Company Overview
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.
Why Investors Should Care
Carries low leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.18.
Recent Developments
- Dec 2025 Revenue of $17.29M (-0.6% YoY); net profit $-5.87M.
- Trailing 12 Months Year-on-year growth — revenue -16.5%.
- 5-Year Trend Long-term compounding — revenue CAGR -1.5%.
Growth & Price Performance
Compounded Sales Growth
| 5 Years: | -1.51% |
| 1 Year: | -16.50% |
Stock Price Performance
| 1 Year: | -48.96% |
| 6 Months: | -19.08% |
| 3 Months: | -8.21% |
| 1 Month: | -3.15% |
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- RSI (14)49.05 · Neutral
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PROS
No notable strengths flagged.
CONS
- Revenue declined at -1.5% CAGR over 5 years.
- Trading 58.2% below its 52-week high.
- In a downtrend (50-DMA below 200-DMA).
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Valuation
Growth (CAGR)
Profitability & Returns
Balance Sheet & Liquidity
Ownership
Financial Snapshot
Peer comparison
Peer companies in the same sector (Technology).
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AWRE Aware, Inc. TECH | 1.23 | -3.07 | $26.83M | 0.00% | -22.08% | -35.03% | -1.51% | - |
| 2 | NVDA NVIDIA Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 225.73 | 28.50 | $5.45T | 0.46% | 74.66% | 117.21% | 24.64% | 32.12% |
| 3 | AAPL Apple Inc. NDXSPXR3KTECH | 316.22 | 36.22 | $4.61T | 0.34% | 68.72% | 148.75% | 1.81% | 3.92% |
| 4 | MSFT Microsoft Corporation NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 493.95 | 27.49 | $3.67T | 0.79% | 26.33% | 34.04% | 9.93% | 11.90% |
| 5 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited AITECH | 439.00 | 32.71 | $2.28T | 0.95% | 30.20% | 39.97% | 18.94% | 19.57% |
| 6 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 368.56 | 46.95 | $1.75T | 0.71% | 16.70% | 44.25% | 17.04% | 54.08% |
| 7 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 1,000.26 | 22.59 | $1.13T | 0.05% | 13.69% | 66.64% | 13.68% | 26.02% |
| 8 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NDXSPXR3KAITECH | 505.74 | 128.36 | $825.61B | 0.00% | 5.47% | 10.20% | 11.81% | 66.28% |
| 9 | ASML ASML Holding N.V. NDXAITECH | 1,764.85 | 59.89 | $677.88B | 0.51% | 42.97% | 53.94% | 15.55% | 19.55% |
Financial Statements Quarterly Results · Profit & Loss · Balance Sheet · Cash Flows · Ratios
Quarterly Results
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2014 | Mar 2015 | Jun 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Mar 2017 | Jun 2017 | Sep 2017 | Dec 2017 | Mar 2018 | Jun 2018 | Sep 2018 | Dec 2018 | Mar 2019 | Jun 2019 | Sep 2019 | Mar 2020 | Jun 2020 | Sep 2020 | Mar 2021 | Jun 2021 | Sep 2021 | Mar 2022 | Jun 2022 | Sep 2022 | Mar 2023 | Jun 2023 | Sep 2023 | Mar 2024 | Jun 2024 | Sep 2024 | Mar 2025 | Jun 2025 | Sep 2025 | Mar 2026 | Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Income | 243.00K | 384.00K | 477.00K | 429.00K | 2.62M | 880.00K | 2.07M | 2.31M | 641.00K | 222.00K | 64.00K | 1.49M | -671.00K | -723.00K | -381.00K | 1.14M | 343.00K | -44.00K | -1.18M | -1.17M | -1.35M | -3.70M | -2.52M | -1.45M | -1.54M | -1.58M | -1.29M | -1.35M | 2.44M | -1.87M | -2.94M | 747.00K | -1.26M | -1.34M | -1.47M | -1.85M | -1.96M | -1.29M | -3.65M | -2.74M |
| Net Income | 239.00K | 272.00K | 319.00K | 2.20M | 1.83M | 635.00K | 1.44M | 1.57M | 460.00K | 301.00K | 114.00K | 1.15M | -559.00K | -496.00K | -188.00K | 1.28M | 639.00K | 228.00K | -938.00K | -151.00K | -1.06M | -3.14M | -1.78M | -1.45M | -1.54M | -1.58M | -1.28M | -1.29M | 2.60M | -1.57M | -2.65M | 1.14M | -982.00K | -1.09M | -1.17M | -1.60M | -1.77M | -1.05M | -3.46M | -2.56M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | -0.03 | -0.02 | -0.01 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.01 | -0.04 | -0.01 | -0.05 | -0.15 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.06 | -0.06 | 0.12 | -0.07 | -0.13 | 0.05 | -0.05 | -0.05 | -0.06 | -0.08 | -0.08 | -0.05 | -0.16 | -0.12 |
| R&D Expense | - | 1.44M | 1.44M | 1.49M | - | 1.65M | 1.80M | 1.75M | - | 1.86M | 1.88M | 2.15M | - | 1.88M | 1.89M | 1.82M | - | 1.76M | 2.09M | 2.07M | 2.27M | 2.42M | 2.33M | 2.40M | 2.36M | 2.31M | 2.42M | 2.23M | 2.28M | 2.38M | 2.27M | 2.26M | 2.18M | 1.87M | 1.87M | 1.92M | 1.96M | 2.13M | 3.22M | 2.53M |
Profit & Loss (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 22.04M | 17.11M | 16.20M | 17.30M | 19.36M | 23.72M | 19.62M | 21.57M | 16.28M | 16.13M | 12.20M | 11.31M | 16.85M | 16.01M | 18.24M | 17.39M | 17.29M |
| Operating Income | -5.48M | -333.00K | 2.49M | - | 5.32M | 7.09M | 3.92M | 5.91M | 1.11M | 381.00K | -4.18M | -9.42M | -6.10M | -2.22M | -8.54M | -5.54M | -6.56M |
| Net Income | 982.00K | 180.00K | 2.57M | 72.31M | 2.60M | 4.58M | 4.61M | 4.10M | 1.00M | 1.23M | -8.34M | -7.61M | -5.82M | -1.73M | -7.31M | -4.43M | -5.87M |
| Diluted EPS | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.12 | 3.28 | 0.11 | 0.20 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 0.06 | -0.39 | -0.35 | -0.27 | -0.08 | -0.35 | -0.21 | -0.28 |
| R&D Expense | 11.92M | 5.89M | 3.20M | 3.49M | 4.08M | 5.50M | 5.80M | 6.94M | 7.77M | 7.11M | 7.93M | 9.09M | 9.26M | 9.23M | 9.12M | 7.76M | 8.30M |
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2008 | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Assets | - | - | 53.40M | 57.85M | 85.85M | 89.33M | 55.89M | 63.62M | 61.98M | 65.03M | 66.44M | 57.55M | 51.63M | 48.37M | 51.19M | 46.30M | 42.64M | 37.20M |
| Total Equity | 54.52M | 48.36M | 49.88M | 54.58M | 81.90M | 85.15M | 52.39M | 56.18M | 59.00M | 60.53M | 61.90M | 53.44M | 45.67M | 41.52M | 40.21M | 34.30M | 30.90M | 26.14M |
| Cash & Equivalents | 45.52M | 39.67M | 39.95M | 46.58M | 71.07M | 72.66M | 43.98M | 51.23M | 51.91M | 51.61M | 51.61M | 47.74M | 38.56M | 29.96M | 11.75M | 10.00M | 12.97M | 7.27M |
| Current Liabilities | - | - | 3.20M | 2.81M | 3.64M | 4.16M | 3.43M | 7.31M | 3.93M | 4.37M | 4.47M | 4.06M | 5.87M | 5.74M | 5.80M | 7.55M | 7.86M | 7.50M |
Cash Flows (Annual)
Figures in USD.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow | - | - | 6.83M | -15.29M | 2.83M | 6.26M | 6.68M | 3.81M | 3.67M | 660.00K | -2.94M | -5.27M | -6.23M | -5.04M | 1.82M | -3.16M | -5.40M |
| Investing Cash Flow | - | - | -1.07M | 85.07M | -1.36M | 3.42M | 125.00K | -87.00K | 937.00K | -206.00K | -111.00K | -2.91M | -2.48M | -11.99M | -3.14M | 6.29M | -274.00K |
| Financing Cash Flow | - | - | 867.00K | -45.28M | 122.00K | -38.35M | 438.00K | -3.05M | -4.91M | -450.00K | -814.00K | -989.00K | 109.00K | -1.18M | -426.00K | -159.00K | -31.00K |
| Capital Expenditure | -168.00K | -118.00K | -331.00K | -116.00K | -160.00K | -135.00K | -127.00K | -87.00K | -82.00K | -206.00K | -111.00K | -484.00K | -27.00K | -730.00K | -16.00K | -45.00K | -165.00K |
| Free Cash Flow | - | - | 6.50M | -15.41M | 2.67M | 6.12M | 6.56M | 3.73M | 3.59M | 454.00K | -3.06M | -5.76M | -6.26M | -5.77M | 1.81M | -3.21M | -5.56M |
| Share Buybacks | 8.95M | - | 735.00K | - | - | - | - | 3.65M | 4.80M | 393.00K | 765.00K | 946.00K | - | 1.31M | 506.00K | 207.00K | 115.00K |
| Dividends Paid | - | - | - | 66.02M | - | 39.91M | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ratios (Annual)
Figures in %.
| Metric | Dec 2009 | Dec 2010 | Dec 2011 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2017 | Dec 2018 | Dec 2019 | Dec 2020 | Dec 2021 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross Margin % | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Operating Margin % | -24.9% | -1.9% | 15.3% | - | 27.5% | 29.9% | 20.0% | 27.4% | 6.8% | 2.4% | -34.2% | -83.3% | -36.2% | -13.8% | -46.8% | -31.9% | -37.9% |
| Net Margin % | 4.5% | 1.1% | 15.8% | 417.9% | 13.4% | 19.3% | 23.5% | 19.0% | 6.1% | 7.6% | -68.3% | -67.3% | -34.6% | -10.8% | -40.1% | -25.5% | -34.0% |
| ROE % | 2.0% | 0.4% | 4.7% | 88.3% | 3.0% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 7.0% | 1.7% | 2.0% | -15.6% | -16.7% | -14.0% | -4.3% | -21.3% | -14.3% | -22.5% |
| ROCE % | - | -0.7% | 4.5% | - | 6.2% | 13.5% | 7.0% | 10.2% | 1.8% | 0.6% | -7.8% | -20.6% | -14.3% | -4.9% | -22.0% | -15.9% | -22.1% |
Shareholding Pattern
Top Institutional Holders
| # | Holder | % Held | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 3.57% | 778.32K | $949.55K |
| 2 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 3.29% | 717.00K | $874.74K |
| 3 | Renaissance Technologies, LLC | 3.01% | 655.81K | $800.09K |
| 4 | Northern Trust Corporation | 1.69% | 368.66K | $449.77K |
| 5 | Blackrock Inc. | 1.61% | 350.49K | $427.60K |
| 6 | Herald Investment Management Ltd | 1.07% | 234.06K | $285.55K |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.71% | 155.15K | $189.28K |
| 8 | RBF Capital, LLC | 0.64% | 138.60K | $169.09K |
| 9 | State Street Corporation | 0.34% | 74.96K | $91.45K |
| 10 | Aristides Capital, LLC | 0.33% | 71.96K | $87.80K |
Analyst View
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AWRE — Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current share price of Aware, Inc. (AWRE)?
As of 2026-09-19 21:16 PDT, Aware, Inc. (AWRE) trades at $1.23 on NasdaqGM. Its 52-week range is $1.09 to $2.94.
What is the market capitalisation of AWRE?
Aware, Inc. (AWRE) has a market capitalisation of $26.83M on NasdaqGM.
What is the P/E ratio of AWRE?
AWRE trades at a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of -3.07. The industry average P/E is 29.22. Its price-to-book (P/B) ratio is 1.22.
What is the return on equity (ROE) of AWRE?
AWRE has a return on equity (ROE) of -35.03%. Its return on capital employed (ROCE) is -22.08%.
Is AWRE a good stock to buy?
This page provides a data-driven analysis of Aware, Inc. (AWRE), including valuation ratios, profitability, growth trends, auto-generated pros and cons, peer comparison and AI exposure. Review these fundamentals alongside your own research and risk tolerance. This is informational content, not investment advice.