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

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

Aware Trading Down 3.9 %

Shares of AWRE stock traded down $0.06 on Monday, hitting $1.48. 43,637 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 50,221. The business has a 50-day moving average of $1.63 and a 200 day moving average of $1.75. Aware, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $1.35 and a fifty-two week high of $2.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.38 million, a P/E ratio of -4.11 and a beta of 0.66.

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

Institutional Trading of 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) in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & 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 approximately 0.37% of Aware as of its most recent SEC filing. 24.39% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Aware in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. They issued a “buy” rating on the 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.