Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director Purchases $14,450.70 in Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director John S. Stafford III purchased 8,758 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 12th. The stock was bought at an average cost of $1.65 per share, for a total transaction of $14,450.70. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 5,060,569 shares in the company, valued at $8,349,938.85. This trade represents a 0.17 % increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Aware Trading Up 5.8 %

Aware stock opened at $1.64 on Monday. Aware, Inc. has a 1-year low of $1.35 and a 1-year high of $2.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.56 and a beta of 0.66. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $1.61 and a 200 day simple moving average of $1.72.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 5th. The software maker reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 44.06% and a negative return on equity of 14.46%. The business had revenue of $4.80 million during the quarter.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Aware in a report on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating on the stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Aware stock. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 28.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock after purchasing an additional 37,828 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC owned approximately 0.80% of Aware worth $316,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. 24.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Aware Company Profile

Aware, Inc, an authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, including Knomi, a mobile biometric framework which provides multiple biometric modality options; AwareABIS, an automated biometric identification system used for large-scale biometric identification and deduplication; AFIX suite used for small-scale law enforcement focused biometric identification; and AFIX Tracker for fingerprint, palmprint, and latent print identification, as well as AFIX Face, AFIX Verifier, AFIX Identifier, AFIX Comparator, AFIX Engine, and AFIX NIST Transaction Engine.