Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani Acquires 10,060 Shares of Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani acquired 10,060 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 31st. The stock was acquired at an average price of $1.18 per share, for a total transaction of $11,870.80. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 938,734 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,107,706.12. The trade was a 1.08% increase in their position. The purchase was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

Aware Trading Up 5.8%

AWRE stock traded up $0.07 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $1.28. 34,763 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 43,939. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $1.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $1.43. The stock has a market capitalization of $27.71 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.20 and a beta of 1.01. Aware, Inc. has a 52-week low of $1.02 and a 52-week high of $2.95.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The software maker reported ($0.12) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.10) by ($0.02). The company had revenue of $3.25 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.70 million. Aware had a negative return on equity of 33.56% and a negative net margin of 51.92%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a research report on Friday, July 17th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AWRE. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC raised its holdings in Aware by 14.3% during the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 80,000 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $193,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in Aware by 1.6% in the 1st quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 655,712 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $820,000 after purchasing an additional 10,139 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Aware by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,026,000 after purchasing an additional 13,070 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in Aware by 71.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new position in Aware during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. 24.39% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Aware Company Profile

Aware, Inc is a technology company specializing in biometric software and image processing solutions. Its core offerings include fingerprint, face and iris recognition algorithms, biometric template management, and mobile enrolment tools designed to capture and verify identities in secure environments. The company’s software development kits (SDKs) and web services APIs enable system integrators, device manufacturers and application developers to embed biometric and forensic capabilities into their products and services.

Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, Aware evolved from an imaging technology provider into a leading vendor of biometric software.