# West Bancorporation, Inc. (WTBA)

- Sector: Financials · Industry: Banks Regional
- SEC CIK: 0001166928 ([filings on EDGAR](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001166928))
- Full page: https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wtba
- Data as of: price 2026-09-25; newest filing used 2026-07-23; latest fiscal period ended 2026-06-30

## Grade

**B** on the balance-sheet rubric used for lenders, 4 of 5 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | $38.4M |  |
| Earnings growing overall | passed | $38.4M | $34.3M |
| Earnings growing recently | passed | $38.4M | $32.6M |
| Earns well on its assets | failed | 1.0% |  |
| Book value per share growing | passed | $15.64 | $12.57 |

Business quality (the + / − mark): 6 of 8 checks passed.

| Check | Result | Now | Before |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Profitable | passed | 37.1% |  |
| Healthy profit margin | passed | 37.1% |  |
| Good return on equity | failed | 14.4% |  |
| Debt under control | passed | 0.00 |  |
| Turns sales into cash | passed | 47.0% |  |
| Earns a wide spread on lending | failed | 2.3% |  |
| Runs the bank efficiently | passed | 52.7% |  |
| Credit losses well covered | passed | 0.0% |  |

How the grade works: the letter counts failed checks (none → A, one → B, two → C, three → D, four or more → F). It is built from SEC filings only — the share price never enters it — and describes the business, not whether the stock is worth buying.

## Key figures

In US dollars, as filed.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Revenue, trailing twelve months | $103.4M |
| Net income, trailing twelve months | $38.4M |
| Free cash flow, trailing twelve months | $48.6M |
| Net margin | 37.1% |
| Return on equity | 14.4% |
| Debt to equity | 0.00 |
| Diluted EPS, trailing twelve months | $2.24 |
| Share price | $29.19 |
| Market value | $497.5M |
| Price / earnings | 13.0x |
| Price / sales | 4.8x |

## More on this company

- [Overview](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wtba)
- [Financial statements](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wtba/financials)
- [Competitors](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wtba/peers)
- [Earnings](https://inspectstocks.com/stocks/wtba/earnings)

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