BWFG SEC Filing News — Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

Latest SEC filings for Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) explained in plain English. Covers insider buying and selling (Form 4), proposed insider sales (Form 144), material company events (8-K), and quarterly & annual reports (10-Q / 10-K). StrongBuyAnalytics provides navigation and brief excerpts or summaries; original filings remain at the SEC/source links and were authored by their filers, not StrongBuyAnalytics. Filing dates shown are source dates. Coverage and detection can be delayed or incomplete because of SEC availability, amendments, parsing, caching, or outages. Latest source filing date shown: 2026-09-09.

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 equity lines of credit secured by owner occupied on…
Sector: Financial Services Industry: Banks - Regional Market Cap: $517.9M
20
Total Filings
12
Bullish Classifications
3
Bearish Classifications
15
Insider Transactions
1
Material Events (8-K)
1
Periodic Reports
Rule-based classifications for BWFG currently lean bullish. Of the 20 displayed SEC filing records, 12 carry bullish classifications versus 3 bearish classifications. These labels summarize filing attributes; they are not recommendations, probabilities, or evidence of future price direction. There were 15 insider transactions (Form 4) in this period.
BWFG Filing Activity Snapshot 2026-06-05 — 2026-09-09
Insider Transactions (Form 4)
12 buys vs 3 sells
Net insider buying in this period — more purchases than sales reported.
Largest Form 144 Filing
$666.3K
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) · 2026-08-10
10,000 shares · Form 4
Form 144 Notices
3
Proposed insider sales filed — Form 144 is a notice of intent, not a confirmed transaction. Actual sales are confirmed via Form 4.
Insider Transactions 15 · Forms 3, 4 and 5

A Form 4 is filed within two business days of a company insider — an officer, a director, or a holder of more than ten percent of the stock — changing their position in the shares. All 15 filings in this group are Form 4s for Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

The difficulty with reading these filings as a group is that a single form type covers transactions that mean entirely different things. An executive spending their own money to buy stock and an executive having shares withheld to pay tax on a vesting grant both appear as a Form 4. Every filing below is therefore tagged with the nature of the underlying transaction, taken from the transaction code reported on the form itself.

Across the 15 insider filings shown, the breakdown is 12 open-market purchase and 3 open-market sale. 15 of them involved a discretionary open-market trade; the rest are compensation and administrative mechanics.

What each transaction type means

Open-market purchase ×12
The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.
Open-market sale ×3
The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-09-09

BWFG insider SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director, 10% Owner) bought 5,266 shares (~$352.5K)

SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B, listed as Director, 10% Owner at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 5,266 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 266 $67.11 $17.9K
P Open-market purchase 1,956 $66.92 $130.9K
P Open-market purchase 510 $66.95 $34.1K
P Open-market purchase 432 $66.95 $28.9K
P Open-market purchase 1,304 $66.92 $87.3K
P Open-market purchase 515 $66.94 $34.5K
P Open-market purchase 283 $66.98 $19.0K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director, 10% Owner) Shares: 5,266 Est. Value: $352.5K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-09-09

BWFG insider Dale Eric J (Director) bought 530 shares (~$35.6K)

Dale Eric J, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 530 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 530 $67.11 $35.6K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Dale Eric J (Director) Shares: 530 Est. Value: $35.6K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-09-09

BWFG insider Dunne Jeffrey R (Director) bought 261 shares (~$17.5K)

Dunne Jeffrey R, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 261 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 261 $67.11 $17.5K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Dunne Jeffrey R (Director) Shares: 261 Est. Value: $17.5K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-09-09

BWFG insider Drexler Blake S (Director) bought 116 shares (~$7.8K)

Drexler Blake S, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 116 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 116 $67.11 $7.8K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Drexler Blake S (Director) Shares: 116 Est. Value: $7.8K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-09-09

BWFG insider Porto Carl M (Director) bought 327 shares (~$21.9K)

Porto Carl M, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 327 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 327 $67.11 $21.9K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Porto Carl M (Director) Shares: 327 Est. Value: $21.9K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-08-26

BWFG insider SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) bought 2,540 shares (~$167.4K)

SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 2,540 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 994 $65.89 $65.5K
P Open-market purchase 259 $65.94 $17.1K
P Open-market purchase 219 $65.96 $14.4K
P Open-market purchase 662 $65.90 $43.6K
P Open-market purchase 262 $65.94 $17.3K
P Open-market purchase 144 $66.01 $9.5K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) Shares: 2,540 Est. Value: $167.4K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-08-10

BWFG insider SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) bought 10,000 shares (~$666.3K)

SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 10,000 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 3,934 $66.62 $262.1K
P Open-market purchase 1,012 $66.63 $67.4K
P Open-market purchase 853 $66.64 $56.8K
P Open-market purchase 2,621 $66.62 $174.6K
P Open-market purchase 1,022 $66.63 $68.1K
P Open-market purchase 558 $66.65 $37.2K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) Shares: 10,000 Est. Value: $666.3K
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-08-04

BWFG insider Hildebrand Ryan Jason (Chief Innovation Officer) sold 2,246 shares (~$149.9K)

Hildebrand Ryan Jason, listed as Chief Innovation Officer at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 2,246 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 2,246 $66.74 $149.9K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hildebrand Ryan Jason (Chief Innovation Officer) Shares: 2,246 Est. Value: $149.9K
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-07-01

BWFG insider Hildebrand Ryan Jason (Chief Innovation Officer) sold 1,088 shares (~$63.6K)

Hildebrand Ryan Jason, listed as Chief Innovation Officer at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 1,088 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 1,088 $58.48 $63.6K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Hildebrand Ryan Jason (Chief Innovation Officer) Shares: 1,088 Est. Value: $63.6K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-06-09

BWFG insider SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) bought 323 shares (~$17.3K)

SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 323 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 323 $53.70 $17.3K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (Director) Shares: 323 Est. Value: $17.3K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-06-09

BWFG insider Dale Eric J (Director) bought 588 shares (~$31.6K)

Dale Eric J, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 588 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 588 $53.70 $31.6K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Dale Eric J (Director) Shares: 588 Est. Value: $31.6K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-06-09

BWFG insider Drexler Blake S (Director) bought 79 shares (~$4.2K)

Drexler Blake S, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 79 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 79 $53.70 $4.2K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Drexler Blake S (Director) Shares: 79 Est. Value: $4.2K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-06-09

BWFG insider Dunne Jeffrey R (Director) bought 315 shares (~$16.9K)

Dunne Jeffrey R, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 315 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 315 $53.70 $16.9K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Dunne Jeffrey R (Director) Shares: 315 Est. Value: $16.9K
Form 4 Open-market purchase Insider Buying 2026-06-09

BWFG insider Porto Carl M (Director) bought 370 shares (~$19.9K)

Porto Carl M, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market purchase of 370 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. Insider buying is often treated as a bullish signal because company insiders are committing their own capital.

The insider bought shares on the open market with their own money. This is the only Form 4 category that requires a discretionary cash outlay at the prevailing price.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
P Open-market purchase 370 $53.70 $19.9K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Porto Carl M (Director) Shares: 370 Est. Value: $19.9K
Form 4 Open-market sale Insider Selling 2026-06-08

BWFG insider Lampert Todd (Director) sold 3,500 shares (~$187.6K)

Lampert Todd, listed as Director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc., reported an open-market sale of 3,500 BWFG shares in a Form 4 filing. This is a confirmed insider sale, not just a proposed sale notice.

The insider sold shares on the open market. Sales may be discretionary or executed automatically under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and a Form 4 does not always make clear which applies.

Transactions reported on this filing
Code Nature Shares Price Value
S Open-market sale 3,500 $53.59 $187.6K
Filing: Form 4 (Insider Transaction) Insider: Lampert Todd (Director) Shares: 3,500 Est. Value: $187.6K
Proposed Insider Sales 3 · Form 144

A Form 144 is a notice of intent to sell restricted or control securities. It is not a record that anything was sold. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. has 3 such notices in this period.

The distinction matters because a Form 144 is frequently reported as though it were a completed insider sale. The filer may sell all of the shares covered, some of them, or none at all, and there is no obligation to update the notice either way. A sale that is actually executed by an officer or director shows up separately on a Form 4, which is the filing to check before treating a proposed sale as a real one.

Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-08-04

BWFG Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Hildebrand Ryan Jason (2,246 shares) ~$149.9K

Hildebrand Ryan Jason filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell BWFG (Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Hildebrand Ryan Jason Shares: 2,246 Est. Value: $149.9K
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-07-01

BWFG Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by Hildebrand Ryan Jason (1,088 shares) ~$63.6K

Hildebrand Ryan Jason filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell BWFG (Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: Hildebrand Ryan Jason Shares: 1,088 Est. Value: $63.6K
Form 144 Proposed Insider Sale 2026-06-05

BWFG Form 144 filed for proposed insider sale by TODD LAMPERT (3,500 shares) ~$187.6K

TODD LAMPERT filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating intent to sell BWFG (Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.) shares. Form 144 reflects a proposed sale, not a completed transaction. The actual execution, if any, would typically appear later in a Form 4.

Filing: Form 144 (Proposed Sale Notice) Insider: TODD LAMPERT Shares: 3,500 Est. Value: $187.6K
Material Events 1 · Form 8-K

An 8-K reports a material event in the window between scheduled reports. There is 1 in this period for Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. Each 8-K names the item number it is filed under, and that number is the fastest way to tell a routine disclosure from a consequential one.

Item 2.02 is an earnings release, Item 5.02 is a change of directors or officers, and Item 1.01 or 2.01 covers a material agreement or a completed acquisition. Item 7.01 and Item 8.01 are the general-purpose disclosure items and carry no fixed meaning on their own.

Form 8-K Material Company Update 2026-07-23

BWFG filed 8-K — material company event

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. filed an 8-K with the SEC reporting a material event. Summary unavailable — view the original SEC filing for the full text.

Filing: 8-K (Material Event)
Periodic Reports 1 · Forms 10-K and 10-Q

The periodic reports are where the audited and reviewed financial statements live. This period contains 1 quarterly report (10-Q) for Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

The two are not equivalent in weight. A 10-K is audited by an external firm and includes the full risk factor disclosure, business description and management discussion; a 10-Q is unaudited, reviewed rather than examined, and much shorter. When a figure in a quarterly report is later revised, the annual report is usually where the correction appears.

An amended report — 10-K/A or 10-Q/A — restates or corrects something in the original filing, and is worth reading against the version it replaces.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report 2026-08-05

BWFG filed Quarterly Report (10-Q)

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. filed its quarterly report with the SEC. This report includes unaudited financial statements and management discussion for the quarter.

Filing: 10-Q (Quarterly Report)

How we classify Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.'s filings

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Transaction codes, not guesswork

The nature shown on each insider filing comes from the transaction code the filer entered on the form itself — P for an open-market purchase, A for a compensation award, F for shares withheld to pay tax, M for an option exercise. Where one filing contains several codes, the transaction table lists them line by line.

Why the distinction matters

Insider activity is routinely summarised as buying or selling, which flattens together decisions that mean very different things. Shares withheld for tax on a vesting grant are an automatic administrative step; shares bought on the open market are someone committing their own money at the current price.

What this page does not tell you

A filing records what happened, not why. Form 4 does not always disclose whether a sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, and no single filing is a basis for a decision on BWFG. Read these alongside the fundamentals rather than in isolation.

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