Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) Now Covered by Analysts at StockNews.com

StockNews.com began coverage on shares of Aware (NASDAQ:AWRE) in a research report released on Friday. The brokerage issued a buy rating on the software maker’s stock.

Aware Trading Down 1.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ AWRE opened at $1.60 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $1.78 and a 200-day moving average of $1.95. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.92 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -4.53 and a beta of 0.82. Aware has a 12 month low of $1.35 and a 12 month high of $2.97.

Institutional Trading of Aware

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AWRE. Corsair Capital Management L.P. bought a new position in Aware in the third quarter worth $146,000. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Aware by 28.9% in the 3rd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,740 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $316,000 after buying an additional 37,828 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC increased its holdings in Aware by 3.7% in the 2nd quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 717,773 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $1,414,000 after buying an additional 25,800 shares in the last quarter. 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.