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

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

Aware Trading Up 5.5 %

Shares of AWRE traded up $0.09 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $1.64. 32,426 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 49,550. The company has a market cap of $34.67 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.54 and a beta of 0.66. Aware, Inc. has a 1 year low of $1.35 and a 1 year high of $2.97. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $1.61 and a 200 day moving average price of $1.74.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Aware in a research note on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating for the company.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Aware stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. purchased a new position in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 78,028 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $146,000. Corsair Capital Management L.P. owned about 0.37% of Aware at the end of the most recent reporting period. 24.39% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About Aware

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.