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Lawrence B Seidman bought $167k of BWFG

director at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.. 2,540 shares at an average of $65.92, traded Aug 25, 2026, filed Aug 26, 2026.

Conviction score
56
Value
$167k
2,540 shares
Holdings after
25,321
+1% from before
From 52-week low
+64%
low $40.06, close $65.75
From 52-week high
-3%
high $68.13, as of Aug 25, 2026

Score components

  • Role
    Director
    +15
  • Trade size
    $167k at market
    +11
  • Relative to holdings
    Holdings up 1.1%
    0
  • Price context
    Near the top of the 52-week range
    0
  • Cluster
    5 insiders buying within 14 days
    +15
  • Repeat buying
    4 buys in 90 days
    +5
  • Track record
    Median 6-month excess return +24% over 20 past buys
    +10

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.

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 Aug 26, 2026: -1.4%SPY +1.8% · excess -3.2%

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 0001505732-26-000108, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Aug 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman and Associates, L.L.C.
+994$65.89$65k223,684Aug 26, 2026
Aug 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman Investment Partnership, L.P.
+259$65.94$17k142,338Aug 26, 2026
Aug 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Seidman Investment Partnership II, L.P.
+219$65.96$14k178,352Aug 26, 2026
Aug 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By LSBK06-08, L.L.C.
+662$65.90$44k131,970Aug 26, 2026
Aug 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Broad Park Investors, L.L.C.
+262$65.94$17k136,738Aug 26, 2026
Aug 25, 2026POpen-market purchase
Common Stockindirect: By Chewy Gooey Cookies, L.P.
+144$66.01$9,50525,321Aug 26, 2026

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%
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%
38Weak
BWFGbuy 5
Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
Jeffrey R Dunne
director
$17k
315 shares
+5%

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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