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Issuer:     WEST BANCORPORATION INC (WTBA)
CIK:        0001166928
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001166928-23-000005
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000005/0001166928-23-000005-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692823000005/wtba-20230126.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-23-000005

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