Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) Shares Sold by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP trimmed its holdings in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) by 15.5% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 894,561 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 163,950 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned about 4.24% of Aware worth $1,762,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Separately, Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. lifted its position in Aware by 43.8% during the first quarter. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. now owns 134,667 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $252,000 after buying an additional 41,001 shares in the last quarter. 24.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com started coverage on shares of Aware in a research report on Tuesday, September 24th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.

Aware Stock Up 0.5 %

Shares of AWRE stock opened at $1.96 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $41.51 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.84 and a beta of 0.80. Aware, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $1.05 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $2.14 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.97.

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

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.