Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director Buys 57,937 Shares

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director John Stafford III purchased 57,937 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $1.25 per share, for a total transaction of $72,421.25. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,221,954 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,527,442.50. This represents a 1.12% increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Aware Price Performance

AWRE stock traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $1.21. 85,925 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 42,700. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $1.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $1.77. Aware, Inc. has a 12 month low of $1.02 and a 12 month high of $2.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $26.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.36 and a beta of 0.89.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The software maker reported ($0.16) earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $3.39 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 45.31% and a negative return on equity of 29.66%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of AWRE. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its holdings in Aware by 14.3% during the 3rd quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 80,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $193,000 after acquiring an additional 10,000 shares during the period. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new position in Aware in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $193,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in Aware by 1.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,026,000 after purchasing an additional 13,070 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Aware by 71.6% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Aware during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a report on Monday, April 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Sell”.

Aware Company Profile

Aware, Inc is a technology company specializing in biometric software and image processing solutions. Its core offerings include fingerprint, face and iris recognition algorithms, biometric template management, and mobile enrolment tools designed to capture and verify identities in secure environments. The company’s software development kits (SDKs) and web services APIs enable system integrators, device manufacturers and application developers to embed biometric and forensic capabilities into their products and services.

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, Aware evolved from an imaging technology provider into a leading vendor of biometric software.