BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP INC (BWFG)
Financials · Community Banking / Regional Banks · NASDAQ
A regional Connecticut-based bank holding company serving affluent clients and local businesses across a 100-mile radius, with selective commercial banking opportunities outside its core market.
What BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP INC does
Bankwell Financial Group is a bank holding company headquartered in New Canaan, Connecticut that operates Bankwell Bank, a Connecticut state-chartered bank founded in 2002. The company provides a broad range of financial services including lending, deposit-taking, and banking services to clients across Connecticut and New York, operating nine full-service branches plus limited-service offices. As of December 31, 2025, the company had approximately $3.4 billion in total assets, $2.8 billion in net loans, and $2.8 billion in deposits, with a stated strategy to serve as a compelling alternative to larger competitors through superior service and relationship-focused banking.
Themes: ["Community banking","Regional retail banking","Wealth management for affluent clients","Commercial lending","Residential mortgage lending","Northeast US banking"]
Fundamentals
- Price$57.77 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$450M as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return+53.1% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E11.36 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+35.0% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+13.3% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.22 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+78.2% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+38.1% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.61 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +1.4%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Credit risk and loan portfolio losses, with allowance for credit losses potentially inadequate to absorb loan losses from changes in real estate values or economic downturns","Interest rate volatility exposure and competitive pressures from larger regional and national banking competitors that may limit growth and profitability","Regulatory and operational risks including potential changes in banking regulations, tax policies, federal reserve actions, and ability to successfully execute strategic initiatives"]
Competitors & peers
- Westbury Bancorp (WBIP)
- Pcsb Financial Corporation
- Provident Bank
- Bridgewater Bank
- Tompkins Financial Corporation
- JPMorgan Chase (JPM)
- Bank of America (BAC)
- Citigroup (C)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.