Bankwell Financial (BWFG)
What the price implies
A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.
At a market value of $517M, Bankwell Financial's free cash flow of $27M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 4% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.
Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Bankwell Financial's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.
Fundamental grade
Five factors scored 1 to 9 from BWFG's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.
Key numbers
Results from SEC filings
Fiscal years, from Bankwell Financial's 10-K filings. Ten years of the full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow.
| Fiscal year | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $872,000 | $1M | $2M | $2M | $3M |
| Net income | $27M | $37M | $37M | $10M | $35M |
| Free cash flow | — | $78M | $30M | $29M | $27M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.36 | $4.79 | $4.67 | $1.23 | $4.45 |
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — |
Superinvestors who own BWFG
From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 1 of the investors we track hold it.
| Investor | Last quarter | Value | % of portfolio | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cliff Asness AQR Capital Management |
Added | $6M | 0.00% | Q2 2026 |
Insider buying
Open-market purchases by Bankwell Financial's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you. Every purchase since records began.
| Date | Insider | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Blake S Drexler Director |
116 | $67.11 | $7,785 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Carl M Porto Director |
327 | $67.11 | $21,945 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
283 | $66.98 | $18,955 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
432 | $66.95 | $28,922 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
515 | $66.94 | $34,474 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
1,304 | $66.92 | $87,264 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
1,956 | $66.92 | $130,896 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
266 | $67.11 | $17,851 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Lawrence B Seidman Director |
510 | $66.95 | $34,144 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | Jeffrey R Dunne Director |
261 | $67.11 | $17,516 |
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In the full deep dive
Questions
What growth does Bankwell Financial's stock price imply?
At a market value of $517M, Bankwell Financial would need its free cash flow to grow about 4% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 13% a year.
Are Bankwell Financial insiders buying the stock?
10 open-market insider purchases of BWFG in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.
Which superinvestors own Bankwell Financial?
1 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold BWFG in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness.
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Prices and ratios as of Oct 11, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.