Robert A. Eckel Acquires 13,735 Shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWREGet Free Report) CEO Robert A. Eckel bought 13,735 shares of Aware stock in a transaction on Friday, March 15th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $1.67 per share, for a total transaction of $22,937.45. Following the completion of the purchase, the chief executive officer now directly owns 342,232 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $571,527.44. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Aware Stock Performance

Aware stock opened at $1.78 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $1.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.59. The company has a market capitalization of $37.36 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.09 and a beta of 0.79. Aware, Inc. has a 1 year low of $1.05 and a 1 year high of $2.10.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. DG Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Aware by 1.4% in the second quarter. DG Capital Management LLC now owns 896,676 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $1,417,000 after purchasing an additional 12,751 shares in the last quarter. Herald Investment Management Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Aware by 202.9% in the third quarter. Herald Investment Management Ltd now owns 430,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $585,000 after purchasing an additional 288,057 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Aware by 16.7% in the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 70,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $116,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Aware in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $156,000. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Aware by 60.2% in the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 79,072 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $125,000 after purchasing an additional 29,705 shares in the last quarter. 24.97% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Aware

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Aware, Inc, a authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, which includes 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.

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