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. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 4th. View West Bancorporation's Dividend History.

West Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ:WTBA) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The financial services provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter. The financial services provider had revenue of $19.43 million for the quarter. West Bancorporation had a net margin of 26.82% and a return on equity of 14.29%. 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 coverage about WTBA stock has been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. West Bancorporation earned a daily sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the financial services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for West Bancorporation.

West Bancorporation saw a decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 91,700 shares, a decline of 9.9% from the January 15th total of 101,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.5 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock 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), Zions Bancorporation NA (ZION), Signature Bank (SBNY), Commerce Bancshares (CBSH), 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 a number of of institutional and retail 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 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 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 $22.50.

West Bancorporation has a market capitalization of $368.55 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]