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$AWRE
$0.84 +$0.01 (0.96%) Live

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 21.8M shares outstanding

Who owns AWRE?

By type of holder
Institutions 17.7% Insiders 42.8% Everyone else 39.5%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 54.9%
Stafford John S III 33.7% · Amlani Ajay K 4.4%
Institutional ownership
17.7%
-0.1 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
30
0 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
−29.3K
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
4 / 4
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Northern Trust Corp +343.7K
  • Goldman Sachs Group Inc +6.0K

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • HERALD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Ltd −195.9K
  • Essex Investment Management Co LLC SOLD OUT −43.1K

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Who is planning to sell?

No insider has filed a notice of proposed sale (Form 144) for Aware Inc in the last 12 months.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
−7.5%
−0.86% a year
Each share's claim on the business
+8.1%
grew without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$12.7M vs $10.4M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
21.2K11.6M23.1M2016: 22.9M shares'162017: 21.9K shares'172018: 21.6M shares'182019: 21.5M shares'192020: 21.5M shares'202021: 21.5M shares'212022: 21.6M shares'222023: 21.0M shares'232024: 21.1M shares'242025: 21.2M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$2.4M$4.8M2016 buybacks: $3.7M2016 stock comp: $558.0K'162017 buybacks: $4.8M2017 stock comp: $663.0K'172018 buybacks: $393.0K2018 stock comp: $580.0K'182019 buybacks: $765.0K2019 stock comp: $692.0K'192020 buybacks: $946.0K2020 stock comp: $838.0K'202021 buybacks: $02021 stock comp: $1.6M'212022 buybacks: $1.3M2022 stock comp: $1.7M'222023 buybacks: $506.0K2023 stock comp: $1.5M'232024 buybacks: $207.0K2024 stock comp: $1.1M'242025 buybacks: $115.0K2025 stock comp: $1.2M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years85% 3–5 years10% 1–3 years1% Under 1 year4%
Quarterly turnover
9.4%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting AWRE on Form 13F
VC
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Shares
778.3K
% of company
3.57%
Change vs last qtr
Unchanged
Held since
≤2021
DF
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Shares
717.0K
% of company
3.29%
Change vs last qtr
−22.8K (−3.1%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting AWRE on Form N-PORT; together they hold 7.2% of the company
VT
Position value
$852K
% of company
2.89%
% of the fund
0.00%
As of
June 30, 2026
US
Dfa Investment Dimensions Group Inc
Position value
$399K
% of company
1.52%
% of the fund
0.00%
As of
July 31, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
SJ
Stafford John S III
Insider
Shares
7.3M
% of company
33.66%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
AA
Amlani Ajay K
Insider
Shares
965.6K
% of company
4.43%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—

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