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United States · SEC Form 4 · Snapshot date: 2026-10-19 · Built: 2026-10-19 · 中文

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US · SEC FORM 4

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

BWFG · Nasdaq · CIK 0001505732 · Financial Services · Banks—Regional

INSIDER SIGNAL

83.8 / 100

5 buyers · 42 purchase transaction lines · $1.6M gross purchase

WHY THIS SIGNAL?

Buyer breadthStrong
Purchase sizeModerate
RoleStrong
RecencyModerate
ConvictionModerate
Score anatomy

Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.

Cluster+35.0 / 35
Purchase size+17.6 / 25
Role+20.0 / 20
Recency+5.0 / 10
Conviction+6.2 / 10

What is holding the score back?

  • ⚠ Buying conviction is reduced by concurrent selling
  • ✓ Cluster breadth is broad · 4+ insiders
  • ✓ Role scores high · most senior buyer: Director

Purchase-size comments are relative to the model scale. Average daily volume is a separate market-context diagnostic.

US-v1.2 ranks qualifying equity purchases under the current 180-day rules. The score is a research priority, not a return forecast or probability. Backtests have not shown that a higher US score is followed by better returns.

Purchase breadth & concentration

QUALIFYING BUYERS5
PURCHASE CONCENTRATION91%Largest buyer: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B · $1.5M
CLUSTER BUYING · 15D5 insidersPeak activity: 2026-06-01–2026-06-05

Roles in the peak window: Director. Concentration uses priced qualifying P lines only and does not change the saved score.

Insider activity timeline

Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.

AprMayJunJulAugSepOct
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
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Dale Eric JDirector
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Drexler Blake SDirector
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Dunne Jeffrey RDirector
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Porto Carl MDirector
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Hildebrand Ryan JasonChief Innovation Officer
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● Purchase▼ Sale○ Other

Showing the six most active owners; 2 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.

SIGNAL HISTORY

83.8 / 100

Latest recorded score

→ +0.0 ptsversus the previous recorded snapshot
  1. 84.2
  2. 84.2
  3. 84.0
  4. 83.8
  5. 83.8

Only scores saved when a full US scoring run completed are shown; gaps are not reconstructed.

Recent Form 4 activity

99Purchases
18Sales
23Other Form 4 lines
56SEC filings · 365 days
BUYING42 qualifying P line(s) · 180 days
SELLING4 sale line(s) · context only
OTHER0 exercise / withholding / award / gift / other lines
10b5-1 / PLANNEDNot assessed

P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.

Market context

Market context provides additional background on recent price performance and risk. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Price performance

1M
-4.3%
3M
+10.7%
6M
+22.3%
12M
+50.1%

Volatility & liquidity

Volatility
29.7%
Beta
—
Avg daily value
USD 4.6M

Valuation

Market cap
USD 515.9M
P/E
14.7×

Fundamentals

Profit margin
—
ROE
11.7%
Industry
Banks—Regional

Market data

Price data up to: 2026-10-11 · Price source: OpenBB/yfinance; volume from price cache (yfinance) · From SEC filings: Market cap, P/E, ROE · Fiscal year ended: 2025-12-31 · Market cap is the shares outstanding stated on the filing cover multiplied by the latest close. Share count date: 2026-07-30 · Status: PASS

Short interest

Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.

Shares short
573,011
Previous report
522,281
Avg daily volume
85,714
Days to cover
6.7

FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.

Historical equity purchases

Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.

Transaction dateReporting ownerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-08SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock5,266USD 66.94USD 352,507SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Porto Carl MPurchase (P)Common Stock327USD 67.11USD 21,945SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Dunne Jeffrey RPurchase (P)Common Stock261USD 67.11USD 17,516SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Drexler Blake SPurchase (P)Common Stock116USD 67.11USD 7,785SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Dale Eric JPurchase (P)Common Stock530USD 67.11USD 35,568SEC filing ↗
2026-08-25SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock2,540USD 65.92USD 167,426SEC filing ↗
2026-08-07SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 66.63USD 666,254SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock323USD 53.70USD 17,345SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Porto Carl MPurchase (P)Common Stock370USD 53.70USD 19,869SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Dunne Jeffrey RPurchase (P)Common Stock315USD 53.70USD 16,916SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Drexler Blake SPurchase (P)Common Stock79USD 53.70USD 4,242SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Dale Eric JPurchase (P)Common Stock588USD 53.70USD 31,576SEC filing ↗
2026-06-01SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock3,381USD 51.87USD 175,371SEC filing ↗
2026-05-15SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock170USD 49.92USD 8,486SEC filing ↗
2026-05-13SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock1,930USD 50.11USD 96,709SEC filing ↗

Form 4 evidence

140 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 896 in local history.

DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-08SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock5,266USD 66.94USD 352,507SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Porto Carl MPurchase (P)Common Stock327USD 67.11USD 21,945SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Dunne Jeffrey RPurchase (P)Common Stock261USD 67.11USD 17,516SEC filing ↗
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
DateOwnerTypeSecuritySharesAvg. priceApprox. valueSource
2026-09-08SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock5,266USD 66.94USD 352,507SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Porto Carl MPurchase (P)Common Stock327USD 67.11USD 21,945SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Dunne Jeffrey RPurchase (P)Common Stock261USD 67.11USD 17,516SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Drexler Blake SPurchase (P)Common Stock116USD 67.11USD 7,785SEC filing ↗
2026-09-08Dale Eric JPurchase (P)Common Stock530USD 67.11USD 35,568SEC filing ↗
2026-08-25SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock2,540USD 65.92USD 167,426SEC filing ↗
2026-08-07SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 66.63USD 666,254SEC filing ↗
2026-07-31Hildebrand Ryan JasonSale (S)Common Stock2,246USD 66.74USD 149,898SEC filing ↗
2026-07-01Hildebrand Ryan JasonSale (S)Common Stock1,088USD 58.48USD 63,626SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock323USD 53.70USD 17,345SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Porto Carl MPurchase (P)Common Stock370USD 53.70USD 19,869SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Dunne Jeffrey RPurchase (P)Common Stock315USD 53.70USD 16,916SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Drexler Blake SPurchase (P)Common Stock79USD 53.70USD 4,242SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Dale Eric JPurchase (P)Common Stock588USD 53.70USD 31,576SEC filing ↗
2026-06-05Lampert ToddSale (S)Common Stock3,500USD 53.59USD 187,565SEC filing ↗
2026-06-01SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock3,381USD 51.87USD 175,371SEC filing ↗
2026-05-15SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock170USD 49.92USD 8,486SEC filing ↗
2026-05-13SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock1,930USD 50.11USD 96,709SEC filing ↗
2026-05-01Chivily ChristineSale (S)Common Stock4,321USD 52.16USD 225,383SEC filing ↗
2026-03-13SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 46.96USD 469,599SEC filing ↗
2026-03-12SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 46.88USD 468,753SEC filing ↗
2026-03-11SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 46.65USD 466,462SEC filing ↗
2026-03-10SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,036USD 46.94USD 471,081SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock971USD 45.78USD 44,455SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06Porto Carl MPurchase (P)Common Stock393USD 46.00USD 18,078SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06Dunne Jeffrey RPurchase (P)Common Stock357USD 46.00USD 16,422SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06Drexler Blake SPurchase (P)Common Stock27USD 46.00USD 1,242SEC filing ↗
2026-03-06Dale Eric JPurchase (P)Common Stock612USD 46.00USD 28,152SEC filing ↗
2026-02-27SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock2,520USD 46.80USD 117,926SEC filing ↗
2026-02-23SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BPurchase (P)Common Stock10,000USD 47.40USD 473,962SEC filing ↗

Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.

Snapshot & identity

Snapshot date2026-10-19
Ranking versionUS-v1.2
Data qualityPASS ELIGIBLE · —
TickerBWFG
CIK0001505732
SectorFinancial Services
IndustryBanks—Regional Yahoo Finance
SEC SIC6022 State Commercial Banks
ExchangeNasdaq

Data coverage

Local Form 4 history896 transaction lines from 2020-02-07 to 2026-09-08
623 P purchase lines · 62 S sale lines · 211 other lines
SEC company submissionsOpen SEC filings ↗

Local ledger as of 2026-10-19. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.