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Issuer:     WESTAMERICA BANCORPORATION (WABC)
CIK:        0000311094
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001171843-24-002231
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westamerica declares $0.44 quarterly dividend; Q1 EPS $1.37 on $36.4M net income
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- Quarterly cash dividend of $0.44 per share declared, payable May 17, 2024 to holders of record May 6, 2024.
- Q1 2024 net income of $36.4M and diluted EPS of $1.37 reported on April 18, 2024.
- CEO Payne cites reliable earnings stream and financial strength as basis for dividend.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184324002231/0001171843-24-002231-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/311094/000117184324002231/f8k_042524.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-24-002231

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