---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001166928-22-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTBA"
cik: "0001166928"
company_name: "WEST BANCORPORATION INC"
filed_at: "2022-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T03:11:01.007821+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# West Bancorporation Q1 2022 net income rises 12% to $13.2M, declares $0.25 dividend

## Summary
- Net income of $13.2M ($0.78 diluted EPS) vs $11.8M ($0.70) in Q1 2021, a record first quarter.
- Declared regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per share, payable May 25 to holders of record May 11.
- Recorded negative provision for loan losses of $750K due to sustained loan performance and improvement in classified loans.
- Total assets grew to $3.5B at March 31, 2022 from $3.2B a year earlier.
- Opened new bank building in St. Cloud, MN; other building projects in planning.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001166928-22-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTBA
- cik: 0001166928
- company_name: WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- filed_at: 2022-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692822000055/0001166928-22-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692822000055/wtba-20220428.htm

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