Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
BWFG- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- State Commercial Banks
- SEC CIK
- 0001505732
In the last 90 days, Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. insiders filed 7 open-market purchases and 2 sales; 126 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $237.8M in total; no superinvestor holds it.
13F holders, Q4 2025
Institutional positions in Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. as of Dec 31, 2025. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 109
- +13 vs. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 3.61M
- +167.3K (+4.9%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $165.6M
- +$13.2M (+8.7%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 19
- 45 more added
- Sold out
- 6
- 28 more reduced
2 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 2025: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting BWFG on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 126 | $237.8M |
| Q1 2026 | 119 | $182.8M |
| Q4 2025 | 109 | $165.6M |
| Q3 2025 | 98 | $152.8M |
| Q2 2025 | 84 | $113.7M |
| Q1 2025 | 78 | $92.2M |
| Q4 2024 | 70 | $94.2M |
| Q3 2024 | 69 | $84.8M |
| Q2 2024 | 66 | $69.6M |
| Q1 2024 | 64 | $70.5M |
| Q4 2023 | 71 | $85.7M |
| Q3 2023 | 67 | $63.4M |
| Q2 2023 | 68 | $62.6M |
| Q1 2023 | 67 | $63.3M |
| Q4 2022 | 74 | $77.3M |
| Q3 2022 | 70 | $75.2M |
| Q2 2022 | 68 | $81.3M |
| Q1 2022 | 55 | $82.1M |
| Q4 2021 | 50 | $82.9M |
| Q3 2021 | 56 | $77.7M |
| Q2 2021 | 53 | $73.5M |
| Q1 2021 | 50 | $84.6M |
Institutions, Q4 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 491,344 | $22.5M | 0.00% | +26,584+5.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 366,786 | $16.8M | 0.00% | −1770.0% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 314,446 | $14.4M | 0.00% | +1,252+0.4% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 167,564 | $7.68M | 1.69% | −4,973−2.9% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 159,281 | $7.30M | 0.00% | −1,115−0.7% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 149,830 | $6.86M | 0.01% | +38,589+34.7% | Added |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 116,155 | $5.32M | 0.01% | −2,193−1.9% | Reduced |
| Siena Capital Partners GP, LLC | 116,138 | $5.32M | 1.43% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State Street Corp | 115,711 | $5.30M | 0.00% | +6,138+5.6% | Added |
| GM Advisory Group, Inc. | 106,059 | $4.86M | 0.19% | +472+0.4% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 99,900 | $4.58M | 0.13% | +3,183+3.3% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 96,423 | $4.42M | 0.87% | −12,000−11.1% | Reduced |
| LSV Asset Management | 77,700 | $3.56M | 0.01% | −7,500−8.8% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 70,404 | $3.23M | 0.00% | +19,432+38.1% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 69,621 | $3.19M | 0.00% | −1,101−1.6% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 68,079 | $3.12M | 0.00% | +52,376+333.5% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 64,626 | $2.96M | 0.00% | −4,421−6.4% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 58,214 | $2.67M | 0.00% | +6,337+12.2% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 52,255 | $2.39M | 0.05% | +2,461+4.9% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 42,776 | $1.96M | 0.00% | +18,130+73.6% | Added |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 39,486 | $1.81M | 0.02% | +14,407+57.4% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 36,990 | $1.69M | 0.00% | +7,708+26.3% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 34,705 | $1.59M | 0.00% | +16,595+91.6% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 34,415 | $1.58M | 0.00% | +34,415 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 31,882 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +24,007+304.9% | Added |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 31,789 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +13,579+74.6% | Added |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 28,092 | $1.29M | 0.14% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 27,795 | $1.27M | 0.00% | +3,755+15.6% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 27,253 | $1.25M | 0.02% | +2,461+9.9% | Added |
| Algert Global LLC | 26,070 | $1.19M | 0.02% | +12,355+90.1% | Added |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 25,003 | $1.15M | 0.02% | −11,309−31.1% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 24,902 | $1.14M | 0.00% | +3,600+16.9% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 21,903 | $1.00M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Summit Trail Advisors, LLC | 21,323 | $977.0K | 0.02% | −607−2.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 21,002 | $962.3K | 0.00% | −12,105−36.6% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 20,483 | $938.5K | 0.00% | +8,700+73.8% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 20,300 | $930.1K | 0.00% | +20,300 | New |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 20,219 | $926.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| SEI Investments Co | 19,556 | $896.0K | 0.00% | +19,556 | New |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 18,938 | $874.9K | 0.00% | +6,882+57.1% | Added |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 17,300 | $792.7K | 0.00% | +3,700+27.2% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 16,928 | $775.6K | 0.00% | +94+0.6% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 12,712 | $582.5K | 0.00% | +4,350+52.0% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 11,665 | $534.5K | 0.00% | +3,542+43.6% | Added |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | 11,613 | $532.1K | 0.01% | +11,613 | New |
| Millennium Management LLC | 11,424 | $523.4K | 0.00% | +5,297+86.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 11,197 | $513.0K | 0.00% | +1,396+14.2% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 11,036 | $505.7K | 0.00% | −26,129−70.3% | Reduced |
| Bridge City Capital, LLC | 10,581 | $484.8K | 0.14% | −2,228−17.4% | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 9,771 | $447.7K | 0.00% | +9,771 | New |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 9,669 | $443.0K | 0.04% | +9,669 | New |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC | 9,669 | $443.0K | 0.10% | +9,669 | New |
| Sierra Capital LLC | 9,327 | $427.0K | 0.05% | +41+0.4% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 9,283 | $425.3K | 0.00% | −904−8.9% | Reduced |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 8,031 | $368.0K | 0.00% | +8,031 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 7,347 | $336.6K | 0.00% | −3,510−32.3% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 7,252 | $332.3K | 0.00% | +1,520+26.5% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 6,714 | $307.6K | 0.00% | −117−1.7% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 6,140 | $281.3K | 0.00% | +6,140 | New |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 5,610 | $257.1K | 0.01% | +26+0.5% | Added |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 5,569 | $255.2K | 0.00% | +384+7.4% | Added |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 5,372 | $246.1K | 0.02% | −413−7.1% | Reduced |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 5,683 | $245.9K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 5,000 | $229.1K | 0.00% | +5,000 | New |
| Daytona Street Capital LLC | 5,000 | $229.1K | 0.19% | +5,000 | New |
| Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC | 4,958 | $227.2K | 0.00% | −2,254−31.3% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 4,923 | $226.0K | 0.00% | +4,923 | New |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 4,392 | $201.3K | 0.00% | +4,392 | New |
| MetLife Investment Management | 4,126 | $189.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,124 | $189.0K | 0.00% | −593−12.6% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 3,351 | $153.5K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 3,330 | $152.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 3,306 | $151.5K | 0.00% | +42+1.3% | Added |
| Key Financial Inc | 2,900 | $132.9K | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 2,253 | $103.2K | 0.00% | +78+3.6% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 1,978 | $90.6K | 0.00% | +419+26.9% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 1,689 | $77.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 1,492 | $68.4K | 0.00% | −816−35.4% | Reduced |
| CWM, LLC | 1,245 | $57.0K | 0.00% | +204+19.6% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 806 | $36.9K | 0.00% | +121+17.7% | Added |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 722 | $33.1K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 646 | $29.6K | 0.00% | −19−2.9% | Reduced |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 458 | $21.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 435 | $19.9K | 0.00% | −32−6.9% | Reduced |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 429 | $19.0K | 0.00% | +429 | New |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 350 | $16.0K | 0.00% | −64−15.5% | Reduced |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 338 | $15.5K | 0.00% | −75−18.2% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 285 | $13.1K | 0.00% | −204−41.7% | Reduced |
| Amalgamated Bank | 222 | $10.0K | 0.00% | +26+13.3% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 200 | $9.16K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quarry LP | 98 | $4.49K | 0.00% | +98 | New |
| Essential Partners LLC | 79 | $3.62K | 0.00% | +10+14.5% | Added |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 62 | $2.84K | 0.00% | −66−51.6% | Reduced |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 57 | $2.61K | 0.00% | +5+9.6% | Added |
| Allworth Financial LP | 55 | $2.52K | 0.00% | +45+450.0% | Added |
| Fortitude Family Office, LLC | 43 | $1.97K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 39 | $1.79K | 0.00% | +1+2.6% | Added |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC | 34 | $1.56K | 0.00% | +34 | New |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 30 | $1.37K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Massmutual Trust Co FSB | 22 | $1.01K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |