---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001166928-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTBA"
cik: "0001166928"
company_name: "WEST BANCORPORATION INC"
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T07:55:11.352704+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# West Bancorporation Q4 net income $8.9M ($0.53 EPS); annual net income $46.4M ($2.76 EPS)

## Summary
- Q4 net income $8.9M, down from $11.9M in Q4 2021; diluted EPS $0.53 vs $0.71.
- Full-year 2022 net income $46.4M ($2.76 EPS), compared to $49.6M ($2.95 EPS) in 2021.
- Net interest margin (FTE) fell to 2.49% in Q4 2022 from 3.00% in Q4 2021.
- Quarterly dividend declared $0.25/share, payable Feb 22, 2023 to holders of record Feb 8.
- Loans grew 11.7% YoY; no loan >30 days past due for sixth consecutive quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001166928-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTBA
- cik: 0001166928
- company_name: WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000005/0001166928-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000005/wtba-20230126.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WEST BANCORPORATION INC reported the period ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $46.4 million, EPS $2.76 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the period ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $46.4 million
  - EPS: $2.76 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: West Bancorporation, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter earnings results for the period ended December 31, 2022, and the declaration of a quarterly dividend.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000005/0001166928-23-000005-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  WEST BANCORPORATION INC reported the period ended December 31, 2022 results: net income $46.4 million, EPS $2.76 per diluted common share.
  - Period: the period ended December 31, 2022
  - Net income: $46.4 million
  - EPS: $2.76 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: West Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTBA; the "Company"), parent company of West Bank, today reported 2022 net income of $46.4 million, or $2.76 per diluted common share, compared to 2021 net income of $49.6 million, or $2.95 per diluted common share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000005/0001166928-23-000005-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.