Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. Makes New Investment in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE)

Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. acquired a new position in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 93,666 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $156,000. Thompson Davis & CO. Inc. owned approximately 0.45% of Aware at the end of the most recent quarter.

Separately, Herald Investment Management Ltd grew its position in Aware by 202.9% during the third quarter. Herald Investment Management Ltd now owns 430,000 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $585,000 after acquiring an additional 288,057 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Aware Trading Up 5.4 %

Shares of AWRE stock traded up $0.10 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $1.96. 166,550 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 50,155. The company has a market capitalization of $41.32 million, a PE ratio of -5.31 and a beta of 0.78. Aware, Inc. has a 12-month low of $1.05 and a 12-month high of $2.10. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $1.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $1.65.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, March 12th. The software maker reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 14.28% and a negative net margin of 40.09%. The business had revenue of $4.37 million during the quarter.

Aware 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.