secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WEST BANCORPORATION INC (WTBA)
CIK:        0001166928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-07-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001166928-21-000089
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

West Bancorp Q2 net income record $13.2M ($0.79 EPS); dividend raised to $0.24
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- Net income $13.2M, $0.79 diluted EPS vs. $8.0M, $0.48 YoY; six-month net $25.0M, $1.49 EPS.
- Board declared $0.24 quarterly dividend, payable Aug 25 to holders of record Aug 11.
- Negative $2.0M provision for loan losses vs. $3.0M provision a year ago; credit quality improving.
- Loan growth (ex-PPP) of 6.0% in H1 2021; 12.6% YoY.
- CFO Doug Gulling to retire Dec 31, 2021; will join board as director Jan 1, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692821000089/0001166928-21-000089-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692821000089/wtba-20210728.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-21-000089

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