Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Acquires $43,425.00 in Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay K. Amlani purchased 28,950 shares of Aware stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 7th. The shares were bought at an average price of $1.50 per share, for a total transaction of $43,425.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 234,439 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $351,658.50. This trade represents a 14.09 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Aware Price Performance

NASDAQ:AWRE opened at $1.51 on Thursday. Aware, Inc. has a one year low of $1.35 and a one year high of $2.97. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $1.62 and its 200 day simple moving average is $1.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $32.02 million, a P/E ratio of -4.19 and a beta of 0.66.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 5th. The software maker reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of $4.80 million during the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 14.46% and a negative net margin of 44.06%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware in a research report on Thursday. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Aware stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 78,028 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $146,000. Corsair Capital Management L.P. owned 0.37% of Aware as of its most recent SEC filing. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Aware Company Profile

Aware, Inc, an authentication company, provides biometrics software products and solutions for government agencies and commercial entities in the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company offers biometric software solution, including Knomi, a mobile biometric framework which provides multiple biometric modality options; 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.