NASDAQ:BWFG Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) Stock Price, News & Analysis $36.03 -0.18 (-0.50%) As of 06/30/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrendsBuy This Stock About Bankwell Financial Group Stock (NASDAQ:BWFG) 30 days 90 days 365 days Advanced Chart View Price History Chart DataSkip Price History Chart Get BWFG alerts:Sign Up Key Stats Today's Range$36.03▼$40.2150-Day Range$30.22▼$36.2152-Week Range$22.80▼$40.21Volume11,266 shsAverage Volume15,162 shsMarket Capitalization$283.66 millionP/E Ratio22.95Dividend Yield2.22%Price Target$40.25Consensus RatingHold Company OverviewBankwell Financial Group, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Bankwell Bank that provides various banking services for individual and commercial customers. It offers various traditional depository products, including checking, savings, money market, and certificates of deposit. The company also provides first mortgage loans secured by one-to-four family owner occupied residential properties for personal use; home equity loans and home equity lines of credit secured by owner occupied one-to-four family residential properties; loans secured by commercial real estate, multi-family dwellings, owner-occupied commercial real estate, and investor-owned one-to-four family dwellings; commercial construction loans for commercial development projects, including apartment buildings and condominiums, as well as office buildings, retail, and other income producing properties; land loans; commercial business loans secured by assignments of corporate assets and personal guarantees of the business owners; loans to finance insurance premiums; overdraft lines of credit; and unsecured personal loans. It operates branches in New Canaan, Stamford, Fairfield, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, and Hamden, Connecticut. The company was formerly known as BNC Financial Group, Inc. and changed its name to Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. in September 2013. Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut.Read More… Bankwell Financial Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™See Top-Rated MarketRank™ Stocks38th Percentile Overall ScoreBWFG MarketRank™: Bankwell Financial Group scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 738th out of 939 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion2.2 / 5Analyst RatingHold Consensus RatingBankwell Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on 1 buy rating, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageBankwell Financial Group has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Bankwell Financial Group's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation0.6 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Bankwell Financial Group is 22.95, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.82.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Bankwell Financial Group is 22.95, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 19.78.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBankwell Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.05. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.Read more about Bankwell Financial Group's valuation and earnings. Short Interest2.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted2.02% of the float of Bankwell Financial Group has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBankwell Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.1.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Bankwell Financial Group has recently increased by 7.09%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldBankwell Financial Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.23%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.Dividend GrowthBankwell Financial Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.Dividend CoverageThe dividend payout ratio of Bankwell Financial Group is 50.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.Read more about Bankwell Financial Group's dividend. Sustainability and ESGN/AEnvironmental ScoreN/A Percentage of Shares Shorted2.02% of the float of Bankwell Financial Group has been sold short.Short Interest Ratio / Days to CoverBankwell Financial Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 9.1.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Bankwell Financial Group has recently increased by 7.09%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly. News and Social Media2.1 / 5News Sentiment0.78 News SentimentBankwell Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 0.78. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Finance companies.News Coverage This WeekMarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Bankwell Financial Group this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Bankwell Financial Group insiders have bought 73.04% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $46,585.00 in company stock and sold $26,922.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders19.48% of the stock of Bankwell Financial Group is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.Percentage Held by InstitutionsOnly 35.80% of the stock of Bankwell Financial Group is held by institutions.Read more about Bankwell Financial Group's insider trading history. Receive BWFG Stock News and Ratings via Email Sign-up to receive the latest news and ratings for Bankwell Financial Group and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address BWFG Stock News HeadlinesJeffrey R. Dunne Purchases 501 Shares of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) StockJune 10, 2025 | insidertrades.comRaymond James Initiates Coverage of Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) with Market Perform RecommendationJune 27, 2025 | msn.com"I'm risking my reputation on this"Behind closed doors, away from the mainstream media's eyes, the smartest minds in crypto are all seeing the same signals. They're positioning themselves for something unprecedented. And after 17 million podcast downloads and over 600 insider interviews, I finally connected all the dots… What I discovered was so explosive, so potentially life-changing, that I had to put it all in a book.July 1 at 2:00 AM | Crypto 101 Media (Ad)Hovde Group Upgrades Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) to HoldJune 25, 2025 | americanbankingnews.comBankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) Downgraded to Buy Rating by Wall Street ZenJune 22, 2025 | americanbankingnews.comBankwell Financial Poised To Grow In Commercial BankingJune 20, 2025 | seekingalpha.comThose who invested in Bankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) five years ago are up 161%June 18, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comBankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) Q1 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptApril 26, 2025 | insidermonkey.comSee More Headlines BWFG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have BWFG shares performed this year? Bankwell Financial Group's stock was trading at $31.15 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, BWFG stock has increased by 15.7% and is now trading at $36.03. View the best growth stocks for 2025 here. How were Bankwell Financial Group's earnings last quarter? Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 23rd. The bank reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.14. The bank had revenue of $23.57 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.63 million. Bankwell Financial Group had a net margin of 6.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 4.60%. Read the conference call transcript. How do I buy shares of Bankwell Financial Group? Shares of BWFG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services. What other stocks do shareholders of Bankwell Financial Group own? Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Bankwell Financial Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Meta Platforms (META), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Netflix (NFLX) and Alphabet (GOOG). Company Calendar Last Earnings4/23/2025Record date for 5/20 Dividend5/09/2025Ex-Dividend for 5/20 Dividend5/09/2025Dividend Payable5/20/2025Today7/01/2025Next Earnings (Estimated)7/23/2025Fiscal Year End12/31/2025Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorFinance Industry BANKS - NORTHEAST Sub-IndustryBanking Current SymbolNASDAQ:BWFG CIK1505732 Webwww.mybankwell.com Phone(203) 652-0166FaxN/AEmployees140Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$40.25 High Stock Price Target$42.00 Low Stock Price Target$38.50 Potential Upside/Downside+11.7%Consensus RatingHold Rating Score (0-4)2.33 Research Coverage3 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.57 Trailing P/E Ratio22.95 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$9.77 million Net Margins6.33% Pretax Margin8.76% Return on Equity4.60% Return on Assets0.39% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.40 Current Ratio1.05 Quick Ratio1.05 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$195.71 million Price / Sales1.45 Cash Flow$1.71 per share Price / Cash Flow21.10 Book Value$34.42 per share Price / Book1.05Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares7,870,000Free Float6,339,000Market Cap$283.56 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.67 Social Links Options Trading Made Easy - Download NowLearn the basics of options trading and how to use them to boost returns and manage risk with this free report from MarketBeat. 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