BWFG — Bankwell Financial Group Inc

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Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates BWFG Bullish with a Setup Score of 10, net conviction 51, actionability 2. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score10
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction51
Actionability2 (in range)

Key signals behind this score

About Bankwell Financial Group Inc

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bankwell Bank that provides various banking services for individual and commercial customers. It provides various traditional depository products, including checking, savings, money market, and certificates of deposit. The company also offers first mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family owner occupied residential properties for personal use; home equity loans and home e… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$65.75
Market Cap$527M
Float6.0M
Shares Outstanding8.0M
P/E (Forward)8.14
P/E (TTM)12.19
Price/Sales (TTM)4.37
vs. Analyst Target+5.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin35.54%
Operating Margin (TTM)53.34%
Revenue (TTM)$121M
Earnings Growth (YoY)33.30%
Dividend Rate0.8%
Analyst Target Price$69.50 (1 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $80.4M $5.9M $50.1M $10.6M
2021 $87.0M $26.6M $73.6M $37.4M
2022 $121M $37.4M $92.3M $51.3M
2023 $193M $36.7M $98.4M $51.7M
2024 $196M $9.8M $64.4M $17.1M
2025 $208M $35.2M $107M $52.6M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $53.1M $10.1M
Dec 2025 $54.0M $9.1M
Mar 2026 $54.1M $11.3M
Jun 2026 $55.5M $12.4M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership15.6%
Institutional Ownership65.2%
Short Float6.6%
% of All Funds Holding1.43%
Number of Funds Holding126

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$63.39Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$52.97Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$45.18Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$34.48Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$53.18Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$44.96Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$35.98Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$59.00 support 1.95x 0 months ago
$53.00 support 1.97x 1 months ago
$44.00 support 1.03x 8 months ago
$39.60 support 1.72x 11 months ago
$35.90 support 1.84x 12 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (53 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.58% 0.24% 60.38% 6.38% -3.34%
1 Day 0.67% 0.81% 64.15% 6.38% -9.44%
1 Week 1.54% 0.64% 56.60% 14.36% -6.82%
2 Weeks 2.55% 2.48% 66.04% 14.36% -15.29%
1 Month 2.87% 1.57% 67.31% 29.69% -15.08%

Next earnings: October 22, 2026 (57 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan-1.8%37.5%16
Feb4.6%62.5%16
Mar-1.4%43.8%16
Apr0.9%50.0%16
May-3.4%35.3%17
Jun0.6%58.8%17
Jul3.7%70.6%17
Aug1.9%62.5%16
Sep-0.6%37.5%16
Oct2.0%56.3%16
Nov2.9%62.5%16
Dec2.6%50.0%16

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.03% 38.6% 772
Tuesday 0.11% 37.4% 848
Wednesday 0.01% 38.2% 845
Thursday 0.10% 42.0% 830
Friday 0.02% 38.9% 827

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 65.2%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 15.6%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings49
Net Value-$1.3M
Net Shares Change106,284
% of Float1.8%
C-Suite Filings11
Clusters Detected5

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B +$1.3M 4 6 buy
Hildebrand Ryan Jason Chief Innovation Officer -$213,524.28 2 2 sell
Dale Eric J +$31,575.6 1 1 buy
Porto Carl M +$19,869 1 1 buy
Dunne Jeffrey R +$16,915.5 1 1 buy
Drexler Blake S +$4,242.3 1 1 buy

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-08-29 – 2025-09-12 10 7 +$836,232.19 2 C-suite
2025-12-08 – 2025-12-08 5 5 +$105,212.37
2026-02-10 – 2026-02-23 8 8 -$634,099.68 5 C-suite
2026-02-26 – 2026-03-12 9 5 +$1.7M
2026-06-02 – 2026-06-09 7 6 +$77,753.53

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-06-02 SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B +$175,371.03 Transaction at $51.91, now +26.7%
2026-08-10 SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B +$666,254 Transaction at $66.63, now -1.3%
2026-08-04 Hildebrand Ryan Jason Chief Innovation Officer -$149,898.04 Transaction at $66.74, now -1.5%
2026-06-09 SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B +$17,345.1 Transaction at $53.70, now +22.4%
2026-06-09 Porto Carl M +$19,869 Transaction at $53.70, now +22.4%
2026-06-09 Dunne Jeffrey R +$16,915.5 Transaction at $53.70, now +22.4%

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AI Consult Analysis

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