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West Bancorporation is a banks-regional business based in the US. West Bancorporation shares (WTBA) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. West Bancorporation employs 167 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.
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| Latest market close | $24.45 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $22.88 - $33.71 |
| 50-day moving average | $24.74 |
| 200-day moving average | $28.85 |
| Wall St. target price | $28.00 |
| PE ratio | 8.0462 |
| Dividend yield | $0.97 (4.14%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $3.03 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $24.45 from 2022-06-29
| 1 week (2022-06-23) | 1.75% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2022-05-27) | -3.21% |
| 3 months (2022-03-30) | -10.67% |
| 6 months (2021-12-30) | -21.28% |
| 1 year (2021-06-30) | -11.89% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2020-06-30) | 39.79% |
| 3 years (2019-06-28) | 15.22% |
| 5 years (2017-06-30) | 3.38% |
Valuing West Bancorporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of West Bancorporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
West Bancorporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, West Bancorporation shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
| Revenue TTM | $108.2 million |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 61.15% |
| Gross profit TTM | $106.3 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 1.52% |
| Return on equity TTM | 21.67% |
| Profit margin | 47.18% |
| Book value | $14.22 |
| Market capitalisation | $405.5 million |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 32.24% of net profits
Recently West Bancorporation has paid out, on average, around 32.24% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 4.14% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), West Bancorporation shareholders could enjoy a 4.14% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In West Bancorporation's case, that would currently equate to about $0.97 per share.
While West Bancorporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that West Bancorporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
West Bancorporation's most recent dividend payout was on 24 May 2022. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 9 May 2022 (the "ex-dividend date").
West Bancorporation's shares were split on a 105:100 basis on 21 July 2004. So if you had owned 100 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 105 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your West Bancorporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 4.8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for West Bancorporation shares which in turn could have impacted West Bancorporation's share price.
Over the last 12 months, West Bancorporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $22.88 up to $33.7068. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while West Bancorporation's is 0.9492. This would suggest that West Bancorporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
West Bancorporation, Inc. operates as the financial holding company for West Bank that provides community banking and trust services to individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses in the United States. It accepts various deposit products, including checking, savings, and money market accounts, as well as time certificates of deposit. The company also provides loan products comprising commercial real estate loans, construction and land development loans, commercial lines of credit, and commercial term loans; consumer loans, including loans extended to individuals for household, family, and other personal expenditures not secured by real estate; and 1-4 family residential mortgages and home equity loans. In addition, it offers trust services, including the administration of estates, conservatorships, personal trusts, and agency accounts. Further, the company provides internet and mobile banking services; treasury management services comprising cash management, client-generated automated clearing house transaction, remote deposit, and fraud protection services; and merchant credit card processing services and corporate credit cards. It has seven offices in the Des Moines area; one office in Coralville and Iowa; and one office each in Rochester, Owatonna, Mankato, and St.
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