---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001166928-26-000024"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTBA"
cik: "0001166928"
company_name: "WEST BANCORPORATION INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:26:51.970287+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# West Bancorporation Q1 net income $10.6M ($0.61 EPS), up 36% YoY; dividend $0.25

## Summary
- Net income $10.6M ($0.61 diluted EPS) vs $7.8M ($0.46) in Q1 2025 and $7.4M ($0.43) in Q4 2025.
- Net interest margin (FTE) 2.59% vs 2.28% YoY and 2.47% QoQ; net interest income $24.4M.
- Declared $0.25/share quarterly dividend, payable May 20, 2026 to record May 6, 2026.
- No credit loss expense; no nonaccrual loans; watch list loans down to $41.3M from $52.2M.
- Efficiency ratio improved to 49.85% from 56.37% YoY; tangible common equity ratio 6.75%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001166928-26-000024
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTBA
- cik: 0001166928
- company_name: WEST BANCORPORATION INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692826000024/0001166928-26-000024-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692826000024/wtba-20260423.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001166928-26-000024.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WEST BANCORPORATION INC reported first quarter 2026 results: net income $10.6 million, EPS $0.61 per diluted common share.
  - Period: first quarter 2026
  - Net income: $10.6 million
  - EPS: $0.61 per diluted common share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: West Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTBA; the “Company”), parent company of West Bank, today reported first quarter 2026 net income of $10.6 million, or $0.61 per diluted common share
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166928/000116692826000024/0001166928-26-000024-index.htm

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