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West Bancorp (West Bancorp) Mohanram G-Score : 3 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is West Bancorp Mohanram G-Score?

Mohanram G-Score is a financial indicator developed by professor Partha Mohanram to help investors find the best investment opportunities in the growth stocks. Companies have higher G-score tends to generate higher return. According to his study, the best growth stocks that have a G-Score greater than 6 tend to beat the market, while those with a G-Score lower than 1 tend to have negative absolute returns.

Thus, the zones of discrimination were as such:

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

West Bancorp has an G-score of 3.

The historical rank and industry rank for West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score or its related term are showing as below:

WTBA' s Mohanram G-Score Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 4   Max: 6
Current: 3

During the past 13 years, the highest Piotroski G-score of West Bancorp was 6. The lowest was 1. And the median was 4.


West Bancorp Mohanram G-Score Historical Data

The historical data trend for West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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West Bancorp Mohanram G-Score Chart

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Competitive Comparison of West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score, along with its competitors' market caps and Mohanram G-Score data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where West Bancorp's Mohanram G-Score falls into.



West Bancorp Mohanram G-Score Calculation

The calculation of the Mohanram G-score consists of eight criteria. Assign one point for each criterion met, then add up all the points to get the G-Score.

Profitability

Question 1. Return on Assets (ROA)

ROA % is calculated as Net Income divided by its average Total Assets over a certain period of time. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate earnings.

Score 1 if ROA > ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 2. Cash ROA

Cash ROA equals to Cash Flow from Operations divided by average Total Assets. It measures how well a company uses its asset to generate cash.

Score 1 if Cash ROA > Cash ROA Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 3. CFO and Net Income

Score 1 if CFO > Net Income, 0 otherwise.

Earnings Predictability

Question 4. Earnings Variability

Earnings Variability is measured as the variance of a firm's ROA in the past five years.

Score 1 if Earnings Variability < Earnings Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 5. Sales Growth Variability

Sales Growth Variability is measured as the 5-year variance in sales growth.

Score 1 if Sales Growth Variability < Sales Growth Variability Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Accounting Conservatism

Question 6. Research & Development Intensity

Research & Development Intensity is calcualted by Research & Development divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if Research & Development Intensity > Research & Development Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 7. CAPEX Intensity

CAPEX Intensity is calcualted by Capital Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets.

Score 1 if CAPEX Intensity > CAPEX Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

Question 8. Advertising Expenditure Intensity

Advertising Expenditure Intensity is calcualted by Advertising Expenditure divided by the beginning Total Assets. Note that Advertising Expenditure is not reported as a seperate line item for many companies, thus Selling, General, & Admin. Expense is used in this calculation.

Score 1 if Advertising Expenditure Intensity > Advertising Expenditure Intensity Industry Median, 0 otherwise.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* Note that all the Industry Median used for comparison in his original research, are substituted with Sector Median due to the limitation of data within certain countries.

Good or high score = 6, 7, 8
Bad or low score = 0, 1

West Bancorp has an G-score of 3.

West Bancorp  (NAS:WTBA) Mohanram G-Score Explanation

Partha Mohanram is the John H. Watson Chair in Value Investing at Rotman and the Acting Vice-Dean of Research Strategy and Resources.

In 2000, he wrote a research paper called "Separating Winners from Losers Among Low Book-to-Market Stocks Using Financial Statement Analysis".

This paper tests whether a strategy based on financial statement analysis of low book-to-market (growth) stocks is successful in differentiating between winners and losers in terms of future stock performance. Based on the research, a strategy based on buying high G-score (6, 7 or 8) firms and shorting low G-score (0 or 1) firms consistently earns significant excess returns. Further, the results do not support a risk based explanation for the book-to-market effect as the strategy returns positive returns in all years, and firms that ex-ante appear less risky have better future returns.

To conclude, one can use a modified fundamental analysis strategy (G-score) to identify mispricing and earn substantial abnormal returns.


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West Bancorp (West Bancorp) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1601 22nd Street, West Des Moines, IA, USA, 50266
West Bancorp Inc is a United States-based company that offers a full range of deposit services, including checking, savings, and money market accounts and time certificates of deposit. West Bank also offers online banking, mobile banking, and treasury management services, which help to meet the banking needs of its customers. Treasury management services offered to business customers include cash management, client-generated automated clearing house transactions, remote deposit, and fraud protection services. Also offered are merchant credit card processing and corporate credit cards. The bank operates only in the United States of America region.
Executives
David D Nelson director, officer: CEO & PRESIDENT 1601 22ND STREET, WEST DES MOINES IA 50266
Bradley P Peters officer: Executive Vice President 4808 SYCAMORE COURT, EAGAN MN 55123
Sean Patrick Mcmurray director 13230 ASHLEAF DR, CLIVE IA 50325
George D Milligan director 118 2ND AVE SE, CEDAR RAPIDS IA 52401
Rosemary Parson director 3608 129TH STREET, URBANDALE IA 50322
Patrick J Donovan director 445 MINNESOTA ST STE 2000, ST PAUL MN 55101
Douglas R Gulling director, officer: EVP & CFO 9620 HAMMONTREE DRIVE, DES MOINES IA 50322
Lisa J Elming director 6826 NW 88TH CT, JOHNSTON IA 50131
David R Milligan director, officer: CEO & PRESIDENT 10165 LINCOLN AVENUE, DES MOINES IA 50325
Steven T Schuler director 12917 WILDEN CIRCLE, URBANDALE IA 50323
Michael J Gerdin director 901 HEARTLAND WAY, NORTH LIBERTY IA 52317
Therese M Vaughan director VALIDUS HOLDINGS, THE CHARTIS BUILDING / 29 RICHMOND ROAD, PEMBROKE D0 HM 08
Jane M Funk officer: SVP / Controller C/O NORTH CENTRAL BANCSHARES INC, 825 CENTRAL AVENUE, FORT DODGE IA 50501
Marie I Roberts officer: SVP, CONTROLLER AND CAC 13050 WALNUT RIDGE CIRCLE, CLIVE IA 50325
Harlee Olafson officer: CHIEF RISK OFFICER 1601 22ND STREET, WEST DES MOINES IA 50266