Bankwell Financial BWFG Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWFG) had 124 institutional holders reporting a position on Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• These investors held 50.61% of Bankwell Financial's outstanding shares at the end of Q2 2026, up from 47.24% in Q1 2026.
• Total shares held in Bankwell Financial rose 7.14% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 53.09% versus Q2 2025.
• Of the 124 holders, 69 added to their positions, 32 reduced their stakes and 23 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
• Combined, institutional investors held 4.04Mn shares of BWFG as of Q2 2026, up 268.99K from the prior quarter and up 919.15K from a year earlier.
• BlackRock, Inc. held the largest position in BWFG at 493.18K shares as of June 30, 2026, or 6.19% of shares outstanding.
• Holders that added the most shares of Bankwell Financial in Q2 2026 were Acadian Asset Management LLC (+68.08K shares), AQR Capital Management LLC (+57.99K shares), American Century Companies Inc (+52.21K shares), Two Sigma Investments, LP (+33.35K shares) and Northern Trust Corp (+28.2K shares).
• The largest position reductions in BWFG for Q2 2026 were by SEI Investments Co (-18.22K shares), Goldman Sachs Group Inc (-17.3K shares), HSBC Holdings PLC (-15.3K shares), Renaissance Technologies LLC (-13.8K shares) and Tidal Investments LLC (-7.97K shares).
• Per Business Quant data, the 10 largest holders of Bankwell Financial at the end of Q2 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (493.18K shares), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (329.75K shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (277.4K shares), Acadian Asset Management LLC (232.76K shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (167.48K shares), Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC (166.71K shares), American Century Companies Inc (158.2K shares), State Street Corp (146.18K shares), Two Sigma Investments, LP (118.42K shares) and Siena Capital Partners GP, LLC (116.14K shares).