Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani Buys 10,952 Shares

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani acquired 10,952 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of $1.17 per share, for a total transaction of $12,813.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 867,894 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,015,435.98. The trade was a 1.28% increase in their ownership of the stock. The purchase was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Aware Price Performance

Aware stock opened at $1.25 on Wednesday. Aware, Inc. has a one year low of $1.02 and a one year high of $2.95. The stock has a market capitalization of $27 million, a PE ratio of -3.47 and a beta of 0.89. The business’s fifty day moving average is $1.36 and its 200 day moving average is $1.82.

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a report on Monday, April 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Sell”.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of AWRE. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Aware by 71.6% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $55,000 after acquiring an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Aware by 1.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,026,000 after acquiring an additional 13,070 shares during the period. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. bought a new position in Aware in the third quarter valued at about $42,000. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new position in Aware during the third quarter valued at $193,000. Finally, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its position 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 valued at $193,000 after purchasing an additional 10,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

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.