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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
BANKS · STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS · CIK 0001505732
CLUSTER · 5 INSIDERSFORM 144 · 2☆ WATCH
INSIDER NET · 180D
$2.5M
open-market buys minus sells, Form 4 codes P and S
INSIDER BUYERS · 180D
5
CONGRESS BUYERS · 1Y
0
FUNDS ADDED · QTR
1
13F, latest reported quarter
REVENUE GROWTH
+44.0%
XBRL, annual
NET MARGIN
1245.5%
SEVEN FACTS, RANKED AGAINST THE SECTOR · RANK IS NOT A FORECAST
INSIDERS
net +$2.5M over 180 days
+$620.2K over 90 days
more than 98% of Banks
CONGRESS
no member of Congress has reported trading it
FUNDS
1 fund added or opened last quarter
REVENUE
+44.0% year over year
more than 91% of Banks
MARGIN
1245.5% net margin
more than 96% of Banks
BUYBACKS
$150.0K repurchased, FY to 2026-06-30
below 93% of Banks
SHORT
5.0% of shares outstanding short · 4.7 days to cover · settled 2026-07-31
more than 88% of Banks
THE SITUATION · EVERY LINE IS ONE RULE OVER ONE DATASET
5 insiders bought a net $2.5M, but 2 Form 144 notices ($213.5K) are queued to sell.
The year, with the filings on it
Total return indexed to 100 over the last 12 months · every marker is a federal filing, placed at its date — hover any marker for the detail
TOTAL 12M RETURN +63.2%
+63.2%12M
-3%+20%+42%+65%2025-092025-102025-122026-032026-052026-072026-09 2025-09-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $326.5K2026-08-07 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $262.1K2026-02-09 · Gruseke Christopher R sold $251.7K2026-05-01 · Chivily Christine sold $225.4K2025-09-11 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $206.0K2025-09-10 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $204.9K2026-02-23 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $192.8K2026-02-23 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B sold $192.8K2026-03-13 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $191.8K2026-03-10 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $191.7K2025-09-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $191.6K2026-03-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $191.5K2026-03-11 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $190.5K2026-02-09 · McNeill Matt sold $189.1K2026-06-05 · Lampert Todd sold $187.6K2026-08-07 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $174.6K2026-07-31 · Hildebrand Ryan Jason sold $149.9K2025-09-11 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $120.9K2025-09-10 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $120.3K2026-02-23 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $116.4K2026-02-23 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B sold $116.4K2025-11-12 · Chivily Christine sold $116.2K2026-03-13 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $115.5K2026-03-10 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $115.5K2026-03-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $115.3K2026-03-11 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $114.7K2025-09-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $106.6K2026-02-09 · Chivily Christine sold $98.9K2026-02-09 · Brunner Steven H sold $93.5K2026-08-07 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $68.1K2026-08-07 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $67.4K2025-09-11 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $67.3K2025-09-10 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $66.9K2026-08-25 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $65.5K2025-09-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $64.8K2026-07-01 · Hildebrand Ryan Jason sold $63.6K2026-02-23 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $59.8K2026-02-23 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B sold $59.8K2026-03-13 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $59.1K2026-03-10 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $59.1K2026-03-12 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $59.0K2026-03-11 · SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B bought $58.7K2026-08-04 · Hildebrand Ryan Jason filed to sell $149.9K2026-07-01 · Hildebrand Ryan Jason filed to sell $63.6K
INSIDER BUYINSIDER SELLFORM 144
INDEXED RETURN, DIVIDEND-ADJUSTED — NOT A PRICE CHART · LARGE TRADES DRAWN FIRST WHEN A NAME FILES HEAVILY
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WHY THIS NAME IS ON THE DESK
5 insiders reported buying shares.
The record shows a net $2.5M bought by insiders over 180 days, 1 funds added last quarter, $213.5K in planned Form 144 sales. Every figure is a federal filing, dated the day it became public.
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Insider transactions
Form 4 purchases and sales (codes P and S) — grants, option exercises and preferred conversions excluded

Over the last 180 days, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. insiders bought a net $2.5M of stock across 521 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 5 insider(s) buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-09-06.

INSIDER
FILED
SHARES
VALUE
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B
Director
BUY
2026-08-25
994.0
$65.5K
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B
Director
BUY
2026-08-25
259.0
$17.1K
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B
Director
BUY
2026-08-25
219.0
$14.4K
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B
Director
BUY
2026-08-25
662.0
$43.6K
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B
Director
BUY
2026-08-25
262.0
$17.3K
521 TRANSACTIONS ON RECORD

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Institutional holders
13F · holdings as of the latest quarter funds have reported
Legato Capital Management LLC
10,167.0 sh
$597.3K
SCHEDULE 13D/G
No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has crossed 5% with a filing obligation. Absence is a fact here, not missing data.
Planned sales · Form 144
Filed before the sale — intent, not a trade
Hildebrand Ryan Jason
FILED 2026-08-04
$149.9K
Hildebrand Ryan Jason
FILED 2026-07-01
$63.6K
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Mr. Gruseke
DEF 14A pay-versus-performance disclosure · both the headline pay and the SEC's mark-to-market figure, beside the return the company delivered and the return of the peer group it chose itself
FY
CEO TOTAL
ACTUALLY PAID
OTHER NEOs AVG
TSR
PEER TSR
2025
$1.3M
$2.1M
$793.3K
+67%
—
2024
$1.0M
$1.2M
$693.2K
+3%
—
2023
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.1M
+66%
—
2022
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.2M
+58%
—
2021
$1.3M
$1.7M
$721.9K
+71%
—
TAGGED BY THE COMPANY UNDER SEC ITEM 402(v) · RETURN IS CUMULATIVE FROM THE START OF THE DISCLOSURE PERIOD · GREEN WHERE THE COMPANY BEAT ITS OWN PEER GROUP
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings · pick a past date to see them exactly as the market knew them then — restatements and all
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
REVENUE$2.8M$2.0M$1.6M$1.1M
NET INCOME$35.2M$9.8M$36.7M$37.4M
EPS (DILUTED)4.451.234.674.79
OPERATING CASH FLOW$28.3M$29.9M$31.9M$82.7M
BUYBACKS$1.3M$2.1M$0$5.5M
DIVIDENDS PAID$6.3M$6.3M$6.2M$6.2M
SEC XBRL · FISCAL-YEAR PERIODS · AS KNOWN ON 2026-09-06 · NOBODY ELSE SHOWS FUNDAMENTALS AS OF A PAST DATE
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