Both in Banking & Credit

Bank of Nova Scotia vs U.S. Bancorp

Over the past year BNS returned +43.2% and USB returned +29.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.50.

BNS +43.2% USB +29.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBNSUSB
Price$94.07$60.49
Market cap$114.46B$94.25B
Today+0.33%+1.75%
1 month+3.2%+5.2%
6 months+22.9%+9.5%
Year to date+27.7%+13.4%
1 year+43.3%+29.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+3.8%
Gross margin—70.4%
Net margin—19.2%
P/E (TTM)—12.1×
Price / sales—2.2×
Net cash$344.78B$133.65B
Dividend yield4.85%3.57%
Volatility (60d)22.8%20.1%
Short % of float1.2%1.7%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).