Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Buys $19,500.00 in Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani purchased 15,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were acquired at an average price of $1.30 per share, with a total value of $19,500.00. Following the completion of the acquisition, the chief executive officer owned 882,894 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,147,762.20. This trade represents a 1.73% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Aware Trading Up 1.6%

NASDAQ AWRE opened at $1.30 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $28.12 million, a PE ratio of -3.61 and a beta of 0.89. Aware, Inc. has a twelve month low of $1.02 and a twelve month high of $2.95. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $1.34 and a 200-day simple moving average of $1.80.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Aware

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Aware by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 840,650 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $2,026,000 after purchasing an additional 13,070 shares in the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. acquired a new stake in Aware in the 3rd quarter valued at about $193,000. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC raised its position in Aware by 14.3% in the 3rd 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. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in Aware by 71.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock valued at $55,000 after purchasing an additional 14,436 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. acquired a new stake in Aware in the 3rd quarter valued at about $42,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.