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Eric J Dale bought $36k of BWFG

director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.. 746 shares at an average of $47.64, traded Dec 5, 2025, filed Dec 8, 2025.

Conviction score
36
Value
$36k
746 shares
Holdings after
41,296
+2% from before
From 52-week low
+73%
low $26.99, close $46.83
From 52-week high
-1%
high $47.10, as of Dec 5, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $36k at market
    +6
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.8%
    0
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    5 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    First buy in 90 days
    0
  • Track record
    Too few past buys to judge (0 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 -1.6%, 3m -2.0%, 6m +14.2%.

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 Dec 8, 2025: +37.3%SPY +15.0% · excess +22.3%

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 0001505732-25-000175, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Dec 5, 2025POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: Deferred Compensation Plan
+746$47.64$36k41,296Dec 8, 2025

Related signals

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

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
70Notable
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Lawrence B Seidman
director, owner
$353k
5,266 shares
+109%
35Weak
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Carl M Porto
director
$22k
327 shares
+1%
30Weak
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Blake S Drexler
director
$7,785
116 shares
+0%
35Weak
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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
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Lawrence B Seidman
director
$666k
10,000 shares
+5%
46Moderate
BWFGsell
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Ryan Jason Hildebrand
Chief Innovation Officer
$150k
2,246 shares
-100%
33Weak
BWFGsell
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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.

Eric J Dale bought $36k of BWFG | InsiderTell