Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) Institutional Ownership

Institutions by Trading Activity

Ownership Statistics

7,844,785Shares Outstanding

3,731,386Shares held by institutions

$184,405,096Value of institutional holdings

47.57%Institutional ownership %

12.67%Shares Changed QoQ

106No. of institutional investors

Shares Owned by Institutions

Shares Purchased/Sold by Institutions

Ownership Summary

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) has 106 institutional investors that have filed 13F reports for the period ending December 2025.

Collectively, these holders controlled 46.6% of Bankwell Financial's outstanding shares in December 2025, up from 44.3% in September 2025.
Their total shares held in BWFG increased 11.86% quarter over quarter, and separately, investors owning Bankwell Financial increased 49.3% from a year ago.
Among the 106 funds, 61 bought more Bankwell Financial shares, 29 sold down, and 16 held their ground.
Combined, these investors held 3.65Mn shares in BWFG for December 2025, up by 387.4K shares quarter on quarter, and up 563.5K shares year over year.
BlackRock, Inc. is the top holder of Bankwell Financial as of December 31, 2025, with 491.34K shares representing 6.26% of outstanding stock.
The most significant purchases of BWFG for the quarter ending December 2025 came from Goldman Sachs Group Inc (64.55K), TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP (52.38K), ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC (38.59K), Qube Research & Technologies Ltd (34.42K), Empowered Funds, LLC (29.71K).
The biggest sellers of Bankwell Financial for the quarter ending December 2025 included Barclays Plc (41.07K), MARSHALL WACE, LLP (26.13K), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (12.1K), BANC FUNDS CO LLC (12.0K), KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (11.31K).
Per Business Quant data, the top 10 holders of Bankwell Financial for the quarter ending December 2025 are BlackRock, Inc. (491.34K), VANGUARD GROUP INC (366.79K), DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP (314.45K), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC (167.56K), GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC (159.28K), ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC (149.83K), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (116.43K), RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC (116.16K), Siena Capital Partners GP, LLC (116.14K), State Street Corp (115.71K).

106 Institutional Holders

3,731,386 Total Shares Held

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Owner Name	Date	Shares Held	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
BlackRock, Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	491,344	26,584	5.72%	$22,513,383.00
VANGUARD GROUP INC	31 Dec, 2025	366,786	-177	-0.05%	$16,806,134.00
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	31 Dec, 2025	314,446	1,252	0.40%	$14,408,565.00
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	167,564	-4,973	-2.88%	$7,677,782.00
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	159,281	-1,115	-0.70%	$7,300,012.00
ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	31 Dec, 2025	149,830	38,589	34.69%	$6,859.00
Goldman Sachs Group Inc	31 Dec, 2025	116,428	64,551	124.43%	$5,334,732.00
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC	31 Dec, 2025	116,155	-2,193	-1.85%	$5,322,222.00
Siena Capital Partners GP, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	116,138	0	0.00%	$5,321,443.00
State Street Corp	31 Dec, 2025	115,711	6,138	5.60%	$5,301,878.00
GM Advisory Group, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	106,059	472	0.45%	$4,859,643.00
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.	31 Dec, 2025	99,900	3,183	3.29%	$4,577,418.00
BANC FUNDS CO LLC	31 Dec, 2025	96,423	-12,000	-11.07%	$4,418,102.00
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT	31 Dec, 2025	77,700	-7,500	-8.80%	$3,560.00
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC	31 Dec, 2025	70,404	19,432	38.12%	$3,225,911.00
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	69,621	-1,101	-1.56%	$3,190,020.00
TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP	31 Dec, 2025	68,079	52,376	333.54%	$3,119,380.00
Northern Trust Corp	31 Dec, 2025	64,626	-4,421	-6.40%	$2,961,163.00
Empowered Funds, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	54,506	29,714	119.85%	$2,497,464.00
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	31 Dec, 2025	52,255	2,461	4.94%	$2,394,324.00

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