Change in Payout Ratio: -0.010

Price/Sales: -0.010