Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

BWFG Financial Banks Regional

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $207.7 million, up 6.13% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 9.58%, EPS grew 33.6%, free cash flow grew 64.7% and total debt fell 31.0%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for five; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

65.54 0.37 +0.57%
Market cap
$519.5M
P/E
12.1×
Fwd P/E
9.9×
Dividend yield
1.22%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
n/a
Beneish M
n/a
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 4.41
Total sells 1.93
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — 5 — 3 9 — 2 6 — 2 5 —
Sell 1 — — 8 — — 1 1 2 — — —
Insider Ownership 25.79%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 519.53
Revenue 216.47
Net Income 42.87
Free Cash Flow 34.50
Net Debt (103.58)
Current Ratio 1.03
Debt/Equity 0.31
P/E ratio 12.11
Fwd P/E 9.91
P/S ratio 2.38
P/B ratio 1.59
Past 5Y EPS Growth 42.78% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 29.84% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 2.71%
Next Y revenue growth (37.61%) (below 0%: weak)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 12.88%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 40.21%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 46.07%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 89.79%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.15
Annual Dividend Rate 0.80
Annual Dividend Yield 1.22%
total individual payouts
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
2025 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2024 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2023 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2022 0.80
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
2021 0.64
0.14
0.14
0.18
0.18
2020 0.56
0.14
0.14
0.14
0.14
2019 0.52
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
2018 0.48
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.12
2017 0.28
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
2016 0.22
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.07
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 269 308 225 203
Receivables — — — —
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
2,969 2,995 3,046 3,145
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 2,737 2,788 2,829 3,001
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
2,791 2,839 2,879 3,052

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 14.37% 20.91% 19.74%
Cash Flow 7.96% 0.00% (30.07%)
Earnings 14.90% 43.03% (1.69%)
Book Value 8.63% 11.29% 8.13%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 54 56 — — —
’25 50 51 53 54 208
’24 49 48 49 49 196
’23 46 48 49 51 193
’22 23 28 30 40 121
’21 21 22 22 23 87
’20 21 20 20 20 80
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 8 10 — — —
’25 4 6 10 8 28
’24 9 7 (1) 14 30
’23 7 13 13 (1) 32
’22 22 25 18 18 83
’21 17 2 12 4 35
’20 (17) 4 4 7 (2)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7 10 — — —
’25 4 6 10 7 27
’24 9 7 (1) 14 29
’23 6 12 13 (1) 30
’22 21 22 18 17 78
’21 14 0 12 13 39
’20 (17) 4 4 11 2
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.41 1.52 — — —
’25 0.87 1.15 1.27 1.15 4.45
’24 0.48 0.14 0.24 0.32 1.17
’23 1.33 1.02 1.25 1.09 4.67
’22 1.04 1.55 1.18 1.04 4.79
’21 0.71 0.79 0.87 0.99 3.36
’20 0.17 0.16 0.38 0.04 0.75
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 18.48 28.79 26.39 24.67 12.07 18.71 27.76 21.22 22.47 26.39

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 34.80 38.50 35.75 31.89 29.26 33.99 36.87 31.61 35.25 51.54
People
People Employees 127 141 144 157 125 124 136 126 144 167
Revenue/emp, $m 0.50 0.54 0.58 0.56 0.64 0.70 0.89 1.53 1.36 1.24
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 64 76 84 88 80 87 121 193 196 208
Gross margin, % 81.31 77.80 71.73 66.91 71.82 84.50 80.82 51.38 44.45 52.15
EBT 18 25 21 23 7 34 48 48 13 48
EBT margin, % 28.76 33.14 25.19 26.01 9.08 38.91 39.66 24.85 6.81 23.35
Net income 12 14 17 18 6 27 37 37 10 35
Depreciation 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 8.61 10.01 10.87 11.37 10.40 11.29 16.00 25.47 25.38 26.80
Earnings 1.64 1.80 2.23 2.32 0.75 3.38 4.84 4.71 1.18 4.49
Cash flow 2.35 2.72 2.59 0.85 (0.20) 4.48 10.93 4.21 3.88 3.65
Capex (1.14) (0.25) (0.43) (0.08) 0.43 0.55 (0.66) (0.27) (0.08) (0.15)
Free cash flow 1.21 2.47 2.15 0.77 0.24 5.04 10.27 3.94 3.80 3.50
Book value 19.73 21.27 22.56 23.51 22.85 26.21 31.53 35.02 35.09 38.90
Shares, m 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.54 18.73 12.87 12.43 26.07 9.69 5.88 6.23 26.40 10.23
P/S 3.72 3.37 2.64 2.54 1.88 2.91 1.78 1.15 1.23 1.71
P/B 1.62 1.59 1.27 1.23 0.86 1.25 0.90 0.84 0.89 1.18
EV/Sales 5.12 5.39 3.92 3.64 (0.72) (0.08) 0.15 0.58 0.47 1.49
EV/FCF 36.31 21.85 19.77 53.60 (31.92) (0.18) 0.24 3.75 3.14 11.42
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 17 21 20 7 (2) 35 83 32 30 28
Capex (8) (2) (3) (1) 3 4 (5) (2) (1) (1)
Free cash flow 9 19 17 6 2 39 78 30 29 27
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 147 186 157 148 141 58 160 179 157 167
Total debt 185 224 185 175 200 84 159 159 159 180
Net debt 89 153 107 97 (209) (260) (197) (110) (148) (45)
Shareholders’ equity 146 161 174 182 177 202 238 266 271 301
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.82 0.80 0.94 0.96 0.28 1.11 1.28 1.10 0.29 1.05
ROIC 4.88 5.00 4.70 5.13 0.00 0.00 71.83 19.27 6.80 11.83
ROE 8.72 8.90 10.26 10.10 3.24 13.78 16.63 14.16 3.55 12.16
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. vs peers in Banks Regional (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

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NRIM Northrim BanCorp Inc $543.4M 7.6× 9.5× +3.99% (above 0%: growing) +29.58% (above 0%: growing) +934.70% (above 0%: growing) 84.32% 0.00% Compare
NPB Northpointe Bancshares, Inc. $540.2M 6.6× 6.5× +11.60% (above 0%: growing) +17.31% (above 0%: growing) +105.45% (above 0%: growing) 49.88% 0.00% Compare
BSVN Bank7 Corp. $528.6M 13.1× 10.1× −7.40% (below 0%: shrinking) −25.42% (below 0%: shrinking) +20.62% (above 0%: growing) 71.74% 0.00% Compare
BWFG Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. $519.5M 12.1× 9.9× +9.58% (above 0%: growing) +33.62% (above 0%: growing) +64.68% (above 0%: growing) 59.05% 0.00%
HBCP Home Bancorp, Inc. $518.5M 10.9× 11.0× +1.51% (above 0%: growing) +1.36% (above 0%: growing) +15.46% (above 0%: growing) 74.76% 0.00% Compare
BSRR Sierra Bancorp $507.5M 11.6× 10.5× −3.43% (below 0%: shrinking) −1.28% (below 0%: shrinking) +114.97% (above 0%: growing) 78.74% 0.00% Compare
WTBA West Bancorporation, Inc. $493.3M 12.9× 9.3× +1.39% (above 0%: growing) +38.30% (above 0%: growing) +10.26% (above 0%: growing) 55.06% 0.00% Compare
OBT Orange County Bancorp, Inc. $492.5M 10.5× 10.3× −16.27% (below 0%: shrinking) +17.24% (above 0%: growing) +491.65% (above 0%: growing) 81.95% 0.00% Compare
COFS ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. $492.3M 9.1× 8.8× −2.56% (below 0%: shrinking) −7.78% (below 0%: shrinking) +165.17% (above 0%: growing) 70.71% 0.00% Compare
Median of peers $513.0M 10.7× 9.8× −0.59% +9.30% +110.21% 73.25% 0.00%

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Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) key facts

  • Strength: Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $207.7 million, up 6.13% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $35.2 million, or $4.49 per share (basic), a net margin of 16.8%.
  • Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) is a Banks Regional company in the Financial sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, BWFG traded at $65.54, a market capitalization of $519.5 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 12.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 2.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 40% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share, a yield of 1.22%, with a payout ratio of 15.0%.
  • Return on equity was 12.2% and debt-to-equity 0.31.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 6 out of 9 for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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