West Bancorporation Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:WB3 Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
19 Feb 25	Buy€13,674	David Nelson	Individual	639	€21.40
20 Nov 24	Buy€13,394	David Nelson	Individual	592	€22.62
08 Nov 24	Sell€88,044	Douglas Gulling	Individual	4,000	€22.11
21 Aug 24	Buy€12,487	David Nelson	Individual	730	€17.11
22 May 24	Buy€12,666	David Nelson	Individual	768	€16.49

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WB3?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	789,031	4.66%
Private Companies	1,041,952	6.16%
General Public	7,205,920	42.6%
Institutions	7,886,377	46.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 51.76% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
8.53%	FMR LLC	1,443,297	€26.1m	7.72%	no data
7.42%	BlackRock, Inc.	1,255,536	€22.7m	-2.76%	no data
6.16%	Jay Newlin Trust	1,041,952	€18.8m	0%	no data
4.9%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	829,436	€15.0m	4.43%	no data
4%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	677,482	€12.2m	-0.16%	no data
2.54%	West Bancorporation Inc., Asset Management Arm	430,557	€7.8m	-0.65%	5.8%
2.2%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	372,907	€6.7m	-1.01%	no data
2.17%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	366,771	€6.6m	3.21%	no data
1.88%	Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC	318,381	€5.8m	12.7%	0.07%
1.55%	Legacy Bridge, LLC	262,501	€4.7m	-1.32%	2.63%
1.25%	Renaissance Technologies LLC	211,152	€3.8m	3.43%	0.01%
1.18%	Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC	200,505	€3.6m	-4.21%	0.99%
1.16%	David Nelson	195,874	€3.5m	4.17%	no data
0.78%	Eaton Vance Management	132,790	€2.4m	3.98%	no data
0.78%	Northern Trust Global Investments	131,714	€2.4m	-2.36%	no data
0.75%	Brad Winterbottom	126,526	€2.3m	9.97%	no data
0.72%	BNY Asset Management	121,436	€2.2m	-2.89%	no data
0.69%	American Century Investment Management Inc	117,053	€2.1m	-3.63%	no data
0.61%	Harlee Olafson	103,186	€1.9m	10.9%	no data
0.58%	Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC	97,457	€1.8m	0%	no data
0.46%	Bradley Peters	78,614	€1.4m	13.5%	no data
0.4%	Driehaus Capital Management LLC	68,013	€1.2m	-0.63%	0.01%
0.39%	Douglas Gulling	66,400	€1.2m	10.7%	no data
0.39%	George Milligan	65,338	€1.2m	0%	no data
0.27%	Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.	45,147	€815.5k	0.04%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/19 15:16
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/16 00:00
Earnings	2025/03/31
Annual Earnings	2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

West Bancorporation, Inc. is covered by 3 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Bryce Rowe	Baird
Andrew Liesch	Piper Sandler Companies
Daniel Cardenas	Raymond James & Associates