Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay K. Amlani Purchases 14,505 Shares

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay K. Amlani purchased 14,505 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 10th. The shares were bought at an average price of $1.50 per share, for a total transaction of $21,757.50. Following the acquisition, the chief executive officer now owns 248,944 shares in the company, valued at $373,416. This trade represents a 6.19 % increase in their ownership of the stock. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link.

Aware Stock Down 3.2 %

NASDAQ AWRE traded down $0.05 on Wednesday, hitting $1.51. 68,502 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 50,049. Aware, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $1.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $1.74. The company has a market cap of $32.02 million, a PE 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) EPS for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 14.46% and a negative net margin of 44.06%. The firm had revenue of $4.80 million for the quarter.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, StockNews.com initiated coverage on Aware in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. They set a “buy” rating for the company.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Aware stock. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 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 SEC filing. Hedge funds and other 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.