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West Bancorporation, Inc. Announces Second Quarter Net Income, Declares Quarterly Dividend
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTBA; the “Company”), parent company of West Bank, today reported
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[{"type":"text","content":"WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- West Bancorporation, Inc. (Nasdaq: WTBA; the “Company”), parent company of West Bank, today reported second quarter 2022 net income of $12.7 million, or $0.75 per diluted common share, compared to second quarter 2021 net income of $13.2 million, or $0.79 per diluted common share. For the first six months of 2022, net income was $25.9 million, or $1.54 per diluted common share, compared to $25.0 million, or $1.49 per diluted common share, for the first six months of 2021. On July 27, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per common share. The dividend is payable on August 24, 2022, to stockholders of record on August 10, 2022. The Company recorded a negative provision for loan losses of $1.75 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022, compared to a negative provision for loan losses of $2.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The negative provision in 2022 was due primarily to the reversal of a specific reserve on an impaired loan. The impaired loan, which had a specific reserve of $2.5 million, was settled in the second quarter of 2022 resulting in a charge off of $451 thousand. Income tax expense for the second quarter of 2022 included a one-time increase in state income tax expense related to the June 2022 enactment of changes in the Iowa bank franchise tax rates. This legislation reduces the Iowa bank franchise tax rate applied to apportioned income for 2023 and future years. This future reduction in the state tax rate required the Company to reduce net deferred tax assets as of June 30, 2022 by $671 thousand and in turn, caused the one-time increase in 2022 tax expense. Total assets were $3.5 billion at June 30, 2022, compared to $3.3 billion at June 30, 2021. David Nelson, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented, “West Bancorporation, Inc. has entered the current inflationary and volatile interest rate environment from a position of financial strength. Our credit quality is pristine and we continue to see opportunities for high quality loan growth. While we have seen deposit balances decline during the second quarter of 2022, we believe this is largely attributable to customers using their own liquidity to fund business transactions, instead of using debt, and customers seekin...