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, Q1 2026
Institutional positions in Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 119
- +11 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 3.77M
- +521.1K (+16.0%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $182.8M
- +$34.0M (+22.8%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 18
- 49 more added
- Sold out
- 7
- 29 more reduced
1 institution that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 480,305 | $23.3M | 0.00% | −11,039−2.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 319,241 | $15.5M | 0.00% | +4,795+1.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 282,912 | $13.7M | 0.00% | +282,912 | New |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 168,000 | $8.15M | 1.76% | +436+0.3% | Added |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 164,678 | $7.98M | 0.01% | +14,848+9.9% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 156,216 | $7.58M | 0.00% | −3,065−1.9% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 130,826 | $6.35M | 0.00% | +15,115+13.1% | Added |
| Siena Capital Partners GP, LLC | 116,138 | $5.64M | 1.46% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 107,548 | $5.22M | 0.01% | −8,607−7.4% | Reduced |
| GM Advisory Group, Inc. | 106,498 | $5.17M | 0.20% | +439+0.4% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 105,991 | $5.14M | 0.00% | +35,587+50.5% | Added |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. | 105,900 | $5.14M | 0.14% | +6,000+6.0% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 96,423 | $4.68M | 0.87% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 90,760 | $4.40M | 0.00% | +32,546+55.9% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 85,070 | $4.13M | 0.00% | +16,991+25.0% | Added |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 69,837 | $3.39M | 0.00% | +216+0.3% | Added |
| LSV Asset Management | 69,700 | $3.38M | 0.01% | −8,000−10.3% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 67,392 | $3.27M | 0.00% | +24,616+57.5% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 66,317 | $3.22M | 0.00% | +1,691+2.6% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 54,944 | $2.67M | 0.05% | +2,689+5.1% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 52,661 | $2.56M | 0.00% | +18,246+53.0% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 50,970 | $2.47M | 0.00% | +30,487+148.8% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 45,323 | $2.20M | 0.00% | +45,323 | New |
| SEI Investments Co | 41,342 | $2.01M | 0.00% | +21,786+111.4% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 38,830 | $1.88M | 0.00% | +38,830 | New |
| Morgan Stanley | 33,106 | $1.61M | 0.00% | −3,884−10.5% | Reduced |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 30,171 | $1.46M | 0.01% | −9,315−23.6% | Reduced |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 29,942 | $1.45M | 0.01% | +2,689+9.9% | Added |
| EAM Investors, LLC | 28,092 | $1.36M | 0.16% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Algert Global LLC | 27,740 | $1.35M | 0.02% | +1,670+6.4% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 27,261 | $1.25M | 0.00% | +27,261 | New |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 25,003 | $1.21M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 24,902 | $1.21M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 23,412 | $1.12M | 0.00% | −8,470−26.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 22,311 | $1.08M | 0.00% | +1,309+6.2% | Added |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 21,903 | $1.06M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Summit Trail Advisors, LLC | 21,323 | $1.03M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 19,870 | $967.1K | 0.00% | +932+4.9% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 19,700 | $955.8K | 0.00% | −519−2.6% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 19,690 | $955.4K | 0.00% | +8,266+72.4% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 17,880 | $867.5K | 0.00% | −9,915−35.7% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 17,646 | $856.2K | 0.00% | +346+2.0% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 17,092 | $829.3K | 0.00% | +164+1.0% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 14,598 | $708.3K | 0.00% | +2,933+25.1% | Added |
| Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC | 14,070 | $682.7K | 0.12% | +4,401+45.5% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 13,190 | $640.0K | 0.00% | +478+3.8% | Added |
| Martingale Asset Management L P | 12,946 | $628.1K | 0.02% | +12,946 | New |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 11,518 | $558.9K | 0.00% | +11,518 | New |
| UBS Group AG | 10,812 | $524.6K | 0.00% | +3,465+47.2% | Added |
| Bridge City Capital, LLC | 10,006 | $485.5K | 0.13% | −575−5.4% | Reduced |
| Legato Capital Management LLC | 9,981 | $484.3K | 0.04% | +312+3.2% | Added |
| Mangrove Partners | 9,474 | $459.7K | 0.04% | +9,474 | New |
| Sierra Capital LLC | 9,365 | $454.0K | 0.05% | +38+0.4% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 9,088 | $440.9K | 0.00% | −195−2.1% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 8,644 | $419.4K | 0.00% | −26,061−75.1% | Reduced |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 6,978 | $338.6K | 0.01% | −1,053−13.1% | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 6,821 | $331.0K | 0.00% | −2,950−30.2% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 6,350 | $308.1K | 0.00% | +781+14.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 6,320 | $306.6K | 0.00% | −932−12.9% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 5,877 | $285.0K | 0.00% | +954+19.4% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 5,635 | $274.0K | 0.00% | +5,635 | New |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 5,636 | $273.5K | 0.00% | −504−8.2% | Reduced |
| Essex Financial Services, Inc. | 5,611 | $272.2K | 0.02% | +10.0% | Added |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 5,106 | $247.8K | 0.00% | +714+16.3% | Added |
| Daytona Street Capital LLC | 5,000 | $247.2K | 0.20% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 5,038 | $244.5K | 0.00% | −6,159−55.0% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 5,000 | $242.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC | 4,944 | $239.9K | 0.00% | −14−0.3% | Reduced |
| Occudo Quantitative Strategies LP | 4,396 | $227.4K | 0.01% | −976−18.2% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 4,636 | $224.9K | 0.00% | +1,306+39.2% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 4,545 | $220.5K | 0.00% | −2,169−32.3% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 4,260 | $206.7K | 0.00% | +2,282+115.4% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 4,142 | $201.0K | 0.00% | +18+0.4% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 4,029 | $195.5K | 0.00% | −97−2.4% | Reduced |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 3,850 | $186.8K | 0.00% | −1,833−32.3% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 3,351 | $162.6K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 3,273 | $158.8K | 0.00% | +1,020+45.3% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 3,164 | $153.5K | 0.00% | −142−4.3% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 3,042 | $147.6K | 0.00% | +3,042 | New |
| Assetmark, Inc | 3,000 | $145.6K | 0.00% | +3,000 | New |
| Key Financial Inc | 2,900 | $140.7K | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC | 1,914 | $92.9K | 0.00% | +669+53.7% | Added |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) | 1,747 | $84.8K | 0.00% | +1,409+416.9% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 1,689 | $82.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 1,492 | $72.4K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 730 | $35.4K | 0.00% | −76−9.4% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 637 | $30.9K | 0.00% | −9−1.4% | Reduced |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. | 557 | $27.0K | 0.00% | −165−22.9% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 456 | $22.1K | 0.00% | +171+60.0% | Added |
| Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC | 458 | $22.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 429 | $20.0K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 360 | $17.5K | 0.00% | −75−17.2% | Reduced |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC | 196 | $9.51K | 0.00% | −154−44.0% | Reduced |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 126 | $6.11K | 0.00% | +126 | New |
| Kemnay Advisory Services Inc. | 119 | $5.77K | 0.00% | +119 | New |
| MAI Capital Management | 80 | $3.88K | 0.00% | +76+1,900.0% | Added |
| Essential Partners LLC | 79 | $3.83K | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP | 71 | $3.44K | 0.00% | +16+29.1% | Added |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | 70 | $3.40K | 0.00% | +8+12.9% | Added |
| GAMMA Investing LLC | 63 | $3.06K | 0.00% | +24+61.5% | Added |