Insider Buying: Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director Acquires $28,093.75 in Stock

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

Aware Stock Up 5.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.27 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $27.47 million, a PE ratio of -3.53 and a beta of 0.89. The company’s fifty day moving average is $1.30 and its 200 day moving average is $1.76. Aware, Inc. has a 52 week low of $1.02 and a 52 week high of $2.95.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued 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, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC grew its holdings in Aware by 14.3% in the 3rd quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 80,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $193,000 after acquiring an additional 10,000 shares during the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC grew its holdings in Aware by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 655,712 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $820,000 after acquiring an additional 10,139 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted 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 purchasing an additional 13,070 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted 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 purchasing an additional 14,436 shares in the last quarter. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Aware during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

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.