Insider Buying: Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Buys $29,496.21 in Stock

Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE) CEO Ajay Amlani purchased 13,227 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were acquired at an average price of $2.23 per share, for a total transaction of $29,496.21. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 835,779 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,863,787.17. The trade was a 1.61% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink.

Aware Trading Up 7.9%

AWRE stock opened at $2.47 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $2.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $2.13. Aware, Inc. has a 12 month low of $1.35 and a 12 month high of $2.95. The company has a market cap of $52.79 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.15 and a beta of 0.88.

Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The software maker reported ($0.05) earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $5.13 million for the quarter. Aware had a negative return on equity of 19.04% and a negative net margin of 32.20%.

Institutional Trading of Aware

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. GMT Capital Corp purchased a new position in Aware in the first quarter worth approximately $39,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Aware by 71.6% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 34,595 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $55,000 after purchasing an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Aristides Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Aware by 55.5% during the 2nd quarter. Aristides Capital LLC now owns 206,009 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $389,000 after purchasing an additional 73,500 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings 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 buying an additional 13,070 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 24.39% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Separately, Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Aware in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Sell rating, According to MarketBeat, Aware has a consensus rating of “Sell”.

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.