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Aware, Inc. (AWRE)

Technology | Software - Application | Burlington, United States | NasdaqGM
0.90 USD +0.02 (1.851%) ⇧ (Oct. 16, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:☆☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 10:42 a.m. EDT

The investment case for this software application developer has collapsed under the weight of deteriorating fundamentals and a brutal multi-year price trajectory. Revenue is contracting by 16.5%, while operating losses have widened significantly, eroding the company's ability to generate free cash flow. The balance sheet, while currently liquid, is bleeding capital with negative operating cash flows and a return on equity of -35%. From a valuation perspective, the stock trades at a forward P/E of negative infinity due to losses, rendering traditional multiples useless, yet the market has punished the stock with a nearly 56% decline over the last decade. The recent price action confirms this bearish thesis, with the stock trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, showing no signs of a technical rebound. There is no dividend to provide income, and the options market is screaming caution, with traders buying protection against further declines rather than betting on a turnaround. This is a clear avoid for both short-term traders and long-term investors seeking sustainable growth.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.059409
AutoETS0.063530
AutoARIMA0.063770
MSTL0.065666

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 35%
H-stat 1.39
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 2.52
Attribute Value
Sector Technology
Ex Dividend Date 2014-07-24
Last Dividend Date 2014-07-24
Debt to Equity Ratio 18.461
Revenue per Share 0.77
Market Cap 19,565,934
Forward P/E -6.90
Beta 1.04
Profit Margins -51.90%
Website https://www.aware.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 10:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume at the $2.50 strike, which acts as a significant psychological barrier above the current price. Call activity is negligible and entirely out-of-the-money, indicating a lack of bullish conviction for a recovery to higher valuations. The disparity in implied volatility between puts and calls further suggests fear of downside continuation rather than anticipation of a rally.


Dividend Data

Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2014-07-25 1.75 35.000000
2012-12-18 1.80 34.155598
2012-05-09 1.15 18.852459
Additional Data
dividendYield 0.0
exDividendDate 2014-07-25
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
lastDividendValue 1.75
lastDividendDate 2014-07-25
dividendDate 2014-07-24

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.625
Address1 76 Blanchard Road
All Time High 87.125
All Time Low 0.86
Ask 1.7
Ask Size 2
Average Daily Volume10 Day 32,200
Average Daily Volume3 Month 36,035
Average Volume 36,035
Average Volume10Days 32,200
Beta 1.035
Bid 0.936
Bid Size 2
Book Value 0.951
City Burlington
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 0.897
Current Ratio 3.734
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 0.9563
Day Low 0.8745
Debt To Equity 18.461
Display Name Aware
Dividend Date 1,406,160,000
Dividend Yield 0.0
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Ebitda -8,571,000
Ebitda Margins -0.52157
Enterprise To Ebitda -0.763
Enterprise To Revenue 0.398
Enterprise Value 6,538,935
Eps Forward -0.13
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.4
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,406,246,400
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 1.1636
Fifty Day Average Change -0.26659995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.2291165
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -62.5
Fifty Two Week High 2.57
Fifty Two Week High Change -1.6729999
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.6509727
Fifty Two Week Low 0.86
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.037
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.043023255
Fifty Two Week Range 0.86 - 2.57
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 839,597,400,000
Float Shares 12,079,184
Forward Eps -0.13
Forward P E -6.9000006
Free Cashflow -3,848,375
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 80
Fullday Change 0.016300023
Fullday Change Percent 1.8656316
Fullday Price 0.897
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Gross Margins 0.89387
Gross Profits 14,689,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.44447
Held Percent Institutions 0.1672
Implied Shares Outstanding 21,812,637
Industry Software - Application
Industry Disp Software - Application
Industry Key software-application
Ir Website http://ir.aware.com/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,406,246,400
Last Dividend Value 1.75
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Long Business Summary Aware, Inc., a biometric identity platform company, provides biometrics software products and services for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, including AwareID, a software-as-a-service that provides identity verification and continuous authentication capabilities; 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. It also provides BioSP, a biometric integration platform-as-a-service that enables biometric data processing and management functionality in a web services architecture; and WebEnroll, a browser-based biometric enrollment and data management solution. In addition, the company offers biometrics applications, such as Nexa line, a biometric search and match SDKs including Nexa Fingerprint, Nexa Face, Nexa Iris, and Nexa Voice; and AwareXM, an interoperable fingerprint matching SDK that provides fingerprint minutiae extraction, template generation, and fingerprint authentication. Further, it sells imaging products used in medical and advanced imaging applications; and offers software maintenance, program management, and software engineering services. The company sells its products and services through systems integrators, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value added resellers, partners, and directly to select end user customers. Aware, Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts.
Long Name Aware, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 19,565,934
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_348808
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -8,529,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 25,302,658
Open 0.9
Operating Cashflow -6,748,000
Operating Margins -0.84172994
Payout Ratio 0.0
Phone 781 687 0300
Previous Close 0.8807
Price Hint 4
Price To Book 0.9432177
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.1906489
Profit Margins -0.51902
Quick Ratio 3.531
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.0163
Regular Market Change Percent 1.8508
Regular Market Day High 0.9563
Regular Market Day Low 0.8745
Regular Market Day Range 0.8745 - 0.9563
Regular Market Open 0.9
Regular Market Previous Close 0.8807
Regular Market Price 0.897
Regular Market Time 1,792,180,801
Regular Market Volume 23,788
Return On Assets -0.16865999
Return On Equity -0.35032
Revenue Growth -0.165
Revenue Per Share 0.77
Sand P52 Week Change 0.13723719
Sector Technology
Sector Disp Technology
Sector Key technology
Shares Outstanding 21,812,637
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0026
Shares Short 56,262
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 82,901
Short Name Aware, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.0046
Short Ratio 1.67
Source Interval 15
State MA
Symbol AWRE
Total Cash 16,838,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.772
Total Debt 3,811,000
Total Revenue 16,433,000
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Eps -0.4
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 1.3802
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.4832
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.3500942
Type Disp Equity
Volume 23,788
Website https://www.aware.com
Zip 1,803