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FNWD Finward Bancorp (FNWD) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Banks · Savings institution, federally chartered · CIK 0000919864
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Cluster · 6 insidersC-suite buying · 3
House members buying, 1 year
0
STOCK Act, US House only, disclosed up to 45 days after the trade
Funds added, last quarter
34
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about FNWD

Insiders, 180 days
+$7.7K net bought
6 buyers

Finward Bancorp insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, Finward Bancorp insiders bought a net $7.7K of stock across 89 Form 4 purchases and sales, with 6 insiders buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-28.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
Bochnowski Benjamin J
President, CEO
BUY
2026-09-28 SECtraded 2026-09-25
5.1564
$224
+3.8%
Context
  • 27 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (25 buys, 2 sales), the last on Jun 30, 2026.
  • +0.6% median (-0.6% mean) 90-day return after 25 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.3% of the 1,873 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 34 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: President, CEO Bochnowski Benjamin J bought about $224 of FNWD on Sep 25, 2026; 3 other insiders bought within 30 days and 34 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Lowry Robert T
Executive Vice President
BUY
2026-09-28 SECtraded 2026-09-25
42.0722
$1.8K
+3.8%
Context
  • 8 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (8 buys), the last on Jun 30, 2026.
  • +0.3% median (-0.4% mean) 90-day return after 8 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.3% of the 15,286 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 34 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Executive Vice President Lowry Robert T bought about $1.8K of FNWD on Sep 25, 2026, the largest insider purchase at the company since 2025; 3 other insiders bought within 30 days and 34 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Puntillo Anthony
Director
BUY
2026-09-28 SECtraded 2026-09-25
5.3817
$234
+3.8%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 buy), the last on Jun 30, 2026.
  • The trade is 0.2% of the 2,326 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 34 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Puntillo Anthony bought about $234 of FNWD on Sep 25, 2026; 3 other insiders bought within 30 days and 34 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Scheub Todd M.
Executive Vice President
BUY
2026-09-28 SECtraded 2026-09-25
32.3643
$1.4K
+3.8%
Context
  • 10 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (9 buys, 1 sale), the last on Jun 30, 2026.
  • -0.3% median (-2.2% mean) 90-day return after 9 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.3% of the 11,759 shares held after it.
  • 3 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 34 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Executive Vice President Scheub Todd M. bought about $1.4K of FNWD on Sep 25, 2026; 3 other insiders bought within 30 days and 34 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Johnson Robert E. III
Director
BUY
2026-07-02 SECtraded 2026-06-30
5.453
$195
+18.2%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 buys), the last on Nov 29, 2022.
  • -18.8% median (-9.0% mean) 90-day return after 3 previous buys.
  • The trade is 0.1% of the 3,752 shares held after it.
  • 5 other insiders bought within 30 days.
  • 34 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Director Johnson Robert E. III bought about $195 of FNWD on Jun 30, 2026; 5 other insiders bought within 30 days and 34 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
89 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net +$7.7K over 180 days
+$3.7K over 90 days
more than 69% of Banks
Congress
no House purchase disclosed in the last 12 months
Funds
34 funds bought in last quarter
below 86% of Banks
Revenue
no revenue reported in any filing
Margin
no margin: no revenue reported
Buybacks
no share repurchases reported
Short interest
3.3% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 10.3 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
below 53% of Banks
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
+33.1%12M
-8%+7%+22%+38%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-09-25 · Lowry Robert T bought $1.8K2026-06-30 · Lowry Robert T bought $1.8K2026-03-31 · Lowry Robert T bought $1.8K2025-12-30 · Lowry Robert T bought $1.8K2026-09-25 · Scheub Todd M. bought $1.4K2026-06-30 · Scheub Todd M. bought $1.4K2026-03-31 · Scheub Todd M. bought $1.4K2025-12-30 · Scheub Todd M. bought $1.4K2026-09-25 · Puntillo Anthony bought $2342026-06-30 · Puntillo Anthony bought $2332026-09-25 · Bochnowski Benjamin J bought $2242026-06-30 · Bochnowski Benjamin J bought $2232026-03-31 · Bochnowski Benjamin J bought $2232025-12-30 · Bochnowski Benjamin J bought $2222026-06-30 · Johnson Robert E. III bought $1952026-06-30 · Han Amy Wong bought $128
Insider buy
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Who owns FNWD: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.
417,190 sh
$15.1M
PL Capital Advisors, LLC
395,716 sh
$14.6M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
162,149 sh
$6.0M
Finward Bancorp
131,360 sh
$4.8M
ENDEAVOUR CAPITAL ADVISORS INC
99,543 sh
$3.7M

Congress trades in FNWD

No Congress trades reported
No House member has disclosed a trade in this stock. See what Congress is buying.

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

FNWD planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

FNWD mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
Hotchkis and Wiley Small Cap Diversified Value Fund
$415.6K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
iShares Micro-Cap ETF
$438.7K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
SmallCap Value Fund II
$306.8K position · as of 2026-07-31
0.0%
Empower Small Cap Value Fund
$114.0K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
Small Company Value Portfolio
$3.3K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
1290 VT Micro Cap Portfolio
$28.3K position · as of 2026-06-30
0.0%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Executive pay vs shareholder return · Mr. Benjamin J. Bochnowski
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2025
$480.7K
$489.8K
$329.5K
+26%
n/a
2024
$508.2K
$486.2K
$372.6K
+13%
n/a
2023
$468.5K
$427.3K
$273.3K
-27%
n/a
2022
$551.5K
$502.8K
$332.6K
-18%
n/a
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
6 insiders reported buying shares.
The record shows a net $7.7K bought by insiders over 180 days, 34 funds added last quarter. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
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FNWD financials

Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of revenue filed
Net margin, TTM
n/a
needs four consecutive quarters of both revenue and net income
Free cash flow, TTM
$16.6M
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Debt to equity
n/a
no debt line filed
Cash flow to debt
n/a
no debt line filed
Return on equity
+5.9%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
+0.5%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Return on capital employed
n/a
fewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
P/E, trailing
19.29x
close 2026-10-27 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Enterprise value
n/a
no debt line filed
FCF yield
+8.7%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-27
PEG, trailing
0.23x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 83%: four quarters to 2026-06-30 against the four to 2025-06-30
Price as of 2026-10-27. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Net income$8.1M$12.1M$8.4M$15.1M
EPS (diluted)1.882.841.963.60
Operating cash flow$9.9M$9.8M$24.2M$17.7M
Dividends paid$1.6M$2.1M$5.3M$5.1M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-28

FNWD Stock Sonar score 4/7 axes

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FNWD ranks highest on insider conviction (81st percentile) and risk and compliance (49th), and lowest on institutional and government (14th), among Banks peers.

Profitability
17
Inputs
  • Return on equity+5.9% · 20 pct, sector of 327
  • Return on assets+0.5% · 15 pct, sector of 334
  • Return on invested capitalfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
  • Return on capital employedfewer than four consecutive quarters of operating income
Insider conviction
81
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d$8K · 69 pct, sector of 274
  • Insider buyers, 180d6 · 93 pct, sector of 274
Institutional and government
14
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter34 · 14 pct, sector of 257
  • Congress net buyers, 365dno Congress trades in 365 days
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
49
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+3.3% · 49 pct, sector of 378
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5yrevenue under $50M or not filed, so a count cannot be scaled to size
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-Kneeds two 10-Ks with a Risk Factors section (not 20-F filers or stubs)
3 not measured: Financial health, Growth, US patents
  • Financial health needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no debt line filed
  • Growth needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: no backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog; no revenue for this year and the year before
  • US patents needs 1 of 2 inputs, 0 present: patent data not loaded yet

4 of 7 axes scored. Each is a percentile against sector peers (all companies when the sector is thin); higher is better. An unscored axis is unmeasured, not low. How it is scored

FNWD filings, in plain words

Are Finward Bancorp insiders buying or selling FNWD?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Finward Bancorp insiders were net buyers, a net $7.7K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 6 buyers.

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In the 180 days to 2026-10-28, Finward Bancorp insiders were net buyers of FNWD, a net $7.7K across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 6 buyers. 4 different insiders reported purchases within the last 90 days, a cluster buy, which is rarer than a single purchase. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-28, dated the day the filing was made public.

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