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Lawrence B Seidman bought $781k of BWFG

director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.. 17,000 shares at an average of $45.91, traded Sep 12, 2025, filed Sep 15, 2025.

Conviction score
60
Value
$781k
17,000 shares
Holdings after
21,419
+9% from before
From 52-week low
+67%
low $26.85, close $44.93
From 52-week high
0%
high $44.93, as of Sep 12, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $781k at market
    +22
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 9%
    +3
  • Price context
    Mid range
    0
  • Cluster
    5 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    4 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 -5.2%, 3m +10.4%, 6m +5.0%.

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 15, 2025: +45.5%SPY +19.4% · excess +26.1%

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 0001026081-25-000008, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Sep 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman and Associates, L.L.C.
+7,112$45.91$327k194,509Sep 15, 2025
Sep 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P.
+2,321$45.91$107k133,370Sep 15, 2025
Sep 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P.
+1,411$45.92$65k172,234Sep 15, 2025
Sep 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By LSBK06-08, L.L.C.
+4,173$45.91$192k114,199Sep 15, 2025
Sep 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Broad Park Investors, L.L.C.
+1,163$45.92$53k129,711Sep 15, 2025
Sep 12, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P.
+820$45.93$38k21,419Sep 15, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
70Notable
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Lawrence B Seidman
director, owner
$353k
5,266 shares
+109%
35Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Carl M Porto
director
$22k
327 shares
+1%
30Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Blake S Drexler
director
$7,785
116 shares
+0%
35Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Jeffrey R Dunne
director
$18k
261 shares
+4%
41Moderate
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Eric J Dale
director
$36k
530 shares
+1%
56Moderate
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Lawrence B Seidman
director
$167k
2,540 shares
+1%
45Moderate
BWFGbuy
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Lawrence B Seidman
director
$666k
10,000 shares
+5%
46Moderate
BWFGsell
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Ryan Jason Hildebrand
Chief Innovation Officer
$150k
2,246 shares
-100%
33Weak
BWFGsell
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Ryan Jason Hildebrand
Chief Innovation Officer
$64k
1,088 shares
-33%
35Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Carl M Porto
director
$20k
370 shares
+2%

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.

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