Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Stake Lessened by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lessened its stake in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 15.5% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 894,561 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 163,950 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Aware were worth $1,762,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Separately, Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. boosted its holdings in Aware by 43.8% in the first quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. now owns 134,667 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $252,000 after purchasing an additional 41,001 shares during the period. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Aware in a report on Tuesday, September 24th. They issued a “buy” rating for the company.

Aware Price Performance

Aware stock opened at $1.96 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $41.51 million, a PE ratio of -7.84 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $2.14 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.97. Aware, Inc. has a 12 month low of $1.05 and a 12 month high of $2.97.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August 8th. The software maker reported ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Aware had a negative net margin of 26.49% and a negative return on equity of 9.01%. The firm had revenue of $4.32 million for the quarter.

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.