Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Purchases $21,736.15 in Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani acquired 18,901 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 1st. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $1.15 per share, for a total transaction of $21,736.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 856,942 shares in the company, valued at approximately $985,483.30. This represents a 2.26% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Aware Price Performance

Shares of Aware stock opened at $1.28 on Friday. Aware, Inc. has a 1 year low of $1.02 and a 1 year high of $2.95. The firm has a market cap of $27.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -3.56 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a 50-day moving average of $1.34 and a 200 day moving average of $1.80.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The software maker reported ($0.16) EPS for the quarter. The business had revenue of $3.39 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 29.66% and a negative net margin of 45.31%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of AWRE. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Aware during the third quarter valued at approximately $193,000. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. purchased a new stake in Aware during the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000. XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new stake in Aware during the 4th quarter valued at $30,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Aware by 71.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $55,000 after buying an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Aware by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $2,026,000 after buying an additional 13,070 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a research note on Monday, April 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

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.