Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) Insider Trading Activity
Trading
Quantity
Profitability
Ownership
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
| $552M | ||
| $153M | ||
| $83M | ||
| $80M | ||
| $68M | ||
| $68M |
BWFG Insider Trading Activity
BWFG Median Price and Trade Amounts History Chart
Statistics of Insider Transactions
Amount of Insider Buys and Sells
Buys | $957,969 | 81 | 80 |
Sells | $767,634 | 20 | 20 |
Related Transactions
| SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B | director | 20 | $500,971 | 0 | $0 | $500,971 |
| Leitao Kevin D | director | 2 | $127,835 | 0 | $0 | $127,835 |
| Dale Eric J | director | 14 | $111,836 | 0 | $0 | $111,836 |
| Demos Darryl | director | 1 | $74,669 | 0 | $0 | $74,669 |
| Porto Carl M | director | 15 | $66,710 | 0 | $0 | $66,710 |
| Dunne Jeffrey R | director | 15 | $58,364 | 0 | $0 | $58,364 |
| Drexler Blake S | director | 14 | $17,584 | 0 | $0 | $17,584 |
| Fusaro Angelo G | Principal Accounting Officer | 0 | $0 | 1 | $8,883 | $-8,883 |
| Sacchetti Courtney E | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | 0 | $0 | 1 | $14,534 | $-14,534 |
| Hildebrand Ryan Jason | Chief Innovation Officer | 0 | $0 | 1 | $36,229 | $-36,229 |
| McNeill Matt | President & CBO | 0 | $0 | 1 | $61,876 | $-61,876 |
| Gruseke Christopher R | CEO | 0 | $0 | 1 | $113,576 | $-113,576 |
| Chivily Christine | EVP & Chief Credit Officer | 0 | $0 | 4 | $250,084 | $-250,084 |
| Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk & Operations | 0 | $0 | 11 | $282,452 | $-282,452 |
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 offers various traditional depository products, including checking, savings, money market, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides 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 one-to-four family residential properties; loans secured by commercial real estate, multi-family dwellings, and investor-owned one-to-four family dwellings; commercial construction loans for commercial development projects, including apartment buildings and condominiums, as well as office buildings, retail, and other income producing properties; land loans; commercial business loans secured by assignments of corporate assets and personal guarantees of the business owners; loans secured by savings or certificate accounts and automobiles; and unsecured personal loans and overdraft lines of credit. It operates branches in New Canaan, Stamford, Fairfield, Wilton, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, and Hamden, Connecticut. The company was formerly known as BNC Financial Group, Inc. and changed its name to Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. in September 2013. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut.
Insider Activity of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. have bought $957,969 and sold $767,634 worth of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. have bought $1.07M and sold $260,559 worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B (director) — $500,971. Leitao Kevin D (director) — $127,835. Dale Eric J (director) — $111,836.
The last purchase of 130 shares for transaction amount of $3,775 was made by Porto Carl M (director) on 2025‑03‑12.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
| 2025-04-30 | Sale | Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 807 0.0101% | $33.36 | $26,922 | +3.02% | |
| 2025-03-17 | Sale | Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 454 0.0056% | $28.98 | $13,157 | +1.96% | |
| 2025-03-12 | Porto Carl M | director | 130 0.0016% | $29.04 | $3,775 | +2.73% | ||
| 2025-03-12 | Dunne Jeffrey R | director | 85 0.0011% | $29.04 | $2,468 | +2.73% | ||
| 2025-03-12 | SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B | director | 95 0.0012% | $29.04 | $2,759 | +2.73% | ||
| 2025-03-06 | Dale Eric J | director | 875 0.0113% | $30.42 | $26,618 | +0.17% | ||
| 2025-03-06 | Drexler Blake S | director | 0 – | $0 | $0 | +0.17% | ||
| 2025-03-06 | Porto Carl M | director | 431 0.0056% | $30.66 | $13,214 | +0.17% | ||
| 2025-03-06 | Dunne Jeffrey R | director | 441 0.0057% | $30.66 | $13,521 | +0.17% | ||
| 2025-03-06 | SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B | director | 493 0.0064% | $30.66 | $15,115 | +0.17% | ||
| 2025-02-07 | Sale | Gruseke Christopher R | CEO | 3,536 0.0443% | $32.12 | $113,576 | -3.44% | |
| 2025-02-07 | Sale | McNeill Matt | President & CBO | 1,908 0.0241% | $32.43 | $61,876 | -3.44% | |
| 2025-02-07 | Sale | Chivily Christine | EVP & Chief Credit Officer | 942 0.012% | $32.63 | $30,737 | -3.44% | |
| 2025-02-07 | Sale | Sacchetti Courtney E | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | 445 0.0057% | $32.66 | $14,534 | -3.44% | |
| 2025-02-07 | Sale | Fusaro Angelo G | Principal Accounting Officer | 279 0.0035% | $31.84 | $8,883 | -3.44% | |
| 2025-02-07 | Sale | Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 680 0.0087% | $32.67 | $22,216 | -3.44% | |
| 2025-02-03 | Sale | Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 2,198 0.0275% | $30.69 | $67,457 | -1.45% | |
| 2025-01-31 | Sale | Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 200 0.0025% | $31.07 | $6,214 | -1.36% | |
| 2025-01-27 | Leitao Kevin D | director | 2,000 0.0252% | $30.38 | $60,760 | +1.26% | ||
| 2024-12-16 | Sale | Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk & Operations | 1,330 0.0169% | $32.98 | $43,863 | -7.60% |
Insider Historical Profitability
| Gruseke Christopher R | CEO | 165938 2.1076% | $5.79M | 14 | 1 | +12.31% |
| McNeill Matt | President & CBO | 40353 0.5125% | $1.41M | 1 | 1 | +5.93% |
| Dale Eric J | director | 38682 0.4913% | $1.35M | 80 | 0 | +10.29% |
| Drexler Blake S | director | 36224 0.4601% | $1.26M | 59 | 2 | +8.71% |
| Porto Carl M | director | 19690 0.2501% | $686,590.30 | 82 | 0 | +10.02% |
| Chivily Christine | EVP & Chief Credit Officer | 16047 0.2038% | $559,558.89 | 0 | 7 | |
| Demos Darryl | director | 8156 0.1036% | $284,399.72 | 3 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| Leitao Kevin D | director | 4500 0.0572% | $156,915.00 | 2 | 0 | |
| Dunne Jeffrey R | director | 4177 0.0531% | $145,651.99 | 25 | 0 | +3.27% |
| SEIDMAN LAWRENCE B | director | 2777 0.0353% | $96,833.99 | 59 | 0 | +4.02% |
| Sacchetti Courtney E | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | 2043 0.0259% | $71,239.41 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hildebrand Ryan Jason | Chief Innovation Officer | 1885 0.0239% | $65,729.95 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fusaro Angelo G | Principal Accounting Officer | 1737 0.0221% | $60,569.19 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brunner Steven H | EVP & Chief Risk Officer | 1548 0.0197% | $53,978.76 | 0 | 11 | |
| Bauer George P | director | 153895 1.9546% | $5.37M | 1 | 21 | |
| Fieber James A | director | 150042 1.9057% | $5.23M | 6 | 12 | +12.01% |
| DeWyngaert Heidi | EVP & CLO | 56871 0.7223% | $1.98M | 0 | 4 | |
| Halsell Hugh III | director | 55556 0.7056% | $1.94M | 1 | 0 | |
| Kuehner Carl R III | director | 40000 0.508% | $1.39M | 1 | 0 | |
| Jones Daniel S | 30159 0.383% | $1.05M | 42 | 0 | +17.5% | |
| BRATHWAITE GAIL E D | EVP & COO | 25000 0.3175% | $871,750.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| Castiglioni Richard | 16121 0.2048% | $562,139.27 | 3 | 0 | +3.87% | |
| Lampert Todd | director | 8180 0.1039% | $285,236.60 | 2 | 14 | <0.0001% |
| Garnett James M Jr | director | 5658 0.0719% | $197,294.46 | 81 | 0 | +7% |
| LISS VICTOR S | director | 5000 0.0635% | $174,350.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dineen David P | EVP, Head of Community Banking | 3750 0.0476% | $130,762.50 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kotval Anahaita N. | director | 2500 0.0318% | $87,175.00 | 1 | 0 | <0.0001% |
| VERRICO ERNEST J SR | EVP & CFO | 2000 0.0254% | $69,740.00 | 1 | 0 | +14.72% |
| Ivanov Penko Krassimir | EVP & Chief Financial Officer | 1679 0.0213% | $58,546.73 | 11 | 0 | +3.25% |
| Fitzpatrick William J | director | 1500 0.0191% | $52,305.00 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fitzgibbon Mark | director | 1139 0.0145% | $39,716.93 | 1 | 0 | |
| Waitz Laura | EVP & Chief Operating Officer | 0 0% | $0 | 0 | 11 |
Historical Insider Profitability vs. Competitors
$4,726,428 | 492 | 7.91% | $301.68M | |
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) | $6,686,109 | 384 | 8.99% | $274.55M |
$2,537,012 | 135 | 1.16% | $283.38M | |
$10,454,902 | 112 | 9.26% | $296.95M | |
$4,129,926 | 72 | 6.14% | $248.09M | |
$1,095,039 | 71 | 9.20% | $242.27M | |
$20,031,071 | 63 | 7.82% | $300.67M | |
$4,316,652 | 62 | 6.22% | $288.71M | |
$1,443,519 | 60 | 4.60% | $297.76M | |
$929,341 | 59 | 8.02% | $238.88M | |
$1,752,768 | 51 | 10.62% | $245.58M | |
$1,078,531 | 38 | 8.38% | $276.7M | |
$792,827 | 38 | 6.00% | $267.64M | |
$992,016 | 21 | 14.63% | $240.66M | |
$215,304 | 21 | 22.77% | $252.35M | |
$386,515 | 19 | 0.93% | $253.85M | |
$259,789 | 12 | -3.21% | $283.15M | |
$1,322,321 | 12 | 13.29% | $240.73M | |
$806,933 | 11 | 3.13% | $301.15M |
BWFG Institutional Investors: Active Positions
| Increased Positions | 34 | +53.97% | 249,287 | +8.51% |
| Decreased Positions | 21 | -33.33% | 94,693 | -3.23% |
| New Positions | 6 | New | 98,246 | New |
| Sold Out Positions | 3 | Sold Out | 10,974 | Sold Out |
| Total Postitions | 76 | +20.63% | 3M | +5.28% |
BWFG Ownership Change vs Market
Institutional Investor Ownership
| Blackrock, Inc. | $14,534.00 | 5.27% | 421,891 | -7,436 | -1.73% | 2025-03-31 |
| Vanguard Group Inc | $11,662.00 | 4.23% | 338,508 | +1,420 | +0.42% | 2024-12-31 |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors Lp | $9,952.00 | 3.61% | 288,871 | +7,363 | +2.62% | 2024-12-31 |
| Banc Funds Co Llc | $8,593.00 | 3.12% | 249,423 | -33,200 | -11.75% | 2024-12-31 |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, Llc | $6,014.00 | 2.18% | 174,584 | +40,458 | +30.16% | 2024-12-31 |
| Renaissance Technologies Llc | $5,176.00 | 1.88% | 150,248 | -7,255 | -4.61% | 2024-12-31 |
| Geode Capital Management, Llc | $5,100.00 | 1.85% | 148,035 | +693 | +0.47% | 2024-12-31 |
| Lsv Asset Management | $3,986.00 | 1.45% | 115,700 | -7,346 | -5.97% | 2024-12-31 |
| Siena Capital Partners Gp, Llc | $3,801.00 | 1.38% | 110,338 | 0 | 0% | 2024-12-31 |
| Fourthstone Llc | $3,637.00 | 1.32% | 105,585 | +79,673 | +307.48% | 2024-12-31 |