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

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

West Bancorporation declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 5th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, February 19th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.11%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 4th. View West Bancorporation's Dividend History.

West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.46 earnings per share for the quarter. The financial services provider earned $19.43 million during the quarter. West Bancorporation had a return on equity of 14.29% and a net margin of 26.82%. View West Bancorporation's Earnings History.

West Bancorporation is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for West Bancorporation.

News stories about WTBA stock have trended extremely negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. West Bancorporation earned a news sentiment score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the financial services provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for West Bancorporation.

West Bancorporation saw a decrease in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 91,700 shares, a decrease of 9.9% from the January 15th total of 101,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.5 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View West Bancorporation's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to West Bancorporation include PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), Truist Financial (TFC), SunTrust Banks (STI), M&T Bank (MTB), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), KeyCorp (KEY), Regions Financial (RF), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), SVB Financial Group (SIVB), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), East West Bancorp (EWBC) and TCF Financial (TCF).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other West Bancorporation investors own include Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Comcast (CMCSA), Gilead Sciences (GILD), Kohl's (KSS), Servicemaster Global (SERV), Southern (SO), Verizon Communications (VZ), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Hemisphere Media Group (HMTV) and Methanex (MEOH).

West Bancorporation's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Legacy Bridge LLC (3.24%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.40%), State Street Corp (1.97%), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC (1.58%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.29%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.84%). Company insiders that own West Bancorporation stock include David R Milligan, George D Milligan, Patrick J Donovan, 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 Bank of America Corp DE, Driehaus Capital Management LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., New York State Common Retirement Fund, California Public Employees Retirement System, LSV Asset Management, Iowa State Bank and Citigroup Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for West Bancorporation.

WTBA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Legacy Bridge LLC, West Bancorporation Inc., State Street Corp, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Pacific Ridge Capital Partners LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Mackay Shields LLC. Company insiders that have bought West Bancorporation stock in the last two years include David R Milligan, George D Milligan, Patrick J Donovan, 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WTBA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.45.

West Bancorporation has a market capitalization of $334.97 million and generates $106.99 million in revenue each year. The financial services provider earns $28.69 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.74 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]