Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Releases Earnings Results

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The software maker reported ($0.07) earnings per share for the quarter, FiscalAI reports. The firm had revenue of $4.66 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 20.80% and a negative net margin of 33.97%.

Here are the key takeaways from Aware’s conference call:

• Aware highlighted major technical progress, including Intelligent Liveness with sub-second capture and best-in-class NIST IR 8491 gender/race parity, plus ISO 30107-3 level 3, ISO 27001 and FIDO2 server certifications that strengthen product credibility.
• Financials showed flat revenue—$17.3M for FY2025 vs $17.4M—and a wider net loss of $5.9M with a larger adjusted EBITDA loss, although the company finished with $22.3M in cash and no debt.
• Early customer traction and pipeline momentum include a first U.S. federal mobile deployment, additional law enforcement onboardings, a biometric boarding pilot at Orlando International Airport, and a Caribbean time-and-attendance pilot.
• Management warned that lengthy government procurement and evaluation cycles (exacerbated by the prior shutdown) will likely keep quarterly results uneven and delay conversion of pilots into larger production deployments.

Aware Stock Down 6.5%

NASDAQ:AWRE traded down $0.11 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $1.57. The company had a trading volume of 478 shares, compared to its average volume of 27,293. Aware has a twelve month low of $1.37 and a twelve month high of $2.95. The firm has a market cap of $33.55 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.61 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $1.82 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $2.17.

Institutional Trading of Aware

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings 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 valued at $193,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Aware by 1.6% in 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 during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its stake in 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 acquiring an additional 14,436 shares in the last quarter. XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new position in Aware during the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Finally, Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. purchased a new position in Aware during the 3rd quarter worth $42,000. 24.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently 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.