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buyModerate cluster of 5

Lawrence B Seidman bought $490k of BWFG

director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.. 11,000 shares at an average of $44.54, traded Sep 10, 2025, filed Sep 11, 2025.

Conviction score
56
Value
$490k
11,000 shares
Holdings after
20,069
+6% from before
From 52-week low
+63%
low $26.85, close $43.78
From 52-week high
0%
high $43.78, as of Sep 10, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $490k at market
    +18
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 6%
    +3
  • Price context
    Mid range
    0
  • Cluster
    5 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    2 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (1 with prices)
    0

What happened after comparable buys

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -6.7%, 3m +9.5%, 6m +5.9%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

BWFGOct 9, 2026 · close 64.72
Since filing Sep 11, 2025: +47.1%SPY +20.0% · excess +27.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001505732-25-000151, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman and Associates, L.L.C.
+4,602$44.53$205k182,795Sep 11, 2025
Sep 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P.
+1,502$44.54$67k129,547Sep 11, 2025
Sep 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P.
+913$44.55$41k169,910Sep 11, 2025
Sep 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By LSBK06-08, L.L.C.
+2,700$44.54$120k107,326Sep 11, 2025
Sep 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Broad Park Investors, L.L.C.
+753$44.55$34k127,795Sep 11, 2025
Sep 10, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P.
+530$44.57$24k20,069Sep 11, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
55Moderate
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Lawrence B Seidman
director, owner
$353k
5,266 shares
+109%
30Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Carl M Porto
director
$22k
327 shares
+1%
25Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Blake S Drexler
director
$7,785
116 shares
+0%
30Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Jeffrey R Dunne
director
$18k
261 shares
+4%
36Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Eric J Dale
director
$36k
530 shares
+1%
35Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Carl M Porto
director
$20k
370 shares
+2%
38Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Jeffrey R Dunne
director
$17k
315 shares
+5%
30Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Blake S Drexler
director
$4,242
79 shares
+0%
40Moderate
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Eric J Dale
director
$32k
588 shares
+1%
43Moderate
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Lawrence B Seidman
director
$17k
323 shares
+7%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.