Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director John Stafford III Purchases 22,475 Shares of Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director John Stafford III bought 22,475 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $1.25 per share, for a total transaction of $28,093.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 5,164,017 shares in the company, valued at $6,455,021.25. This represents a 0.44% increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.

Aware Stock Down 3.2%

Shares of AWRE opened at $1.21 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $26.17 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.36 and a beta of 0.89. Aware, Inc. has a 52-week low of $1.02 and a 52-week high of $2.95. The business’s 50 day moving average is $1.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $1.76.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The software maker reported ($0.16) earnings per share (EPS) 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%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in AWRE. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew 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 worth $55,000 after buying an additional 14,436 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Aware by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,026,000 after buying an additional 13,070 shares during the last quarter. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new position in Aware during the 3rd quarter worth $42,000. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new position in Aware during the 3rd quarter worth $193,000. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC grew its stake 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 worth $193,000 after buying an additional 10,000 shares during the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.