West Bancorporation (WTBA) Stock Price, News & Analysis

0 brokers have issued twelve-month target prices for West Bancorporation's shares. Their WTBA share price targets range from $21.50 to $21.50. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $21.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 32.2% from the stock's current price.
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West Bancorporation's stock was trading at $21.20 at the start of the year. Since then, WTBA stock has decreased by 23.3% and is now trading at $16.26.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.31 by $0.04. The financial services provider had revenue of $18.26 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $18.82 million. West Bancorporation had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 11.19% and a net margin of 14.17%.

West Bancorporation announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 7th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, February 21st. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.15%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, February 6th.
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West Bancorporation (NASDAQ:WTBA) pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 6.33%. WTBA has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The dividend payout ratio is 69.44%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WTBA will have a dividend payout ratio of 64.52% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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1 employees have rated West Bancorporation Chief Executive Officer David D. (Dave) Nelson on Glassdoor.com. David D. (Dave) Nelson has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts David D. (Dave) Nelson in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other West Bancorporation investors own include Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), Comcast (CMCSA), Kohl's (KSS), Southern (SO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Enbridge (ENB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) and International Paper (IP).

West Bancorporation's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include LexAurum Advisors LLC (0.17%) and City State Bank (0.05%). Insiders that own company stock include Bradley P Peters, David D Nelson, David D Nelson, Douglas R Gulling, George D Milligan, Patrick J Donovan, Patrick J Donovan and Sean Patrick Mcmurray.
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