John S. Stafford III Buys 8,758 Shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Director John S. Stafford III purchased 8,758 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 12th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $1.65 per share, with a total value of $14,450.70. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director now owns 5,060,569 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,349,938.85. This trade represents a 0.17 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

Aware Price Performance

Shares of AWRE opened at $1.64 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $1.61 and a 200-day moving average of $1.73. The company has a market cap of $34.77 million, a PE ratio of -4.56 and a beta of 0.66. Aware, Inc. has a one year low of $1.35 and a one year high of $2.97.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on Aware in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Aware stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund 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 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. 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.