NASDAQ:BWFG Bankwell Financial Group (BWFG) Stock Price, News & Analysis $31.57 +0.48 (+1.54%) (As of 12/24/2024 01:47 PM ET) Add Compare Share Share Stock Analysis Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestTrends 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$31.24▼$32.1350-Day Range$27.92▼$34.5452-Week Range$22.47▼$35.25Volume19,553 shsAverage Volume13,911 shsMarket Capitalization$248.11 millionP/E Ratio16.19Dividend Yield2.53%Price Target$40.00Consensus RatingBuy 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™ Stocks73rd Percentile Overall ScoreBWFG MarketRank™: Bankwell Financial Group scored higher than 73% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 319th out of 937 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation. Analyst's Opinion3.5 / 5Analyst RatingBuy Consensus RatingBankwell Financial Group has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.Amount of Analyst CoverageBankwell Financial Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.Read more about Bankwell Financial Group's stock forecast and price target. Earnings and Valuation1.9 / 5Proj. Earnings GrowthN/A Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the MarketThe P/E ratio of Bankwell Financial Group is 16.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.18.Price to Earnings Ratio vs. SectorThe P/E ratio of Bankwell Financial Group is 16.19, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 25.10.Price to Book Value per Share RatioBankwell Financial Group has a P/B Ratio of 0.91. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities. Short Interest2.0 / 5Short Interest LevelBearish Percentage of Shares Shorted1.64% 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 6.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Bankwell Financial Group has recently increased by 3.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. Dividend1.7 / 5Dividend StrengthWeak Dividend YieldBankwell Financial Group pays a meaningful dividend of 2.50%, 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 41.03%. 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 Shorted1.64% 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 6.Change versus previous monthShort interest in Bankwell Financial Group has recently increased by 3.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing. News and Social Media2.0 / 5News SentimentN/A News SentimentBankwell Financial Group has a news sentiment score of 0.63. 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 1 news article for Bankwell Financial Group this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.Search Interest1 people have searched for BWFG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. Company Ownership2.5 / 5Insider TradingAcquiring Shares Insider Buying vs. Insider SellingIn the past three months, Bankwell Financial Group insiders have bought 121.64% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $97,217.00 in company stock and sold $43,863.00 in company stock.Percentage Held by Insiders19.20% 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 HeadlinesBankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) EVP Sells $43,863.40 in StockDecember 18, 2024 | insidertrades.comBankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) Director Eric J. Dale Purchases 346 SharesDecember 11, 2024 | insidertrades.comMost People Are Dead Wrong.Turn on any financial news outlet at any given moment and within minutes you're guaranteed to see headlines about artificial intelligence. Everyone's talking about AI right now. But see, I've been talking about it for years.December 25, 2024 | Brownstone Research (Ad)Eric J. Dale Acquires 339 Shares of Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) StockDecember 10, 2024 | insidertrades.comBankwell Financial Group Director, Lawrence B. Seidman, Approved to Increase Position in CompanyDecember 23 at 3:41 PM | businesswire.comPleasing Signs As A Number Of Insiders Buy Bankwell Financial Group StockDecember 7, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comBankwell Financial Group (NASDAQ:BWFG) Will Pay A Dividend Of $0.20November 3, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comBankwell Financial Group, Inc. Just Reported A Surprise Profit And Analysts Updated Their EstimatesNovember 2, 2024 | finance.yahoo.comSee More Headlines BWFG Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions How have BWFG shares performed this year? Bankwell Financial Group's stock was trading at $30.18 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, BWFG stock has increased by 4.6% and is now trading at $31.57. View the best growth stocks for 2024 here. How were Bankwell Financial Group's earnings last quarter? Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) announced its earnings results on Monday, October, 28th. The bank reported $0.24 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.08) by $0.32. The bank earned $49.35 million during the quarter. Bankwell Financial Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 5.74% and a net margin of 7.77%. Who are Bankwell Financial Group's major shareholders? Top institutional investors of Bankwell Financial Group include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.87%), GM Advisory Group LLC (1.14%), State Street Corp (0.99%) and Summit Trail Advisors LLC (0.36%). Insiders that own company stock include James M Garnett Jr, Eric J Dale, Blake S Drexler, Daniel S Jones, Carl M Porto, Richard Castiglioni, Christine Chivily, Lawrence B Seidman, Todd Lampert, Darryl Demos, Steven H Brunner, Jeffrey R Dunne, Kevin D Leitao, Anahaita N Kotval, Ryan Jason Hildebrand, Penko Krassimir Ivanov and Laura Waitz. View institutional ownership trends. 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. Compare Top Brokerages Here. 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 Earnings10/28/2024Ex-Dividend for 11/22 Dividend11/08/2024Dividend Payable11/22/2024Today12/25/2024Fiscal Year End12/31/2024Get Stock AlertsIndustry, Sector and Symbol Stock ExchangeNASDAQ SectorFinance Industry State commercial banks Sub-IndustryBanking Current SymbolNASDAQ:BWFG CUSIPN/A CIK1505732 Webwww.mybankwell.com Phone(203) 652-0166FaxN/AEmployees140Year FoundedN/APrice Target and Rating Average Stock Price Target$40.00 High Stock Price Target$40.00 Low Stock Price Target$40.00 Potential Upside/Downside+26.7%Consensus RatingBuy Rating Score (0-4)3.00 Research Coverage1 Analysts Profitability EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year)$1.95 Trailing P/E Ratio16.19 Forward P/E RatioN/A P/E GrowthN/ANet Income$36.66 million Net Margins7.77% Pretax Margin10.50% Return on Equity5.74% Return on Assets0.48% Debt Debt-to-Equity Ratio0.59 Current Ratio1.06 Quick Ratio1.06 Sales & Book Value Annual Sales$89.21 million Price / Sales2.78 Cash Flow$5.05 per share Price / Cash Flow6.25 Book Value$34.84 per share Price / Book0.91Miscellaneous Outstanding Shares7,859,000Free Float6,350,000Market Cap$248.11 million OptionableNot Optionable Beta0.86 Social Links A Guide To High-Short-Interest StocksMarketBeat's analysts have just released their top five short plays for January 2025. 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