---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001505732-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWFG"
cik: "0001505732"
company_name: "Bankwell Financial Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T19:15:27.273821+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bankwell Q4 GAAP EPS $0.32; $3.0M charge-offs; guides FY25 NII $93-95M

## Summary
- GAAP net income $2.5M ($0.32 diluted) vs $1.9M ($0.24) Q3; YoY EPS down from $1.09; dividend $0.20/sh.
- Pre-tax pre-provision net revenue $7.9M, down 12% from Q3; net interest margin 2.60%, down 12 bps.
- Credit: $3.0M charge-offs; two NPA sales totaling $35.4M signed, closing early Q1, reducing NPA ratio by 108bps.
- FY2025 guidance: NII $93-95M; noninterest income $7-8M; noninterest expense $56-57M; SBA lending launched.
- Matthew McNeill promoted to President of Bank and Company effective Jan 22; he was EVP & CBO since 2020.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001505732-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWFG
- cik: 0001505732
- company_name: Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505732/000150573225000005/0001505732-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505732/000150573225000005/bwfg-20250122.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001505732-25-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Matthew McNeill was elected as President of Bankwell Bank and Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. at Bankwell Financial Group, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: President of Bankwell Bank and Bankwell Financial Group, Inc.
  source text: Matthew McNeill, age 49, was elected to President of Bankwell Bank (the "Bank") and Bankwell Financial Group, Inc. (the "Company") as of January 22, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1505732/000150573225000005/0001505732-25-000005-index.htm

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