NASDAQ:WTBA - West Bancorporation Stock Price, News & Analysis

West Bancorporation trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "WTBA."

West Bancorporation announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, August 21st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 6th. View West Bancorporation's Dividend History.

West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The financial services provider reported $0.41 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.01. The financial services provider had revenue of $18.04 million for the quarter. West Bancorporation had a net margin of 27.79% and a return on equity of 14.43%. View West Bancorporation's Earnings History.

West Bancorporation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for West Bancorporation.

1 brokers have issued twelve-month price targets for West Bancorporation's shares. Their predictions range from $27.00 to $27.00. On average, they expect West Bancorporation's stock price to reach $27.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for West Bancorporation.

1 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for West Bancorporation in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for West Bancorporation.

News headlines about WTBA stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. West Bancorporation earned a news impact score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for West Bancorporation.

West Bancorporation saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 106,700 shares, a decline of 6.1% from the June 30th total of 113,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 25,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.2 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View West Bancorporation's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to West Bancorporation include Seacoast Banking Co. of Florida (SBCF), Veritex (VBTX), S & T Bancorp (STBA), 1st Source (SRCE), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Southside Bancshares (SBSI), FB Financial (FBK), Lakeland Financial (LKFN), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), OFG Bancorp (OFG), First Bancorp (FBNC), Republic Bancorp, Inc. KY (RBCAA), Boston Private Financial (BPFH), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT) and Washington Trust Bancorp (WASH).

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West Bancorporation's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.41%), Vanguard Group Inc. (4.02%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.16%), Northern Trust Corp (1.18%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.82%) and LSV Asset Management (0.54%). Company insiders that own West Bancorporation stock include George D Milligan, Marie I Roberts, Sean Patrick Mcmurray, Steven T Schuler and Therese M Vaughan. View Institutional Ownership Trends for West Bancorporation.

WTBA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wells Fargo & Company MN, Bessemer Group Inc., Invesco Ltd., Prudential Financial Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for West Bancorporation.

WTBA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., First Trust Advisors LP, Vanguard Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC and Renaissance Technologies LLC. Company insiders that have bought West Bancorporation stock in the last two years include George D Milligan, Sean Patrick Mcmurray, Steven T Schuler and Therese M Vaughan. View Insider Buying and Selling for West Bancorporation.

Shares of WTBA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WTBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.80.

West Bancorporation has a market capitalization of $340.70 million and generates $92.54 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $28.51 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.73 on an earnings per share basis. West Bancorporation employs 163 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About West Bancorporation.

The official website for West Bancorporation is http://www.westbankstrong.com/.

West Bancorporation's mailing address is 1601 22ND ST, WEST DES MOINES IA, 50266. The financial services provider can be reached via phone at 515-222-2300 or via email at [email protected]