What is BWFG's short interest?

522,281 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.

What percentage of the float is short?

We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.

It is 21 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.

What does days to cover mean?

It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 7.38. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.

Where does this come from?

FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Ticker

BWFG

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.

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BWFG in the last 90 days

Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (BWFG) had no US House transactions and 23 insider purchases worth $1,269,001 by 5 insiders in filings from the last 90 days.

FINRA’s latest report (settlement 15 SEPT 2026) shows 522,281 shares held short, 7.4 days to cover, up 9.1% from the report before.

Insiders: open-market purchases only (Form 4 code P); a purchase filed by related owners counts once.
Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.

Latest filing on file: 09 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed

What the price is doing

$66$52 → $66 · +27% over six months

BWFG is up 27%. Short sellers still aren't backing off.

Bets against it — they pay off if the price falls — are up 146% over the same stretch.

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Short sellers

11 reports · twice a month

Money betting BWFG falls. Reported twice a month, and it shows up seven working days late.

Politicians

None filed

Traded over six months

Short sellers

Bets up 146%

Over six months · newest 15 SEPT 2026

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Insiders

23 reported

Traded over six months

See the filings →

What the filings show

What the filings show · last 90 days · Quiet Money indicator

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The disclosed money is leaning away from this name, on what has actually been filed. This reads on two of the four sources we track.

Short interest: Short interest rose 60.7% — 324,936 to 522,281 shares between 15 JUL 2026 and 15 SEPT 2026. See the filings →; -100
Insider purchases: 5 insiders disclosed buying $1,269,001 across 7 filings.; +90

This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.

FINRA short interest

Settlement 15 SEPT 2026 · shares held short

522,281shares held short

Days to cover

7.38

Avg daily volume

70,751

Since last report

+9.08%

As of 15 September 2026, 522,281 Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 43,469 shares more than the previous report, a 9.08% increase. At the average daily volume of 70,751 shares, that position represents 7.38 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 21 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it seven business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for BWFG — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.

Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 197,192 shares on 31 March 2026 to 522,281 today, a change of 164.9%. The highest reading in that window was 522,281 shares on 15 September 2026.

Settlement	Shares short	Days to cover
15 SEPT 2026	522,281	7.38
31 AUG 2026	478,812	8.29
14 AUG 2026	415,753	7.08
31 JUL 2026	396,240	4.66
15 JUL 2026	324,936	3.84
30 JUN 2026	288,343	2.62
15 JUN 2026	231,593	4.16
29 MAY 2026	213,269	6.24
15 MAY 2026	203,958	5.89
30 APR 2026	203,624	4.01
15 APR 2026	211,962	4.10
31 MAR 2026	197,192	5.72

What is BWFG's short interest?: 522,281 shares, as of the 15 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
What percentage of the float is short?: We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
How current is this?: It is 21 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
What does days to cover mean?: It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 7.38. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
Where does this come from?: FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Disclosed insider buying on file

$1,269,001across 23 purchases

Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.

On file here

Short positions0

Insider purchases23

US House transactions0

Latest change09 SEPT 2026

SHORT POSITIONS · 0INSIDER BUYS · 23US HOUSE · 0

Insider purchases on file

SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$34,474
515 sh @ $66.94
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$17,851
266 sh @ $67.11
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$130,896
1,956 sh @ $66.92
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$34,145
510 sh @ $66.95
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$28,922
432 sh @ $66.95
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$87,264
1,304 sh @ $66.92
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Dale Eric JDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$35,568
530 sh @ $67.11
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000116 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Dunne Jeffrey RDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$17,516
261 sh @ $67.11
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000115 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Drexler Blake SDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$7,785
116 sh @ $67.11
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000114 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
Porto Carl MDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$21,945
327 sh @ $67.11
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000113 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector / 10% owner
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$18,955
283 sh @ $66.98
08 SEPT 2026 → filed 09 SEPT 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001026081-26-000026 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$9,505
144 sh @ $66.01
25 AUG 2026 → filed 26 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000108 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$65,495
994 sh @ $65.89
25 AUG 2026 → filed 26 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000108 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$17,078
259 sh @ $65.94
25 AUG 2026 → filed 26 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000108 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$14,445
219 sh @ $65.96
25 AUG 2026 → filed 26 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000108 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$43,626
662 sh @ $65.9
25 AUG 2026 → filed 26 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000108 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$17,276
262 sh @ $65.94
25 AUG 2026 → filed 26 AUG 2026
Filed 1 day after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000108 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$262,083
3,934 sh @ $66.62
07 AUG 2026 → filed 10 AUG 2026
Filed 3 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000106 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$37,191
558 sh @ $66.65
07 AUG 2026 → filed 10 AUG 2026
Filed 3 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000106 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$56,844
853 sh @ $66.64
07 AUG 2026 → filed 10 AUG 2026
Filed 3 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000106 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$67,430
1,012 sh @ $66.63
07 AUG 2026 → filed 10 AUG 2026
Filed 3 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000106 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$68,096
1,022 sh @ $66.63
07 AUG 2026 → filed 10 AUG 2026
Filed 3 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000106 →
SEC — Form 4 insider purchase
SEIDMAN LAWRENCE BDirector
BOUGHTCommon Stock
$174,611
2,621 sh @ $66.62
07 AUG 2026 → filed 10 AUG 2026
Filed 3 days after the tradeSEC EDGAR · 0001505732-26-000106 →

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