Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director Purchases $28,093.75 in Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director John Stafford III acquired 22,475 shares of Aware stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $1.25 per share, with a total value of $28,093.75. Following the transaction, the director owned 5,164,017 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,455,021.25. The trade was a 0.44% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Aware Trading Down 3.2%

AWRE stock traded down $0.04 during trading on Thursday, reaching $1.21. The stock had a trading volume of 85,925 shares, compared to its average volume of 42,700. The firm has a market cap of $26.17 million, a PE ratio of -3.36 and a beta of 0.89. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $1.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $1.77. Aware, Inc. has a 52 week low of $1.02 and a 52 week high of $2.95.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AWRE. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Aware by 14.3% in the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 80,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $193,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares during the period. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Aware during the 3rd quarter valued at $193,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Aware by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,026,000 after buying an additional 13,070 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Aware by 71.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $55,000 after buying an additional 14,436 shares in the last quarter. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd bought a new position in Aware in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a research report on Monday, April 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

About Aware

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.