---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001166928-22-000093"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTBA"
cik: "0001166928"
company_name: "WEST BANCORPORATION INC"
filed_at: "2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T07:18:36.298064+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# West Bancorp Q2 net income $12.7M ($0.75 diluted EPS) vs $13.2M ($0.79) YoY; dividend $0.25

## Summary
- Q2 2022 net income of $12.7M ($0.75 diluted EPS) compared to $13.2M ($0.79) in Q2 2021.
- Six-month 2022 net income $25.9M ($1.54 diluted EPS) vs $25.0M ($1.49) in prior year.
- Board declared $0.25 per share quarterly dividend, payable Aug 24, 2022 to holders of record Aug 10.
- Negative provision for loan losses of $1.75M in Q2, mainly from reversal of specific reserve on settled impaired loan.
- One-time $671k increase in state income tax expense due to Iowa bank franchise tax rate change enacted June 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001166928-22-000093
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTBA
- cik: 0001166928
- company_name: WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- filed_at: 2022-07-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692822000093/0001166928-22-000093-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692822000093/wtba-20220728.htm

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