Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay K. Amlani Buys 28,950 Shares of Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay K. Amlani bought 28,950 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 7th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $1.50 per share, for a total transaction of $43,425.00. Following the purchase, the chief executive officer now owns 234,439 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $351,658.50. This trade represents a 14.09 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website.

Aware Price Performance

Aware stock opened at $1.48 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $1.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $1.75. Aware, Inc. has a one year low of $1.35 and a one year high of $2.97. The firm has a market cap of $31.38 million, a PE ratio of -4.11 and a beta of 0.66.

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

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aware

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Aware stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. purchased a new stake in Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 78,028 shares of the software maker’s stock, valued at approximately $146,000. Corsair Capital Management L.P. owned about 0.37% of Aware as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, StockNews.com began coverage on Aware in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock.

About Aware

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.